The day the flames came : Dwellingup 1961.
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FilmPublication details: East Melbourne, Vic. : Bushfire CRC, ©2006Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscSubject(s): Fires -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Prevention and control | Forest fires -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Prevention and control | Fires -- Australia -- Western Australia | Natural disasters -- Australia -- Western Australia | Forest fires -- Australia -- Western Australia | Fires | Forest fires | Forest fires -- Prevention and control | Natural disasters | Fires -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Prevention | Fire prevention | Western AustraliaDDC classification: 363.37909941 LOC classification: SD421.34.A8 | D39 2006Production credits: Written, produced and directed by Moira Fahy ; executive producer, Roger Armstrong; director of photography, Peter Zakharov ; editor, Philip Watts.Narrator: John Flaus ; participants: Frank Campbell, Bruce Beggs, Jo Holland, Ted and Joy Cracknell.Summary: On Tuesday 24th of January 1961 disaster struck Dwellingup, a Forestry Department stronghold, deep in the jarrah forests 110 km south of Perth. The most intense bushfires in recorded history destroyed the town in a matter of hours devastating a community and shaking the self-belief of some of the toughest foresters and firefighters in the business. ... The Dwellingup fire was a watershed in the way authorities manage fires and the critical lessons learned continue to have relevance today.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor - DVD | Wundowie Wundowie General Stacks | 363.379 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42100044156B |
Developed by the Dept. of Conservation and Land Management and the Fire Emergency Services Authority in WA, with the assistance of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre -- cover.
Written, produced and directed by Moira Fahy ; executive producer, Roger Armstrong; director of photography, Peter Zakharov ; editor, Philip Watts.
Narrator: John Flaus ; participants: Frank Campbell, Bruce Beggs, Jo Holland, Ted and Joy Cracknell.
On Tuesday 24th of January 1961 disaster struck Dwellingup, a Forestry Department stronghold, deep in the jarrah forests 110 km south of Perth. The most intense bushfires in recorded history destroyed the town in a matter of hours devastating a community and shaking the self-belief of some of the toughest foresters and firefighters in the business. ... The Dwellingup fire was a watershed in the way authorities manage fires and the critical lessons learned continue to have relevance today.
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