Historical information
Various news articles pertaining to the January 1962 Victorian bushfires in the Dandenong and Healesville districts.
• Hills Ablaze As 27 Homes Burn; Night Fight, p1 (Illust.)
• Yarra Glen, Healesville Saved; Fire into main street, p2 (Illust.)
• Flare-up at Montrose, p2
• 20 scouts flee as fire sweeps camp, p2
• Gaol for fires today …, p2
• Timber lost, p2
• Heathmont home lost, but others saved, p2
• The desperate fight, p3 (Illust.)
• Rubbish fire got away; Basin blaze, p3
• Panorama of destruction, p3
• Fire Captain Killed; 7 road deaths at week-end, p5 (Illust.)
• Heartbreak, ruin as … Fire Sweeps the Hills, pp18-19 .(Illust.)
• Tea; they made it for the fire fighters, pp18-19 (Illust.)
Physical description
Digital scan of original pages from newspaper
Subjects
- tom fielding collection,
- victorian bushfires - 1962,
- victorian bushfires – 1962,
- dandenongs,
- the basin,
- yarra glen,
- healesville,
- montrose,
- chum creek,
- scouts,
- australian logging co.,
- a.w. larkins,
- heathmont,
- vermont,
- r. pearson,
- mike ryan,
- vic parker,
- c.g. wilson,
- hillside farm,
- clive brewer,
- ron anderson,
- mrs anderson,
- mt dandenong,
- healesville rural fire brigade,
- malcolm barber,
- yarra flats,
- r. bicknell,
- ferny creek,
- blue hills gues house,
- heatherset road,
- sassafras,
- olinda,
- presbyterian manse,
- john gorie,
- janice gorie,
- lynette gorie,
- jacky wilson,
- patricia cortie
