, near Anglers Rest,
Gippsland, after the
2003 fires Most extensive fires •
1851 - 6 February "
Black Thursday" (5 million hectares) •
1938-39 - December - January "
Black Friday" (2 million hectares) •
2020 - 3 January "
2019–20 Australian bushfire season" (1.5+ million hectares) •
2003 - January - March "
2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires" (1.3 million hectares) •
2006-07 - 1 December - 6 February "
Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires" (1.2 -1.3 million hectares) •
1944 - January - February (1 million hectares) •
1983 - 16 February "
Ash Wednesday" (510,000 hectares) •
2009 - 7 February "
Black Saturday" (450,000 hectares) •
1965 -
Gippsland (300,000 hectares) •
1898 - 1 February "
Red Tuesday" (260,000 hectares)
Deadliest fires •
2009 - 7 February - March "
Black Saturday" (
173 deaths) •
1939 - December - January "
Black Friday" (
71 deaths) •
1926 - 14 February - March "
Black Sunday" (
60 deaths) •
1944 -
December - February (
51 deaths) •
1983 - 16 February "
Ash Wednesday" (
47 in Victoria) •
1962 - 14–16 January (
33 deaths) •
1969 - 8 January (
23 deaths) •
1942 - Western Victoria (
20 deaths) •
1905 - 1 December (
12 deaths) •
1898 - 1 February "
Red Tuesday" (
12 deaths) •
1851 - 6 February "
Black Thursday" (
12 deaths) •
1943 - 22 December (
10 deaths) •
1952 - January - March, Central Victoria (
10 deaths) •
1977 - 12 February, Western Victoria (
8 deaths) •
1965 - 17 January (
7 deaths) Longwood, Northern Victoria •
1998 - 2 December (
5 deaths) Linton, Western Victoria •
1985 - 14 January (
3 deaths) Avoca, Central Victoria •
1997 - 21 January (
3 deaths) Dandenong Ranges ==See also==