What role should local museums have in remembering events like the Victorian bushfires, asks Ian McShane
18 May 09 Comments (0)Black Saturday’s prehistory
Understanding the inevitability of devastating fires is essential for local communities and policy makers, historian Tom Griffiths tells Peter Clarke
13 Mar 09 Comments (0)Less is more
Australia’s quest for a secular style of commemoration and mourning is a work in progress, writes Amanda Lohrey
05 Mar 09 Comments (2)Early warning
We need early detection and rapid aggressive response to stop bushfires from raging out of control, argues Viv Waller
03 Mar 09 Comments (2)We have still not lived long enough
Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires suggests there is one thing we never seem to learn from history, writes Tom Griffiths
16 Feb 09 Comments (12)