Mitchell Shire Community Bushfire MemorialPrint Page 
The stone seating memorial wall commemorates those impacted by the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009.
The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria were the most devastating in Australian history; 173 people tragically lost their lives, 414 were injured, more than a million wild and domesticated animals were lost and 450,000 hectares of land were burned.
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.
Location
| Address: | Kilmore East & O`Grady`s Roads, Kilmore East Recreation Reserve , Kilmore East , 3764 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.289201 Long: 144.980909 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| 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
Mitchell Shire
Community Bushfire Memorial
February 7, 2009
