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2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires

2006 – 2007 · 36.85° S, 144.28° E

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When
2006 – 2007
Kind
Wildfire
Coordinates
36.85° S, 144.28° E
Description
series of bushfires in Victoria, Australia
Date from
year in its name

Placed at the district its description names, Victoria.

2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires

Series of bushfires in Victoria, Australia

The Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, also known as the Great Divide Complex, were a series of bushfires that commenced in the Victorian Alps in Australia on 1 December 2006 due to lightning strikes, and continued for 69 days. They were the longest running bushfires in the state's history. Between 1.2 and 1.3 million hectares were burnt, most of it public land.

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