An Unnatural Disaster?

Tom Griffiths

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Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Disaster Management and Resilience Memory, History, Trauma, Identity

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The Black Saturday 2009 Victorian bushfires have again made Australians think critically about their relationship with nature and the challenges of living on the fire continent. Drawing on the historical experience of the 1939 Black Friday bushfire, this article argues that there are cultural and psychological pressures working against the memory of holocaust fire. It is hard for humans to accept that nature can overwhelm culture. As bereaved people return to their blackened communities, how will they remember and what will they forget? This article has been peer-reviewed.

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