Investigation 2: Bushfires and their consequences | Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom | National Museum of Australia

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Oil painting depicting scenes of disaster with people and animals fleeing from thick black smoke. Corpses and bones of animals can be seen in the foreground.

Short Caption

Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851, by William Strutt, 1864

Source

State Library of Victoria H28049

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Learning modules

Shaping places Defining Moments

Lessons

2.1 Setting the scene: Exploring a historic painting 2.2 The impact of bushfires on environments and communities 2.3 Bushfire case study 1: 1851, ‘Black Thursday’ 2.4 Bushfire case study 2: 2009, ‘Black Saturday’ 2.5 Bringing it together: Comparing Black Thursday and Black Saturday