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The monument commemorates the bushfires of February 2009. The monument is a round stone pillar with a plaque, displaying a map of the region and the time that the fire reached each town on top.

The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire-weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire;173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires.

As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on 7 February. Following the events of 7 February 2009 and its aftermath, that day has become widely referred to as Black Saturday.

In February 2009, the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments jointly established the $10 million Community Recovery Fund to assist in community development and recovery after the Victorian bushfires. Funding of $2.5 million was allocated for memorials and commemorative events and has supported the creation of 59 memorials across 18 councils through extensive consultation with those communities impacted by the fires. The memorials include walls, sculptures, places of reflection, storyboards, lookout towers, roadside stops, shelters, signage, murals, plaques and seating, commemorative gardens and rotundas. 

Note: The plaque has been removed from the pillar. 

 

Location

Address:Thompson Spur & Murchison Spur Roads, , Reedy Creek, 3658
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.2778104
Long: 145.1632708
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Disaster
Sub-Theme:Fire
Actual Event Start Date:07-February-2009
Actual Event End Date:07-February-2009
Designer:Urban Initiatives & Arterial Design, William Thomas Jones & Sons Stonemasons (memorials)
Monument Manufacturer:Meridian Plaques
Link:http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au

Dedication

Front Inscription

Mitchell Shire
Community Bushfire Memorial 
February 7, 2009

Source: MA, RDV
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