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Firefighters Memorial Park Print Page 
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A park commemorates the firefighters who fought the Ash Wednesday fires in February 1983.
Ash Wednesday, February 16th 1983, saw fires of terrible speed and ferocity in several parts of Victoria that claimed some sixty-nine lives. The Cockatoo fire is the one most well remembered in Panton Hill. Tragically, five of the Brigade were trapped in a narrow forest track in Upper Beaconsfield when the wind turned, and died when their tanker was overrun by flames. With them the six member crew from Narre Warren suffered the same fate.
Location
| Address: | Merritts & Bishops Roads, Panton Hill , 3759 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.641617 Long: 145.240781 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Park |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Fire |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 16-February-1983 |
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| Actual Event End Date: | 16-February-1983 |
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| Link: | http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/centres/p… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 21st October, 1984 |
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Front Inscription
PANTON HILL
FIREFIGHTERS
MEMORIAL PARK
Plaque:
This Memorial Park
Was Opened By
Max McDonald, M.L.A., J.P.
On 21 October 1984.
Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,ACPHMonument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
