Date,Trigger,State,Area burned,Fatalities,Homes damaged,Other buildings damaged,Other damage
,Ash Wednesday bushfires,South Australia Victoria,,75,"approx. 2,400",,
18 - 22 January 2003,2003 Canberra bushfires,Australian Capital Territory,"160,000 hectares",,approx. 500,,
,Black Sunday bushfires,South Australia,"39,000-160,000 hectares",2,40,,
,Boorabbin National Park,Western Australia,"40,000 hectares",,,,PowerlinesGreat Eastern Highway was closed for 2 weeks
October - November 2015,2015 Esperance bushfires,Western Australia,"200,000 hectares",4,,,"15,000 livestock5 Nature ReservesMost of Cape Arid National Park"
,Black Friday bushfires,Victoria,2 million hectares,71,"3,700",,
1 February 1898,Red Tuesday bushfires,Victoria,"260,000 hectares",12,,"2,000",
27 December 1993 - 16 January 1994,1994 Eastern seaboard fires,New South Wales,"400,000 hectares",,225,,
1974 - 1975 summer fire season,1974-75 Australian bushfire season,New South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaWestern Australia,117 million hectares,,,,"15% of Australia was burnt. The damage was mostly in central Australia and so it did not impact many communities. 57,000 farm animalsapproximately 10,200 kilometres "
6 February 1851,Black Thursday bushfires,Victoria,5 million hectares,approx. 12,,,1 million sheepthousands of cattle
25 December 2001 - 7 January 2002,Black Christmas bushfires,,"753,314 hectares",,121,,
7 February - 14 March 2009,Black Saturday bushfires,Victoria,"450,000 hectares",173,,,
2 - 9 January 2015,2015 Sampson Flat bushfires,South Australia,"20,000 hectares",,27,,
25 November - 2 December 2015,2015 Pinery bushfire,South Australia,"85,000 hectares",2,91,,
17 - 28 October 2013,2013 New South Wales bushfires,New South Wales,"100,000 hectares",1,,40,
8 January - 8 March 2003,2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires,Victoria,1 million hectares,,41,213,"10,000 livestock"
January - March 1961,1961 Western Australian bushfires,Western Australia,,,,,
,Linton bushfire,Victoria,,,,,
6 - 14 December 2007,2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires,South Australia,"95,000 hectares",,,,
,Tenterden,,2 million hectares,,,,