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Victorian Bushfires Collection
Image: Motor Car - Bushfire Damaged Holden 48-215, FX, Churchill, 2009
Source: Museum Victoria
February 7, 2010 marks the first anniversary of Black Saturday, the greatest natural disaster in Australia's recorded history. In the weeks following the bushfires that ravaged many parts of Victoria in 2009, Museum Victoria set up the Victorian Bushfires Collection to preserve and document objects and stories from the fires. The collection includes bushfire-damaged objects, emergency services equipment, oral histories, artwork, images, and material from public education campaigns.
Museum Victoria hopes the collection will not only lead to greater public understanding of bushfires and their effect on communities but also assist in the healing process through commemoration and the sharing of stories.
The collection will continue to grow as it documents the reconstruction efforts, changing patterns of bushfire response and the effect of climate change on how we understand and engage with our beautiful but dangerous bush.
Significant items:
- A burnt-out 1950 FX Holden 48-215, part of a collection of vintage motor cars destroyed in the Churchill fire
- A chimney from Kinglake, all that remained of the nineteenth-century homestead 'The Uplands'
- Burned and melted domestic objects, from a Box Brownie camera to a child's bicycle
- 'Black Saturday', a painting of Marysville by Glenn Morgan
- Sam the Koala, a koala that became a public symbol of hope and resilience in the aftermath of the fires
- A 'Thank You' sculpture that was donated to the People of Victoria at the Thank You Melbourne and Victoria concert of 7 April 2010
Related Narratives:
Recurring History of Bushfires in Victoria
Healesville Primary School Bushfire Artworks Collection
Collecting & Rebuilding the Black Saturday Chimney
'The Uplands' Homestead, Kinglake, 1890s-2009
Stories Revealed Through Bricks & Mortar
The Making of the Thank You Gift
The Premier Speaks about the Thank You Gift
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Information Kit - 'Essential Information for the Fire Season', Victorian State Government, ...
Information Kit titled 'Essential Information for the Fire Season, No Matter Where You Live', issued by the Victorian State Government in November 2009. The items in this information ki ...
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Student Work - 'Firestorm', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2009
Rachel was a Grade 5 student at Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009. Her artwork 'Firestorm' was created at that time. A year later, Rachel r ...
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Student Work - 'CFA Helps Wildlife', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, ...
Jake was a Grade 6 student at Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009. His artwork 'CFA Helps Wildlife' was created at that time. A year later, J ...
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Student Work - 'Bushfire Disaster', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, ...
Dylan was a Grade 5 student at Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009. His artwork 'Bushfire Disaster', now part of the Victorian Bushfires Coll ...
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Student Work - 'Bushfires', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2009
Jarod was a Grade 4 student at Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009. His artwork 'Bushfires', now part of the Victorian Bushfires Collection, ...
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Student Work - 'Animal Rescue', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2009
Allyson was a Grade 6 student from Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires in February, 2009. Her artwork 'Animal Rescue' was produced during that time. A year l ...
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Student Work - 'Catastrophe', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2009
Emily was a Grade 6 student from Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires in February, 2009. Her artwork 'Catastrophe' was produced during that time. A year later ...
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Student Work - 'CFA is the Best', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 20 ...
Rory was a Grade 3 student from Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires in February, 2009. His artwork 'CFA is the Best' was produced during that time. A year la ...
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Student Work - 'The Biggest Fire', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2 ...
Emily was a Grade 3 student from Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires in February, 2009. Her artwork 'The Biggest Fire' was produced during that time. A year ...
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Student Work - 'Bushfire Helpers', Black Saturday Bushfires, Healesville Primary School, 2 ...
Kyle was a Grade 5 student from Healesville Primary School during the Black Saturday bushfires in February, 2009. His artwork 'Bushfire Helpers' was produced during that time. Kyle lat ...
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