A series of major bushfires following severe drought conditions in the state of Victoria in Australia, occurred during the summer of 1943–44. It was the driest summer ever recorded in Melbourne until 2002 with just 46 millimetres or 1.81 inches falling, a third of the long-term average. Between 22 December 1943 and 15 February 1944, burnt an estimated one million ha, 51 people were killed, 700 injured, and 650 buildings were destroyed across the state. Many personnel who would have been normally available for fire fighting duties had been posted overseas and to remote areas of Australia during World War II.
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| - A series of major bushfires following severe drought conditions in the state of Victoria in Australia, occurred during the summer of 1943–44. It was the driest summer ever recorded in Melbourne until 2002 with just 46 millimetres or 1.81 inches falling, a third of the long-term average. Between 22 December 1943 and 15 February 1944, burnt an estimated one million ha, 51 people were killed, 700 injured, and 650 buildings were destroyed across the state. Many personnel who would have been normally available for fire fighting duties had been posted overseas and to remote areas of Australia during World War II. (en)
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| - 1940s in Victoria (Australia)
- 1940s wildfires
- 1943 fires in Oceania
- 1943 in Australia
- 1943 in the environment
- 1944 fires in Oceania
- 1944 in Australia
- 1944 in the environment
- Bushfires in Victoria (Australia)
- Beaumaris, Victoria
- Bendigo
- Daylesford, Victoria
- Victoria (Australia)
- Country Fire Authority
- Melbourne
- Geelong
- Gisborne, Victoria
- Glenroy, Victoria
- Goroke, Victoria
- Morwell
- Skipton, Victoria
- Derrinallum, Victoria
- Leonard Edward Bishop Stretton
- Dunkeld, Victoria
- Pascoe Vale, Victoria
- Birregurra, Victoria
- Hamilton, Victoria
- Bushfires in Australia
- Mechanics' Institute
- Woodend, Victoria
- World War II
- Wangaratta, Victoria
- dbr:Hernes_Oak,_Victoria
- Yallourn, Victoria
- Traralgon, Victoria
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| - A series of major bushfires following severe drought conditions in the state of Victoria in Australia, occurred during the summer of 1943–44. It was the driest summer ever recorded in Melbourne until 2002 with just 46 millimetres or 1.81 inches falling, a third of the long-term average. Between 22 December 1943 and 15 February 1944, burnt an estimated one million ha, 51 people were killed, 700 injured, and 650 buildings were destroyed across the state. Many personnel who would have been normally available for fire fighting duties had been posted overseas and to remote areas of Australia during World War II. (en)
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