CONTENTS

Foreword by Andrew Chapman

Introduction

Prologue: Blackwood Hill, 7 February 2009: 5.00 p.m.

Part One: Steels Creek

Chapter 1 Their Valley

Chapter 2 The Way It Was

Chapter 3 Fire-Ready

Part Two: Black Saturday

Chapter 4 The ‘Kilmore’ Fire

Chapter 5 Westerly

Chapter 6 Go

Chapter 7 South-Westerly

Part Three: Aftermath

Chapter 8 Days Later

Chapter 9 Weeks Later

Chapter 10 Months Later

Epilogue: Fire and an Australian community

Sources

Author’s Note and Acknowledgements