Red Tuesday bushfires explained

Red Tuesday bushfires
Location:	South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Date:	1 February 1898
Acres:	260000ha
Fatalities:	12
Buildings:	2,000

The Red Tuesday bushfires occurred on 1 February 1898 in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The bushfires claimed 12 lives, destroyed over 2,000 buildings,^[1] and affected about 15,000 people, leaving 2,500 homeless.^[2] A total area of 260000ha of bushland and farmland was destroyed by the fires.^[3]

External links

• State Library of Victoria's Bushfires in Victoria Research Guide Guide to locating books, government reports, websites, statistics, newspaper reports and images about the Red Tuesday fires.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Major Bushfires in Victoria. Department of Sustainability and Environment. 15 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322102849/http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/fire-and-other-emergencies/major-bushfires-in-victoria. 22 March 2012. dmy-all.
2. Web site: South Gippsland, Victoria: Bushfires. 13 September 2006. 24 May 2008. EMA Disasters Database. Australian Government. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213154059/http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/83edbd0553620d8cca256d09001fc8fd/270f8f5a1d4fa692ca256d3300057cd2?OpenDocument. 13 February 2009. dmy-all .
3. Web site: Bushfire history. 12 September 2015. Victoria State Government.