Bushfire / Michael Roper, 22.01.2005 (CCAttributionShareAlike2.0Licence) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ michaelroper/13786602/
The Australian state of Victoria suffered devastating bushfires in January and February 2009. On 7th February, ‘Black Saturday’, 173 people were killed.
Below are some links which hopefully bring together some resources for a study on this disaster, how it effected library services, and how the services have been rebuilt.
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LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS
ALIA – Disaster Recovery page, includes links to documents and websites relevant to the 2009 bushfires http://www.alia.org.au/disasterrecovery/
Report : ALIA Disaster Recover Project / Jane Grace, ALIA & Yarra Plenty regional Library, July 2009, http://www.alia.org.au/disasterrecovery/ALIADRPReport19July09.pdf
An early Christmas gift to help rebuild with books / Sue McKerracher, INCITE Letters, pg 6, ALIA, December 2009, http://archive.alia.org.au/incite/2009/v30.12.pdf
Bushfire response / ALIA Schools Newsletter, ALIAnet, March/April 2009, http://alianet.alia.org.au/groups/aliaschools/newsletters/2009.03.html
Rebuilding with books / Sue McKerracher (ALIA), Blue Shield, (from INSITE magazine, Museums Australia), http://www.blueshieldaustralia.org.au/documents/articles/Insite.page9.pdf
School Library Association of Victoria Blog - http://slav.global2.vic.edu.au/tag/victorian-bushfires/
Library industry unites for disaster recovery / Bookseller and Publisher, Thorpe-Bowker’s Australian Library News, Issue 362, February 2009, http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/files/ALN260209.pdf
ICT industry unites to provide bushfire victims with new PCs, services / Andrew Hendry, Australian Computer Society, 13.02.2009, https://www.acs.org.au/media/docs/mcli/ARN130209.pdf
Blue Shield Australia – http://www.blueshieldaustralia.org.au/
Looking for Blue Shield Australia? / Collections Council Australia – - http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/blue+shield+australia.aspx
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LIBRARIES
Bunyip Primary School – includes some information about the fires, and has an emergency management plan http://www.bunyipps.vic.edu.au
Bunyip and District Toy Library – http://www.toylibraries.org.au/details.php?lib_num=17.
Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries Blog posts on Black Saturday - http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/research/local-history/local-history-blog/2010-february ; http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/research/local-history/local-history-blog/2010-april/black-saturday- ;
Yarra Ranges Toy Libraries - http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Residents/Family_Children_Youth/Toy_Libraries
Forged from the flames / Corey Hague, ABC Local Radio, 13.07.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/07/08/2619968.htm?site=melbourne
Marysville Historical Society finds a home / Lindy Burns, ABC Local Radio, 14.07.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/07/14/2625218.htm?site=melbourne
Bushfire Royal Commission streaming online / Catherine McAloon, ABC Local Radio, 11.05.2009, http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2009/05/bushfire-roayl.html
Bushfire message books delivered to State Library / The Premier of Victoria, 03.02.2010, http://archive.premier.vic.gov.au/newsroom/9280.html (and a search of the site for other related information)
Helen McPherson Smith Trust : Recently awarded grants - http://hmstrust.org.au/grants/hms-bushfires-grants-fund/recently-awarded-grants (see entries for toy [in March 2010] and tool libraries [in December 2009])
The Victorian Bushfires Collection / Liza Dale-Hallett and Matthew Higgins, National Museum of Australia, reCollections, vol5, no1, http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/vol_5_no_1/notes_and_comments/the_victorian_bushfires_collection/
Emergence Art on the move / Kinglake Ranges News, 29.01.2011, http://www.kinglakerangesnews.com.au/index.php/events/other-events/1496-emergence-art-on-the-move
Victoria’s devastating bushfires - http://bacwiki.wikidot.com/
Victoria Bushfire Rebuilding Fund / Habitat Australia - http://www.habitat.org.au/Page.aspx?pid=416&gclid=CP749JzX2ZgCFRwwawodqHjHdA
Victorian Bushfire Relief / Samaritan’s Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.com.au/project/bushfire-victoria/
Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund : 2009 Bushfire appeal summary - http://relieffund.org.au/
Arts Victoria - http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/About_Us/News/Media_Releases/2009/Bushfire_Information ; Conservation of collections in effected areas – http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/About_Us/News/Media_Releases/2009/Bushfire_Information/Conservation_of_Collections_in_Affected_Areas
State Library of Victoria – Research Guide : Bushfires in Victoria http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/content.php?pid=36394&sid=267991
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LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Latrobe Shire Council – http://www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/Emergency/BushfireInformation/ ; http://www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/Library/
Murrindindi Shire - http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=828&h=1&p=1
