50th Anniversary of 1967 Snug BushfirePrint Page 
Two plaques commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Snug Bushfire which occurred on the 7th of February 1967. One plaque is a new casualty list, which was increased by the addition of two more names that could be attributed to the fires.
It was at Snug that the devastation was greatest, with eleven residents losing their lives and eighty of the township’s one hundred and twenty buildings destroyed.
The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which became known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. They were the most deadly bushfires that Tasmania has ever experienced, leaving 62 people dead, 900 injured and over seven thousand homeless.
Location
| Address: | Beach Road, Snug, 7054 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -43.063141 Long: 147.262228 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Fire |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 07-February-1967 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 07-February-2017 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 7th February, 2017 |
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Plaque :
A commemoration by the Kingborough community of the
50th anniversary
Black Tuesday
7 February 1967
Unveiled by
The Hon. Will Hodgman Premier of Tasmania
Steve Wass Mayor of Kingborough
7 February 2017
Plaque :
In memory of those who lost their lives
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