New South Wales ;July 2018 New South Wales experienced 525 fires in the last week of July, more than twice the number from the previous year. A firefighter named Alan Tully died on 17 August when his helicopter crashed while combating fires near Ulladulla. A fire started near
Salt Ash, north of
Newcastle, on 18 August and two days later had burnt out , on 20 August 70 fires were burning around the state.
Victoria ;December 2018 On 7 December a grassfire threatened the tiny town of
Little River which is south west from Melbourne. The fire started at 11:42am and burnt at least 1,240 hectares. ;March 2019 On 1 March several fires were lit in the east of the state as the result of a band of
dry lightning. A bushfire in the
Bunyip State Park destroyed 29 houses as well as 67 outbuildings and sheds over the following two days.
Queensland ;November 2018 By 30 November, 144 bushfires were burning throughout Queensland at the end of a week where 200 fires had been battled by firefighters. High temperatures and strong winds made for difficult conditions and two houses, two cabins and 15 sheds were lost to fire with a further 14 houses damaged.
Tasmania ;January 2019 A series of bushfires started in
Tasmania from late December as a result of lightning strikes. This included The Gell River fire, Great Pine Tier fire and Riveaux Road fire which burned through a combined than 278,000 hectares of the
Southwest National Park from December 2018 to March 2019, occasionally through vegetation that was not fire resistant and will not regenerate. Four houses and several outbuildings were lost during the fires, including Churchill's Hut, built in the 1920s by
Elias Churchill.
Western Australia ;October 2018 A bushfire, that started on 11 October, approximately south east of
Broome burned through an area of . Adverse conditions, the remote location and a lack of water meant that the fire was fought using
back-burning, constructing
fire lines and using aircraft. ;January 2019 In mid-January, south western Australia experienced a major heatwave that triggered a large fire in
Collie on 21 January, putting most of Collie at risk. The fire was extinguished the next day. About was burnt out and four firefighters were hospitalised. ;February 2019 On 7 February, a large bushfire started in the
Forrestdale Lake nature reserve in
Forrestdale that put the suburbs of Forrestdale,
Harrisdale and
Piara Waters under an emergency warning. Over was burned out with many vehicles and one home being destroyed. ==See also==