3-536: The Red Tuesday bushfires occurred on 1 February 1898 in South Gippsland , Victoria, Australia . The bushfires claimed 12 lives, destroyed over 2,000 buildings, and affected about 15,000 people, leaving 2,500 homeless. A total area of 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres ) of bushland and farmland was destroyed by the fires. South Gippsland South Gippsland , a region of Gippsland in Victoria , Australia ,
6-499: Is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. It is part of the larger Gippsland Basin bioregion . Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory , the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland Australia. Rivers are generally very short and impossible to dam owing to the lack of potential storage sites, but groundwater of good quality
9-489: Is readily available. The major industries are forestry and dairy farming, and the principal towns include Cowes (on Phillip Island ), Leongatha , Korumburra , Wonthaggi and Foster . Wilsons Promontory National Park features eucalypt forests and rainforests as well as its famous beaches, and is one of the most popular holiday areas in Victoria. Linked to mainland South Gippsland via a bridge at San Remo , Phillip Island
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