Photograph, Fay Bridge, Aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfire at Kinglake, c.May 2009

Historical information

Australia's worst natural disaster, fed by extreme temperatures, tornado-like wind speeds and tinder-dry land, culminated in the disaster we now know as Black Saturday, February 7, 2009. Before the sun would set on the blackest day in Australia's history, thousands of hectares would become blackened landscape and an unparalleled loss of lives could only mean that many areas would never be the same again.

Physical description

29 images - scanned from colour prints on loan

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