Yarra Ranges – http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Residents/Bushfire_Recovery
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OTHER RESOURCES
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires
2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission : Final Report (Summary) - http://www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Commission-Reports/Final-Report/Summary
Country Fire Authority – Black Saturday information (links to many detailed maps) http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/history/about_black_saturday.htm
The CFA’s mobile education trailer / Jeremy Lee, photo essay, 14.10.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/10/12/2711092.htm?site=melbourne
Regional Development Victoria : Fire Recovery Unit - http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/fire-recovery-unit ; http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/fire-recovery-unit/local-communities
Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund - http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/bushfireappeal/home
Dept Planning and Community Development Victoria : Rebuilding Dwellings - http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/plansandpolicies/bushfire-planning-and-building-resource/rebuilding-dwellings-damaged-or-destroyed-by-bushfire
Department of Human Services Victoria : Drop in Centres (and links to community guides) - http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/crisis-and-emergency/emergency-assistance/bushfire-recovery/2009-victorian-bushfires-recovery-information/drop-in-centres
Victorian Police - http://www.police.vic.gov.au ; http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au
Attorney-Generals Dept (Cth) - http://www.ag.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/EMALibrary_OnlineResource_HistoricalDisasters_EmergencyManagementinAustralia-HistoricalDisasters-BlackSaturday
Geoscience Australia - http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/bushfire-basics/historic.html
List of resources available at Australian Emergency Management Library - http://www.ag.gov.au/www/emaweb/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(8AB0BDE05570AAD0EF9C283AA8F533E3)~Black+Saturday+2009.pdf/$file/Black+Saturday+2009.pdf
Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre - http://www.bushfirecrc.com/ (A search of the site will find many articles on how to research fire and its aftermath).
CSIRO : Q&A : Victorian bushfires - http://www.csiro.au/resources/Victorian-Bushfires-QA.html
The Victorian Bushfire Research Project - http://ceh.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/research/steels-creek/
1939 Bushfires Royal Commission : report and transcript of evidence (at the University of Melbourne) - http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/digital/royalcommission.html
Herald-Sun Newspaper Resources - http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/victorian-bushfires
Age Newspaper Resources - http://www.theage.com.au/national/bushfires ; http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2009/national/marysville/index.html
Centre for Advanced Journalism - http://www.caj.unimelb.edu.au/research/bushfire_project
ABC : Black Saturday : See and hear the stories - http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/blacksaturday/#/stories/mosaic
ABC : Black Friday (1939) - http://www.abc.net.au/blackfriday/home/default.htm
ABC Melbourne – Bushfire articles http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/topics/disasters-and-accidents/fires/bushfire/?page=1 ; http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/bushfires/ ; http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/bushfires/?section=archive
Behind the scenes at ABC Kinglake Ranges – photo essay, ABC, 30.03.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/03/30/2529795.htm?site=melbourne
Live in Kinglake / Jemima Wilson, ABC Local Radio, 15.07.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/07/15/2626746.htm
Right time for getaway / Allison Jess, ABC, 27.05.2010, http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/05/27/2910967.htm?site=melbourne
High country bushfires / Allison Jess, ABC, 20.05.2010, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/05/19/2904003.htm?site=melbourne
Burnout school opens after rebuild / Ryan Shiells, ABC News, 28.07.2011, http://www.abc.net.au/7pmtvnews_(vic)/2813190.html/ (Strathewen Primary School reopens)
Children’s book to help victims of bushfire / Anna Hipsley, ABC Radio, The World Today, 23.06.2011, http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3251297.htm?site=melbourne
Power of writing heal students from Kinglake, Kabul / Anthony Stewart, ABC Local Radio, 31.08.2011, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/31/2998064.htm?site=melbourne
1000 Pens : students tell of fire and war / Rachelle Hunt, ABC Local Radio, 31.08.2011, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/08/31/2998418.htm?site=melbourneµsite=bushfiresvic§ion=latest&date=(none)
Books for fire effected Victoria / Word Constructions – for all your business writing needs, 25.02.2009, http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2009/02/books-for-fire-affected-victoria/
Regional Arts Victoria - http://www.rav.net.au/storyboard/map/ ; http://www.rav.net.au/storyboard/resources/
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This page will be updated from time to time.
