Explore the tragedy of Black Friday by Place. Read how things were for people living in the isolated communities of Alexandra and Yea, Colac and Moe.

Cut off from the rest of Victoria by raging fires, they watched their town’s burn and the people they love die. What did their relatives in Melbourne know of their fate? Select from the list of places below.

13/01/39 | Disastrous Bush Fires [AYS]
13/01/39 | Rubicon Inferno [AYS]
27/01/39 | An asinine policy? [AYS]
27/01/39 | Forest Policy Criticised [AYS]
10/02/39 | Royal Commission at Toolangi [AYS]

16/01/39 | Editorial [CH]
16/01/39 | Colac District’s Fearful Tragedy [CH]
18/01/39 | Bush Fires – Relief Fund Almost £80,000 [CH]

07/01/39 | Healesville’s Holiday Visitors [HG]
14/01/39 | Amazing escape [HG]
14/01/39 | Postmistress stays at post [HG]
14/01/39 | On Acheron Way [HG]
14/01/39 | Healesville Sanctuary [HG]
14/01/39 | [Advertisement] [HG]
14/01/39 | Exodus of Visitors [HG]
21/01/39 | Death and Desolation at Matlock [HG]
21/01/39 | The Escape from Richards’ Mill [HG]
21/01/39 | Marysville Attractions Unharmed [HG]
28/01/39 | Aftermath of the Fires [HG]

06/01/39 | The Holidays [MC]
06/01/39 | Jamieson [MC]
13/01/39 | Ten Mile [MC]
13/01/39 | Merton | [MC]
20/01/39 | Victoria's blackest day [MC]
20/01/39 | Tenmile and Woodspoint Razed [MC]
27/01/39 | An asinine policy? [MC]
24/02/39 | Royal Commission Visits This District [MC]
24/02/39 | Commission Sits at Woodspoint [MC]
03/03/39 | Merton [MC]