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Shaping places Defining Moments

Investigation 2: Bushfires and their consequences

2.4 Bushfire case study 2: 2009, ‘Black Saturday’

<p>Kinglake National Park after the Black Saturday bushfires, 2009</p>

Photo: Nick Pitsas. CSIRO

<p>Kinglake National Park after the Black Saturday bushfires, 2009</p>

Here is another example of a terrible bushfire.

Read the information in the Defining Moment in Australian history: 2009 ‘A tragedy beyond belief’ — Black Saturday bushfires, and answer these questions.

1. Where was the 2009 bushfire?

<p>Bushfires and death tolls by area, Black Saturday bushfires, Victoria, 2009</p>

Nick Carson — Public domain, https://bit.ly/3939va9

<p>Bushfires and death tolls by area, Black Saturday bushfires, Victoria, 2009</p>

 

What were the weather conditions like?

Here is record of the temperatures during that period:

 

<p>A graph of the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in Melbourne, Victoria during the 2009 southeastern Australian heat wave. Source data from Bureau of Meteorology</p>

Bidgee, Public Domain

<p>A graph of the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in Melbourne, Victoria during the 2009 southeastern Australian heat wave. Source data from Bureau of Meteorology</p>


The causes


Fighting the fire


The impact

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2.5 Bringing it together: Comparing Black Thursday and Black Saturday

Investigation 2: Bushfires and their consequences