From the ashes: stories from the Gippsland Bushfires 06-07 : Digital Storytelling project

Australia, 2007

Ten locals from the East Gippsland region in south-eastern Victoria tell their stories of survival during the fierce bushfires that swept the area in the summer of 2006-2007. Weeks of preparation and anticipation helped lessen the devastation but in no way eliminated the horror and heartache of living through a time when not only livelihood is in the hands of mother nature, but lives.

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Australia, 2007

Dad's tools

Australia, 2007

D-Day

Australia, 2007

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Australia, 2007

Grateful angels

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I've survived

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My nightmare has just begun

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Waterholes : our turn

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Collection

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Credits

producer

ACMI Digital Storytelling

production company

ACMI

Duration

00:35:44:10

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2007

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000888

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Rural conditions

Biographical

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Australia - Rural conditions

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural disasters

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Victoria. Country Fire Authority

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilderness survival

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildfires - Prevention and control

Digital Storytelling

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Country life - Australia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Country life - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival skills

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survivors - Psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Victoria. Country Fire Authority

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

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