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The most detailed account of any one community to emerge from the fire, Black Saturday at Steels Creek shows what Black Saturday means not only for Steels Creek, but also for Australia as a whole. The Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people - wreaking a greater human toll than any other fire in Australia's history. Ten of those people died in Steels Creek, a small community on Melbourne's outskirts. It was a beautiful place, which its residents had long treasured and loved. By the evening of 7 February 2009, it looked like a battlefield. Prize-winning historian Peter Stanley tells the dramatic stories of this small town on that one terrifying evening - of epic fights to save houses, of escapes, and of deaths. But Black Saturday at Steels Creek also tells the tale of a community - of people's attachments to the valley and to each other - and how, over the weeks and years that followed, they lived with the aftermath of the fire. The most detailed account of any one community to emerge from the fire, Black Saturday at Steels Creek shows what Black Saturday means not only for Steels Creek, but also for Australia as a whole. 'The most significant topic in this warming world of ours. An important and deeply moving book.' Adrian Hyland, Author of Kinglake-350 'Insightful and comprehensive ... what sets it apart is the coverage of the diverse range of experiences.' Dr Kevin Tolhurst, Senior Bushfire Researcher

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"""A terrific account of a terrible day, and of what followed . . . Written with compassion and insight."" --Annelise Balsamo, Books & Publishing ""Peter Stanley has used his skills as a historian to meticulously record the events of that day . . . in this gripping account."" --Dianne Dempsey, Age ""The most significant topic in this warming world of ours. An important and deeply moving book."" --Adrian Hyland, author, Kinglake-350"

A terrific account of a terrible day, and of what followed . . . Written with compassion and insight. --Annelise Balsamo, Books & Publishing

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Dr Peter Stanley became Head of the new Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australian in 2007. He had been Principal Historian at the Australian War Memorial, where he had worked since 1980 and where he curated the Second World War Gallery that opened in 1999. Peter is one of Australia's most productive historians in the areas of military, social and medical history. His books include Tarakan- An Australian Tragedy; For Fear of Pain- British Surgery 1790-1850 and Quinn's Post, Anzac, Gallipoli, and he is well known from his media appearances. Invading Australia is his nineteenth book.

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