1993–94 Australian bushfire season

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1993–94 Australian bushfire season
Date(s)October 1993 – January 1994
LocationNew South Wales and Queensland, Australia
Statistics
Burned area70,000+ ha
Impacts
Deaths3
Non-fatal injuries29+

A major bushfire occurred in southern Queensland, Australia, in October 1993, and several major bushfires occurred in New South Wales from December 1993 to January 1994. 3 people were killed in New South Wales by the fires and more than 29 were injured. More than 70,000 ha were destroyed in New South Wales.

State Start date Deaths Injuries Houses lost Area (ha) Local govt. Impacted communities & destruction Duration Ref.
QLD 10 October 1993 3 Somerset Coominya & Esk
  • 4 caravans destroyed
 [1]
NSW 27 December 1993 1 4 Clarence Valley Maclean [2][3]
NSW 30 December 1993 11 15,000 ha (37,000 acres) Cessnock & Singleton
Bucketty
  • 16 non-residential structures, 4 caravans and 3 vehicles destroyed
  • A
    tourist railway
    damaged
 17 days [4][5][6]
NSW 1 January 1994 5+ 12,500 ha (31,000 acres) Hornsby

Brooklyn, Canoelands & Wisemans Ferry

  • A garage and several non-residential buildings destroyed
 [4][5][7]
NSW 3 January 1994 24 Gosford
Cogra Bay, Kariong, Peats Ridge, Somersby & Tascott
 12 days [4][5][8]
NSW 3 January 1994 1 4 Lake Macquarie & Newcastle Bennetts Green, Charlestown, Glendale & Wallsend
  • A retail property, a wrecker's yard and several other non-residential structures destroyed
  • 8 houses damaged
 11 days [4][5][9][10]
NSW 4 January 1994 5 50,000 ha (120,000 acres) Blue Mountains & Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Heights
  • 26 non-residential structures destroyed, including a
    youth hostel
  • 26 houses and 84 non-residential structures damaged
 11 days [4][5][11][12]
NSW 5 January 1994 2 2,000 ha (4,900 acres) Eurobodalla & Shoalhaven

Sussex Inlet

6 days [4][5][13]
NSW 6 January 1994 5+ 17 370 ha (910 acres) Willoughby & Ku-ring-gai
West Chatswood, West Killara & Lindfield
  • Ku-ring-gai College and at least 3 houses damaged
 [4][5][14][15][16]
NSW 6 January 1994 2 Port Stephens —
  • 8 non-residential structures destroyed, including
    dog kennels
  • A timber factory damaged
 8 days [4][5][17]
NSW 7 January 1994 1 20+ 101 480 ha (1,200 acres) Sutherland

Jannali

  • 14 non-residential structures destroyed, including Como West
    Presbyterian
    Church
  • 48 vehicles destroyed
  • 90 houses and 11 non-residential structures damaged, including Como West Public School
 6 days [4][5][13][18][19][20]
NSW 7 January 1994 36 11,000 ha (27,000 acres) Pittwater & Warringah
Lovett Bay & Warriewood
 6 days [4][5][13][14][21][22][23]

References

  1. Canberra Times
    . Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. Canberra Times
    . 5 January 1994. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ Harry Woods, Member for Page (3 February 1994). "NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHFIRES". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 270–271.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Paxton, Gilly; Bell, Anne, eds. (1994). "Table 1; Emergency Appointments". Bush Fire Bulletin. 16 (1). Department of Bush Fire Services: 45. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Paxton, Gilly, ed. (1994). "Corrections to the Last Issue of the Bulletin; Table 3, Losses by Local Government Area". Bush Fire Bulletin. 16 (2). Department of Bush Fire Services: 25. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 4.
  7. ^ Phillip Ruddock, Member for Berowra (3 February 1994). "NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHFIRES". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 276–277.
  8. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 20.
  9. ^ Peter Morris, Member for Shortland (3 February 1994). "New South Wales Bushfires". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 278–279.
  10. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 1.
  11. ^ "At Sydney on Friday, 31 May 2002" (PDF). parliament.nsw.gov.au. Joint Select Committee on Bushfires. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  12. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 16.
  13. ^
    Canberra Times
    . 10 January 1994. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  14. ^
    Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 2.
  15. ^ Mullins, G. "The Interface Fire Problem – An Urban Fire Service Perspective" (PDF). New South Wales Fire Brigades. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  16. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 4.
  17. ^ Robert Horne, Member for Paterson (3 February 1994). "New South Wales Bushfires". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 282–284.
  18. ^ Mutton, Sheree (9 January 2014). "Shire fire horror still lingers 20 years on". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  19. ^ Scott Morrison, Member for Cook (11 February 2009). "Victorian Bushfire Victims - Condolences". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 1018.
  20. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 14.
  21. ^ Westbrook, Tom (22 September 2014). "NSW Conservation Council calls for review of 10/50 vegetation clearing code". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  22. ^ David Miles Connolly, Member for Bradfield (3 February 1994). "NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHFIRES". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 268–270.
  23. Sydney Morning Herald
    . p. 46.


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