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Figure 31 [EXT_26a] Figure 31 Kangaroo Island dunnart, a small marsupial found only on Kangaroo Island
Table 1 Impacts of the 2019–20 fires, as of March 2020

Jurisdiction

Deaths

Homes lost

Total native forest area burned (ha, thousand)

Total commercial plantation area burned (ha, thousand)

Total other forest area burned (ha, thousand)

Total forest area burned (ha, thousand)a

Total area burned (ha, thousand)

Proportion of burnt area that was native forest (%)

Proportion of burnt area that was forest (%)

ACT

0

0

83

0

0

83

90

93

93

NSW

25

2,448

5,014

92

16

5,122

5,681

88

90

Qld

0

49

367

3

0

370

419

88

88

SA

3

188

118

17

2

137

313

38

44

Tas

0

2

27

3

0

29

42

64

70

Vic

5

405

1,444

10

3

1,457

1,583

91

92

WA

0

8b

1,138

4

0

1,143

2,044

56

56

Total

33

3,100

8,190

129

22

8,341

10,173

81

82

ACT = Australian Capital Territory; ha = hectare; NSW = New South Wales; Qld = Queensland; SA = South Australia; Tas = Tasmania; Vic = Victoria; WA = Western Australia

  1. Includes native forest, commercial plantations and other forest.
  2. Includes 5 dwellings regarded as residences.

Source: Davey & Sarre (2020)

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