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Kinglake West Memorial BellPrint Page 
01-April-2015
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The bell commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 2009.
The Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people, 120 in the Kinglake area alone. Another 414 people were injured. More than 450,000 hectares had burned and 3,500 buildings including more than 2,000 houses destroyed. The RSPCA estimated that up to one million wild and domesticated animals died in the disaster.
Location
| Address: | Whittlesea - Kinglake Road, Kinglake West, 3763 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.481008 Long: 145.257903 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Technology |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Fire |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 07-February-2009 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 07-February-2009 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 7th February, 2010 |
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Front Inscription
FIRE BRIGADE MEMORIAL BELL
FIRE BRIGADE MEMORIAL BELL
Back Inscription
KINGLAKE WEST FIRE BRIGADE
Source: MAKINGLAKE WEST FIRE BRIGADE
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
