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Fire That Threatened Australian Civilization : Black Thursday, Colonists Thought Whole Country was Aflame
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1937
Fire That Threatened Australian Civilization : Black Thursday, Colonists Thought Whole Country was Aflame
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This, the first in a series entitled 'Epics of the Bush', tells of the three terrible fires which took lives and property in Victoria. It uses excerpts from the newspaper reports of the time. It describes the horror and bravery and explains how Victorians realised the need for a volunteer fire-fighting organization in Victoria.
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Fire That Threatened Australian Civilization : Black Thursday, Colonists Thought Whole Country was Aflame
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The Queenslander
Subjects:
- Western Port Bay area, Victoria,
- Dandenong Ranges, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Bellarine Peninsula (Greater Geelong), Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,
- Cape Otway, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,
- Mount Macedon, Gisborne - Woodend area, Sunbury - Kyneton area, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Kilmore area, Seymour - Kilmore area, Northern Victoria, Victoria,
- South Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria,
- Belgrave, Upwey - Belgrave area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Healesville area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Warburton area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1851
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