Chatsbury bushfire

Chatsbury bushfire
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The Chatsbury/Bungonia Bushfire of 1965 was a series of devastating bushfires that raged from 5th through 14th March 1965 (1) and destroyed the Southern Highlands, New South Wales villages of Tallong and Wingello as well as most of the surrounding orchards. Three people were killed.

28 homes were destroyed in Tallong, 31 in Wingello (2). The fire was eventually stopped (or burnt out) near Nowra on the South Coast.

References

NSW Rural Fire Service: A Brief History of Bushfire
(1) From a presentation given by the NSW Fire Service on 25th March 2006 at a seminar in the Tallong Village Hall
(2) Ibid; Same source as immediately above.

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Australian Capital Territory	2003 Canberra bushfires

New South Wales	Chatsbury bushfire (1965) • 1994 Eastern seaboard fires • 2001 Warragamba bushfires • Black Christmas (2001) • Jail Break Inn Fire (2006) • Pulletop bushfire (2006)

South Australia	Ash Wednesday fires (1983) • Eyre Peninsula bushfire (2005)

Tasmania	Black Tuesday (1967)

Victoria	Red Tuesday (1898) • Black Friday (1939) • Ash Wednesday fires (1983) • Linton bushfire (1998)

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