The Bowlers Club Fire 1994
Warning: Readers are advised that some of the images contained in this blog may be confronting and cause distress On 7 September 1994 at...
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CEO
Jul 95 min read
Four Years of Sharing Stories - the Four-Year Anniversary of the Museum's Blog
As has become customary on the anniversary of our blog first being published, we take this opportunity to look back at the last twelve...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Apr 233 min read
Kevin Fletcher: One of Australia's highest decorated firefighters
Kevin Fletcher was one of Australia’s highest decorated firefighters receiving many medals throughout his career including the Star of...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Feb 64 min read
Remembering the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires
The Black Saturday Bushfires of 2009 remain one of the most devastating emergency incidents in Australian history. A number of large...
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Curator
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Code Red: 1973 Warringah Shopping Mall Tragedy
On the 20 November 1973 at 3:42pm, control received the call to a fire which had engulfed the multistorey Woolworths located at Warringah...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Apr 11, 20233 min read
50 years ago - Department Store in Parkes gets hit with two fires in one year
Howards Department Store (later renamed Mates Department Store) had a rough year in 1973, with two fires causing considerable damage....
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Jan 24, 20235 min read
The Land of Fire and Flood: Twenty Years Ago, 2003
For this week’s blog we are taking a quick trip into the Museum’s Library to see what was making the headlines in “Fire News”, the...
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Curator
Dec 27, 20223 min read
The Hampton Court Hotel fire of 1992
30 years ago, on 27 December 1992 at 6:39pm fire crews were called to the Hampton Court Hotel at Kings Cross on Bayswater Road. The hotel...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Ship alight - 1972 Newcastle dockyard fire
On 11 November 1972 at 10:53am, Newcastle fire station received a direct line telephone call from the nearby state dockyard. A suction...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Oct 10, 20223 min read
Code Red - Looking back at the Big W Liverpool fire of 1972
50 years ago today, on 11 October 1972, a blaze broke out in the Woolworths Family Shopping Centre in Liverpool. The structure was...
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