Bushfires In Australia
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Bushfires In Australia
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Author : R. Harry Luke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Bushfires In Australia written by R. Harry Luke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Aeronautics in bushfire control categories.
Includes mention of Aboriginal use of fire.
Bushfires In Australia
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Author : John Lesley
language : en
Publisher: Redback Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-01
Bushfires In Australia written by John Lesley and has been published by Redback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Along with cyclones and floods, bushfires have always been part of the Australian natural environment. Increasing population has meant that more homes are being built in the outer parts of cities. These regions are close to natural bushland where there might be bushfires in the future. Thousands of years ago, Indigenous Australians developed ways of managing bushfires, so that the landscapes they cared for would not suffer catastrophic destruction. Today, firefighters also undertake hazard reduction burns to keep areas safe from monster bushfires.
Burn
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Author : Paul Collins
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2009-09-28
Burn written by Paul Collins and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-28 with History categories.
‘Dry heat and hot, dry winds worked upon a land already dry, to suck from it the last, least drop of moisture. Men who had lived their lives in the bush went their ways in the shadow of dread expectancy. But though they felt the imminence of danger they could not tell that it was to be far greater than they could imagine. They had not lived long enough.’ — Report of the Royal Commission into the bushfires of January 1939 With the start of every bushfire season and the first threatening hints of burning eucalypt in the air, we are reminded, no matter where we live, that bushfire is an inescapable reality in this country. In Burn Paul Collins tells the epic story of bushfire in Australia, drawing on accounts of the most devastating conflagrations in Australia’s European history — from the 1851 Black Thursday fire (which burnt out one quarter of Victoria) to the 1939 Black Friday fires (which took many lives and destroyed thousands of hectares in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania), the Canberra inferno of 2003, and the Black Saturday fires of February 2009. Frightening, compelling, vivid, and provocative, Burn reveals stories of heroism, stupidity, political incompetence, and environmental vandalism. This is the grand narrative of bushfire in Australia, the most fire-prone land on Earth.
Great Australian Bushfire Stories
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Author : Ian Mannix
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Great Australian Bushfire Stories written by Ian Mannix and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Travel categories.
'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: "Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler."' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.
Bushfires In Australia
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Author : R. H. Luke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Bushfires In Australia written by R. H. Luke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
Bushfires
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Bushfires written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Australia categories.
Newspaper cuttings from the Australian press clippings collection on bushfires in Australia. There are articles on many significant bushfires including Black Friday (Victoria, January 1939), Black Thursday (Tasmania, February 1967), and Ash Wednesday (South Australia and Victoria, February 1983). There are also articles on bushfire survival, prevention methods such as controlled burning and aerial bombing, and the economic impact of bushfires.
Be Prepared
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Author : Lesley Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Be Prepared written by Lesley Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Australia, Southeastern categories.
Australia Burning
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Author : Geoffrey Cary
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2003-11-27
Australia Burning written by Geoffrey Cary and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-27 with Science categories.
The phenomenon of fire in the Australian landscape traverses many interests and disciplines. At a national level, there is an urgent need for the integration of both the natural and social sciences in the formulation of public policy. With contributions from 30 leading experts, Australia Burning draws together these issues, under the themes: *Ecology and the environment *Fire behaviour and fire regime science *People and property *Policy, institutional arrangements and the legal framework *Indigenous land and fire management The book examines some of the key questions that relate to the ecology, prediction and management of fire, urban planning, law, insurance, and community issues, including indigenous and non-indigenous concerns. It looks at what we need to know to inform public policy, given the present risks and uncertainty, and explores the avenues for closer integration between science, policy and the community.
Flames Of Extinction
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Author : John Pickrell
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2021-04-15
Flames Of Extinction written by John Pickrell and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with Nature categories.
Over Australia's 2019-20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species - koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus - are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing climate behind them. In Flames of Extinction, award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 2019-2020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the flames, the wildlife workers who rescued them, and the conservationists, land managers, Aboriginal rangers, ecologists and firefighters on the front line of the climate catastrophe. He also reveals the radical new conservation methods being trialled to save as many species as possible from the very precipice of extinction.
Burning Issues
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Author : Mark Adams
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2011-06-16
Burning Issues written by Mark Adams and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with Science categories.
Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to ‘tame’ the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into the middle of this volatile landscape. As this movement has intensified, so has the debate on how to best protect life and property from the ever-present bushfire threat. A long-running drought and a predicted warming climate have ensured that bushfire is a dominant factor in our nation’s long-term planning. Following the tragic Victorian Black Saturday fires in 2009, a much greater urgency now confronts policy makers, land and fire managers and communities living in bushfire areas. This has led to a call for a single, simple answer on fuel reduction burning to reduce the bushfire risk. Burning Issues explains that this is a complex issue without such a simple answer. The book gives an account of the role of fire in Australia’s ecosystems, how we have to accept and live with fire, and how we can manage fire both for safety and for diversity. It aims to change people’s attitudes to fire, and to be influential in encouraging changes in land management by government agencies.