Ash Wednesday... Wednesday, February 16, 1983. por Burns, Creighton, editor

The Age, Adelaide, 1983. Soft Cover. "The Ash Wednesday bushfires which swept through a score of towns and villages in southern Victoria in the middle days of February were the worst natural catastrophe to strike the State for more than 50 years. ...As the fires flared across the State, reporters and photographers of "The Age" fanned out to report the drama, the tragedy [over 70 deaths; over 1700 houses burnt; hundreds of thousands of sheep & cattle], and the pathos of it all." "All Profits for the Victorian and South Australian Bushfire Appeals." [96] p., b/w & color photos, 27.5 cm.; color pictorial wraps; minor wear; good+. 34547.