Australia: Black Saturday bushfires 2009

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Introduction

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, a series of bushfires blazed across the state of Victoria, killing several dozen people and amounting to billions of dollars in damages. Black Saturday is remembered as one of Australia's worst bushfires.

Hazards
Wildfire
Country and region
Australia

Knowledge base

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Documents and publications
Long-term disaster resilience

This predominantly qualitative research into long-term disaster resilience identifies what helps and hinders individual and community resilience in disasters. It documents the experiences and wisdom of 56 disaster survivors nine years after the 2009 Black

Monash University
Documents and publications
Beyond bushfires community resilience and recovery report

A five-year study analyzing the health and wellbeing impacts of the Black Saturday Bushfires in Australia tracked the interplay between mental health and social connections of natural disaster survivors. The results should inform efforts by government

University of Melbourne
Documents and publications
Men and disaster: Men's experiences of the Black Saturday bushfires and the aftermath

This paper demonstrates the harmful effects that social expectations of masculinity can have on coping mechanisms and decision-making. Expectations based on gender have broad implications for families and communities and for the ways in which emergency

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

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