Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Black Saturday at Steels Creek
    Unavailable
    Black Saturday at Steels Creek
    Unavailable
    Black Saturday at Steels Creek
    Ebook236 pages3 hours

    Black Saturday at Steels Creek

    By Peter Stanley

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    The Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people—wreaking a greater human toll than any other fire in Australia’s history. Ten of those victims died in Steels Creek, a small community on Melbourne’s outskirts. It was a beautiful place, which its residents had long treasured and loved. By the evening of February 7, 2009, it felt like a battlefield. Prize-winning historian Peter Stanley tells the dramatic stories of this small piece of country on that one terrifying evening—of epic fights to save houses, of escapes, and of deaths. He also tells the tale of a community—of people’s attachments to the valley and to each other—and how, over the weeks and years that followed, they lived with the aftermath of the fire. The most detailed account of any one community to emerge from the fire, Black Saturday at Steels Creek shows what Black Saturday means not only for Steels Creek but also for Australia as a whole.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9781922072283
    Unavailable
    Black Saturday at Steels Creek
    Author

    Peter Stanley

    Peter Stanley is Professor of History at UNSW Canberra and has been a winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. He has published over thirty-five books on British India and on Australian military social history, including White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India, 1825–75.

    Read more from Peter Stanley

    Related to Black Saturday at Steels Creek

    Related ebooks

    History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Sacrifice Zone

      Oct 8, 2020

      The Sacrifice Zone
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Chase

      Jun 5, 2023

      The Chase
      12 min read

    • Article

      Hot As Helvellyn

      Sep 10, 2021

      Hot As Helvellyn
      7 min read

    • Article

      Refracting History | Writing in the Dark

      Dec 15, 2022

      I’m writing this during a power outage, an experience befitting the winter issue of British Columbia History magazine. I’ve spent most of my life in rural areas where power outages are often measured in days, and we predict when electricity will be r

      9 min read

    • Article

      Scorched To The Core

      Feb 28, 2020

      Scorched To The Core
      5 min read

    • Article

      Summer From Hell

      Mar 18, 2020

      Summer From Hell
      11 min read

    • Article

      Your Say

      May 7, 2020

      Send letters, including an address and phone number, to editorial@ ausgeo.com.au or to Australian Geographic, GPO Box 4088, Sydney NSW 2001. Letters will be edited for length and clarity. INSPIRED BY FIRE There’s a roaring in the valley like a steam

      5 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Oct 14, 2019

      In this gripping account of the sinking of the passenger liner Oceanos, which sailed from East London on 3 August 1991, author Andrew Pike unravels the complexities that led to the calamity, and paints a picture of extraordinary valour in treacherous

      2 min read

    • Article

      Wild Things

      Jun 3, 2018

      The ground was spongy and green, the accents Irish, the light atmospheric and ‘soft’ (in other words, it was raining); the scene was set for a storytelling session about epic battles and strange worlds, good versus evil. Especially as we were standin

      3 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Mar 19, 2020

      Here are a couple of interesting asides on the carnage at the cricket match between an English team and the New South Wales side in 1879 that was reported in February’s Anniversaries . The umpire who gave the NSW batsman the “dodgy” decision was from

      3 min read

    • Article

      Red Dawn

      Jan 19, 2020

      Red Dawn
      12 min read

    • Article

      The Devil’s domain

      Feb 22, 2024

      The Devil’s domain
      13 min read

    • Article

      A Requiem For A Devon Farm

      Aug 24, 2023

      A Requiem For A Devon Farm
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Australian Geographic Book Club

      Aug 25, 2022

      By Danielle Clode Despite their iconic status, koalas remain a mystery. Often affectionate in captivity, they seek out human assistance when in need of water or care yet can also be fierce and belligerent. They are beloved worldwide and feature in po

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Unlearned Country

      Aug 31, 2020

      The Unlearned Country
      5 min read

    • Article

      Recorded Lightning

      Mar 29, 2021

      Recorded Lightning
      10 min read

    • Article

      Clarence Page: Still We Ask, What Caused The Great Chicago Fire? Not A Cow

      Oct 5, 2021

      Congratulations, Chicago. The city is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, although “celebrate” is not the best verb to use. “Commemorate” is better. After all, the fire killed about 300 people, destroyed more than 3.3 square

      2 min read

    • Article

      Fortean Traveller 135. Black Shuck Festival, Bungay

      Feb 23, 2023

      Bungay will always occupy a place in British folklore and in the annals of forteana for its associations with the Black Dog of Bungay, which is said to have wrought havoc in St Mary’s Church on 4 August 1577 (see FT251:22-23, 424:14-17). The Black Do

      6 min read

    • Article

      Great Reads

      May 17, 2023

      Fearless, funny protagonist Dora, a maid at the university, tells things like they are. Her big brother, Ambrose, was her hero. He was ethereal and dreamy as opposed to his little sister’s nous and nerve. Now liberated from her drudge with an influen

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Great Forgetting

      Dec 19, 2022

      It had only snowed a dusting the day before, but my brother Jebsen had gone snowboarding at the local hill anyway. He and his friends had discovered a secret spot behind a small shopping plaza in Saugerties, New York, where they would build jumps on

      16 min read

    • Article

      Hurrah For The Wavy Navy

      Mar 9, 2022

      Hurrah For The Wavy Navy
      5 min read

    • Article

      Mosedale On My Mind

      Dec 3, 2021

      Mosedale On My Mind
      6 min read

    Reviews for Black Saturday at Steels Creek

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words