| 2004–05 Australian bushfire season | |
|---|---|
 NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2004 to May 2005 | |
| Date(s) | Winter (June) 2004 – Autumn (May) 2005 |
| Location | Australia |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | > |
| Impacts | |
| Structures destroyed | 450+ total
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| State | Start date | Deaths | Injuries | Houses lost | Area (ha) | Local govt. | Impacted communities & destruction | Duration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QLD | 30 September 2004 | 1 | Townsville | Black River
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| QLD | 8 October 2004 | 2 | 6 | Toowoomba | Crows Nest
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| 2 | 3,000 ha (7,400 acres) | Lockyer Valley | Helidon | ||||||
| WA | 2 December 2004 | 1 | 2 | 13,000 ha (32,000 acres) | Dumbleyung | Tincurrin & Kukerin
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| SA | 10 January 2005 | 9 | 115 | 93 | 78,000 ha (190,000 acres) | Lower Eyre Peninsula | Wangary, North Shields, Louth Bay, Yallunda Flat & Wanilla
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References
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- Anthony Schapel, Deputy State Coroner of South Australia (18 December 2007). "Inquest into the Deaths of Star Ellen Borlase, Jack Morley Borlase, Helen Kald Castle, Judith Maud Griffith, Jody Maria Kay, Graham Joseph Russell, Zoe Russell-Kay, Trent Alan Murnane, and Neil George Richardson" (PDF). Coroner's Court of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- Debelle, Penelope; Selma Milovanovic (13 January 2005). "Towns in shock as fires claim nine". The Age. Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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