Burn : the epic story of bushfire in Australia / Paul Collins.
Burn : the epic story of bushfire in Australia / Paul Collins.
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Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2009.
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English
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1 online resource (448 pages)
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAPS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1; 1 BLACK FRIDAY, 13 JANUARY 1939; 2 OVER A CENTURY OF FIRES, 1788-1938; 3 'BURN, BURN, BURN', 1939; PART 2; 4 BLACK DAYS, 1939-66; 5 ABLAZE, SOUTHERN TASMANIA, 1967; 6 ON THE URBAN FRONTI...
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2009.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
'Dry heat and hot, dry winds worked upon a land already dry, to suck from it the last, least drop of moisture. Men who had lived their lives in the bush went their ways in the shadow of dread expectancy. But though they felt the imminence of danger they could not tell that it was to be far greater than they could imagine. They had not lived long en...
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Burn : the epic story of bushfire in Australia / Paul Collins.
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Previous edition: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mode of access: Available online.
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74VKam6AxQVO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKam6AxQVO
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ISBN
9781922072443 EPUB :
DDC
363.3790994
MMS ID
991024332624102626
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National edeposit: Onsite at State Library of New South Wales
