Black Friday Bushfire 1939. Black Friday was the culmination of a long, dry and hot summer following years' long drought. Courtesy Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria/Public domain.
For NSW, the fury was mainly endured as a spell of heat so extreme that it set records in some places that are yet to be toppled. We don't even have a holiday for there to be a Friday sale after – no Thanksgiving in Australia. The Black Friday bushfire came from many human causes.
Still, the state was scorched too, as the Herald.
Many creeks and rivers had dried up Three weeks after the bushfires, a Royal Commission was convened with Judge Leonard E B Stretton selected to lead the inquiry.
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These conditions fanned several fires – some of which had been burning since early December – into a massive fire front. Courtesy Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria/Public domain. From Black Friday to Black Saturday.