The Day the Flames Came: Dwellingup 1961 by Jo Holland
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Book Condition: Good
Author: Jo Holland
Publisher: Self-published
Place: Dwellingup, WA
Year: 1982
Format: Paperback
Pages: 48 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.
In early 1961, a series of bushfires broke out across the south west of Western Australia. Although no lives were lost, Dwellingup town was destroyed.
This booklet is a compilation of stories based on the memories of Dwellingup residents. Included are Jessie Irwin, Doreen Smith, Stan Evans, Meg Pollard, Cath and Gren Farley, Emmie Douglas, Merle Kelly (nee Dawson), John and Malcolm Douglas, G A Savell, Wally and Alice Lynn, Madge Johnson, and Helen MacKay. Extracts from newspapers, Murray Road Board and the Royal Commission into the fires of 1961.
The Day the Flames Came: Dwellingup 1961 by Jo Holland
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