Red Tuesday occurred on 1 February 1898 when in the southern Gippsland area of Victoria 260,000 ha were burnt, 12 people were killed and 2000 buildings were destroyed. The fires affected the Cranbourne, Traralgon, Neerim South and Poowong areas.
Bushfire - Red Tuesday
Quick Statistics
12
Fatalities
Information Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2004, Past Major bushfires, 24 March 2006, website viewed 15 December 2011
Council of Australian Government, National bushfire inquiry appendix D fire history in Australia, 2 April 2004, p 342, website viewed 15 December 2011
The West Australian (Perth), ‘The Victorian bushfires’, 3 February 1898, viewed on Trove website (ID 3194132) 19 December 2011