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y separately published work icon Black Saturday Was My Dad's Birthday single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Black Saturday Was My Dad's Birthday
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'On February 7th 2009 Victoria was hit by savage bushfires unlike anything seen before. It was named Black Saturday. The Wilson family of five lost their home in Chum Creek, near Healesville in the heart of the Yarra Valley. This is how that day unfolded for them, as seen through the eyes of their youngest family member.' (Publication summary)

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    • Healesville, Healesville area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Kate Wilson , 2009 .
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      • Publication date 01 December 2009
      ISBN: 9780646524269 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

A Boy's Story of Black Saturday Aims to Help the Healing Miki Perkins , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 8 December 2009; (p. 8)
A Boy's Story of Black Saturday Aims to Help the Healing Miki Perkins , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 8 December 2009; (p. 8)
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