Historical information

The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Feb 1983 caused deaths, destruction and trauma in the township of Cockatoo. This book tells the story of the building up of the parish of St. Luke's Anglican Church and the building of the Church in the four years following the fires. It is written by Peter Crawford who became the vicar of the Emerald-Cockatoo parish.

Significance

This is a recount of a local community's response to a devastating bushfire.

Physical description

Paperback. 124 pages. No photographs. Autographed by author.

Inscriptions & markings

On front cover: ' BEAUTY / FROM / ASHES / A Church grows from the / Bushfires of Ash Wednesday / PETER CRAWFORED'