Summary
Christmas card sent to Peter Auty from the Flowerdale Primary School. The cover features a photo of Peter with the words 'Thank you for everything you have done for our children and our community during this very confronting 2009 year'.
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
Card folded from A4 paper, with a colour and black and white photographs, printed text inside.
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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
Front: 'MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM FLOWERDALE VICTORIA' Inner text: 'Thank you for everything you have / done for our children and our com- / munity during this very confronting / 2009 year. / Merry Christmas and / Happy New Year / From / Ross, the Staff and the / Kids at / Flowerdale Primary School.'
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Overall Dimensions
148 mm (Width), 1 mm (Depth), 210 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Bushfires, Emergency Services, Rural Life, Natural Disasters, Black Saturday Bushfires, 2009