The 1994 Eastern seaboard fires were bushfires in New South Wales, Australia between 27 December 1993 and 16 January 1994 were widespread along the NSW coast from Bega to the Queensland border and inland as far as Bathurst. Over 80 separate fires encouraged by extreme hot dry and windy conditions threatened many areas including the major cities of Newcastle and Sydney. The fires burnt out over 800,000 hectares killed four people and destroyed 225 homes, most in southern Sydney suburbs of Jannali and Como West. Como West Public School was destroyed. Backburning in Townsville, Australia to prevent bushfires. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Location of Bega in New South Wales (red) Bega is a town in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (June Quarter Released Statistics 2006)  - Population  4,053,444 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council Local Government Area. ... Newcastle CBD Newcastle is the seventh largest and the second oldest city in Australia [1] and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Jannali is a rather small suburb, located in Sydney Australia, NSW. It has a small shops area, 2 primary schools, 1 high school. ... Slightly west of como and on the North Eastern side of the Head of the Woronora River, Como west is a minor suburb. ... Como West Public School is a comprehensive public primary (K-6) school located in the Sydney suburb of Como West, New South Wales, Australia. ...

These fires generated a large amount of media coverage internationally. Unlike earlier fire, several of which caused much more damage, they entered a major city, as the latter Black Christmas and 2003 Canberra bushfires would too. Also this is the only time a major city, Sydney, been threatened with total isolation due to fire. At the peak of the fires only the Hume Highway to the southwest remained open, all other road and rail routes out of Sydney were closed. The Black Christmas bushfires were bushfires that burnt for almost three weeks from 25 December 2001 across New South Wales, Australia. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... The Hume is National 31 from Sydney to Albury . ...

External Links

• http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/222.html
• http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/fireweek.htm
• http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/fire6.htm
• http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WF9960145.htm
• http://www.benfieldhrc.org/activities/alerts/alert6.pdf