About the Book

This book is in recognition of all who lost so much on the darkest Saturday in Australia's history.

Australia's worst natural disaster was a tragedy beyond belief that scarred Victoria physically and the whole Australian nation psychologically. Extreme temperatures, tornado-like wind speeds and tinder-dry land, culminated in the disaster we now know as Black Saturday. Before the sun would set on the blackest day in Australia's history, thousands of hectares would become blackened landscape and an unparalleled loss of lives could only mean that many areas would never be the same again.

This graphic pictorial record takes you through the conditions prior to the day, the horrific fires that destroyed both bush and townships alike, the amazing bravery of emergency services personnel and the tragic aftermath. Accounts from eye-witnesses describe a fire like never seen before, a wild fire that outran every warning system.

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AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK...
"He crouched in a stooped dash to get away from the last building he defended, however, he ran blindly into a half fallen wire fence that entangled him in his exhausted state. His brain numb with pain, he couldn't think to back off and try again. For what seemed an eternal nightmare he struggled to get over the impossible tangle of wire. All the time the monstrous flames surged closer..."