1974–75 Australian bushfire season

The 1974–75 Australian bushfire season is a series of bushfires, also known around the world as wildfires, that burned across Australia. Fires that summer burned up an estimated 117 million hectares (290 million acres; 1,170,000 square kilometres; 450,000 square miles). Approximately 15% of Australia's land mass suffered "extensive fire damage" including parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

1974–75 Australian bushfire season
The area burnt in the inland fires of 1974-1975
Date(s)October 1974 – February 1975
Location
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Western Australia
  • victoria
Statistics
Total area117 million hectares (290 million acres)
Impacts
Deaths6
Livestock losses57,000
Structures destroyed10,200 kilometres (6,300 mi) of fencing
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