Summary
Certificate awarded to Peter Auty for successfully completing a Wodonga TAFE unit which is part of the Certificate II in Transport and Distribution (Road Transport): 'Operate Four Wheel Drive Vehicle'.
Peter's poem 'No More' combined with his many training certificates shows the difficulty for even highly trained fire-fighters to fight the Black Saturday fires, and highlights the effect that this unprecedented event had on the emergency services people involved.
Part of a collection that documents the life of Peter Auty, illustrating his colourful and interesting life, and why he was well loved by his community, recognized in the Victorian Parliament, and awarded two medals posthumously for the important role he played on and following Black Saturday. This collection forms part of the Victorian Bushfires Collection. This large and diverse collection was established following Black Saturday and includes a multi-disciplinary collection of artefacts, images and stories to record the experience and impact of bushfires across Victoria's landscape, ecology and history.
Physical Description
Laminated certificate.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Cameron Auty, Nov 2014
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Organisation Named
Flowerdale, Country Fire Authority (CFA), Flowerdale, Victoria, Australia, circa 2009
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Inscriptions
Selected text: 'Wodonga TAFE / Success through learning / Statement of Attainment / This is a statement that / Peter John Auty / has been assessed as having successfully completed the following / units of competency in partial completion of the / Certificate II in Transport and Distribution (Road Transport) / .... 26 June 2007'
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Overall Dimensions
215 mm (Width), 1 mm (Depth), 302 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Bushfires, Emergency Services, Rural Life, Natural Disasters, Black Saturday Bushfires, 2009, Training
