It’s been another busy year on the Victorian Forests and Bushfire Heritage FB page.
Once again, the main stories have been gathered up into free eBook and published in the National and State Libraries so they don’t get lost in the Facebook soup.
Other notable things for 2023 include.
- Researching the forgotten story about Des Collins and Alan Lynch who died in a bushfire at Greendale on 8 January 1983. Then arranging with DEECA and the CFA and a special memorial service for the families to mark the 40th anniversary.
- Publication of a free eBook about the 1982-83 bushfire season (including Ash Wednesday), which gives emphasis to the mostly untold role that the FCV played.
- Updating the outdated DEECA website about Ash Wednesday.
- Writing a personal reflection for the Ash Wednesday commemorative program that was handed out at a memorial service at Cockatoo to mark the 40th anniversary of Ash Wednesday. For personal reasons, I didn’t attend.
- Contacting Alan Rawady who designed the iconic “two tree” FCV logo in the 1960s. Then producing 500 commemorative lapel badges (which sold out quicker than anyone expected).
- Moving closer to getting the replica Parnaby Totems erected at Cann River.
- Appointment to a ministerial advisory group to assess a proposal for a new bushfire museum for Victoria.
- Monitoring and periodically updating over 30 Wikipedia pages I have written.
- Publication of several stories in the Australian Forest History Society journal.
- Continued expansion of a web page which runs in parallel with Facebook.
- Making some progress with the FCRPA Beechworth museum collection before the Shire kicks us out.
Im not sure about next year… We shall see…
In the meantime, please feel free to download and/or share the link to Series Four…
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3268334034/view
Or here…
Victoria’s Forests & Bushfire Heritage 