What the records say
- When
- 16 Feb 1983
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 25.00° S, 133.00° E
- Description
- 1983 bushfires in Australia
- Deaths
- 75
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Ash Wednesday bushfires
1983 brushfires in Australia
The Ash Wednesday bushfires, known in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II, were a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia in 1983 on 16 February. Within twelve hours, more than 180 fires fanned by hot winds of up to 110 km/h (68 mph) caused widespread destruction across the states of Victoria and South Australia.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people, in one of Australia's worst bushfire disasters”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les incendies du Mercredi des Cendres ravagent le sud-est de l’Australie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в «Пепельную среду» пожары в австралийских штатах Виктория и Южная Австралия унесли жизни 75 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page