Footsteps in the ash : the story of St Andrews and Strathewen in the 2009 bushfires / Jim Usher and Mac Gudgeon.
Material type: TextPublication details: St Andrews, Vic. : J. Usher and M. Gudgeon, 2010.Description: 208 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780646513317 (pbk.)
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Includes index.
Footsteps in the Ash is a record of the devastation of the St Andrews and Strathewen communities where 37 people died and 117 homes were lost in the Black Saturday bushfires of 7 February 2009. The authors of the book, Jim Usher and Mac Gudgeon, live in St Andrews and were minutes away from becoming victims of the fires themselves. Over a 10-month period they interviewed 80 survivors and 65 firefighters to compile the 276 pages of compelling stories and photographs, in the process becoming a listening post for the trauma of locals, many of whom have still not recovered. Initial printing of Footsteps in the Ash was funded by the Hurstbridge and Diamond Creek branches of the Bendigo Community Bank.
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