Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of the Ash Wednesday bushfires A cold front caused sudden swings in fire direction and huge expansions in the size and intensity of the fires Research before ...

Thirty years ago Australia suffered one of its worst natural disasters when bushfires swept across Victoria and South Australia.Wednesday, February the 16th, 1983 became known as Ash Wednesday ...

Ironically, yesterday was also Ash Wednesday. Forty-degree-plus temperatures ... The aftermath of a bushfire in Upper Beaconsfield.Credit: The Age Archives Mr Mathews said: “There is no doubt ...

This Thursday marks four decades since southwest Victorian farmers Margaret and Brian Parsons were among those whose lives were up-ended by the Ash Wednesday fires. Brian appeared on the front ...

Ironically, yesterday also was Ash Wednesday. More than 100 houses were ... emergency centre in Melbourne said yesterday’s bushfires were probably the worst natural disaster in Victoria ...

The devastating 1983 Ash Wednesday fires highlighted the need for improved inter-agency coordination, while the 2009 Black Saturday fires—considered the deadliest bushfire disaster in Australia ...