This book has been compiled by the East Gippsland Community Leadership Program 2021 on behalf of East Gippsland Communities. It contains many individual stories of personal experiences from people and workers who lived through the huge conflagrations during late 2019 and early 2020. These fires were enormous, with huge impact for much of Victoria and nearly all of East Gippsland. Survival, recovery and hope are amongst the many themes. It is a book with many authors who contributed their stories and recollections. This book is significant because it records many personal memories of those who lived through the destructive 2019/20 Black Summer Fires in East Gippsland.A large format book titled Heartbreak to Hope. The front cover has a all-over coloured photograph of a sky, grassland paddock, and fence in the foreground. The back cover has an all-over photograph of green leaves overlaid with printing. Heartbreak to Hope Community reflections from the drought and 19/20 Black Summer Fires of East Gippsland.bushfire, drought, east gippsland, 2019/20 black summer fires

This book contains stories from various Fire Brigades who lived and worked on the 2019/20 Black Summer bush fires in Victoria. Brigade stories are from the North East, South East, South West and CFA brigades. This fire season was hugely destructive and encompassed most of Victoria. This book is significant because it records the perspective of the thousands of people who worked as firefighters throughout Victoria during the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires in Victoria. A largish book with an all-over sepia/brown coloured photo on the front cover. This photos depicts a group of firemen wearing yellow clothing and helmets and handling hoses next to a road within bushland. Our Black Summer FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS FROM THE FRONTLINE.2019/20 black summer bushfires, fire brigades, victoria