Historical information
Various news articles pertaining to the January 1965 Victorian bushfires specifically with a focus on fires at Eltham North.
Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Eltham, Diamond Creek, Warrandyte on page 1 and page 3, Warrandyte on page 4
• A Circle of Fire Around City, p1 (Illust.)
• A home is saved, p2 (Illust.)
• 18 houses, hall and store lost, p2
• Battle for the trees, p3 (Illust.)
• Six houses go in two suburbs, p3 (Illust.)
• A sleepless town waited, p4 (Illust.)
• Fire in the near hills, pp28-29 (Illust.)
Physical description
Digital scan of original pages from newspaper
Subjects
- tom fielding collection,
- victorian bushfires - 1965,
- victorian bushfires – 1965,
- greensborough,
- diamond creek,
- warrandyte,
- eltham,
- gippsland,
- romsey,
- toolern vale,
- melton,
- rockbank,
- laughing waters,
- ken guest,
- eltham state school no. 209,
- a. smith,
- ray freeman,
- sassafras,
- diamond creek-greensborough road,
- warrandyte hall,
- bushfire damage – buildings
