40-year anniversary of ‘Holocaust Wednesday’

This story may be triggering for some readers Ash Wednesday’s local fire – impacting Kuitpo, McLaren Flat, Meadows, Ashbourne and Paris Creek – affected 25,000 hectares and 190 properties. Relief centres were set up in major towns while...

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by Tara Nash
40-year anniversary of ‘Holocaust Wednesday’
Back, from left: John Walters, Les Moar, Wayne McMurtrie, James McVitty, Marc Woods, Adrian McMurtrie, Les Peek, Geoff Cosgrave. Front: John Elliott, Howard Mugg, Bert Michelmore, in an old ‘Blitz vehicle’ ready to join a procession in 1983 – the same year as Ash Wednesday. Photo was published in 60 Years of Strathalbyn by Nancy Gemmell.

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