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1925–26 Victorian bushfire season

Field	Value
title	1925–26 Victorian bushfire season
location	Victoria, Australia
date	January – March 1926
fatalities	30
injuries	700
structures	1000

A series of major bushfires occurred between 26 January and 10 March 1926 in the state of Victoria in Australia.

Its reported that 700 people were injured, and 1000 buildings and 390,000 ha were destroyed across the south-east of the state.

On 14 February, later referred to as Black Sunday, bushfires swept across Gippsland, the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges and the Kinglake area. The fires had originated in State forest areas on 26 January, but wind gusts of up to 97 km per hour led to the joining of the fire fronts on 14 February. 30 deaths were recorded including 14 at Worlley’s Mill in Gilderoy, 6 at Big Pats Creek and 2 at Powelltown. Other affected settlements included Noojee, Erica and Kinglake, where St Mary's Church and Thompson's Hotel were amongst the buildings destroyed.{{cite web |url-status = dead

References

Weekly Times. (6 November 1926). "BUSH FIRE FUND. Money Wisely Spent".
(June 2017). "SE Victoria (incl Gippsland & Dandenongs): Bushfires". Emergency Management Australia.
"Black Sunday". Australian Screen.
(5 October 2005). "1926 Thompson's Hotel Kinglake after Bush fire". Picture Victoria.

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