Toolangi Fire Brigade by Dawn Hartog by Dawn Hartog, Captain Toolangi Fire Brigade is one of the 1,217 brigades that make up the Country Fire Authority (CFA), which was established after the disastrous 1939 Black Friday fires, when Charlie Demby, forestry officer...
Memories of Bushfires by Alex Demby by Alex Demby I was born on 30 January 1922. One of my first memories was of the 1926 fires. My mother told me that Mount St Leonard was ablaze. The bullockies used to burn off to get new growth of wild oats. She took me up near...
Black Saturday 10th Anniversary by Margaret O’Connell Speech by Margaret O’ConnellCommunity commemorative event held at Castella Central Park, 7 February 2019 My task is to talk about what happened in our Toolangi-Castella community after the 2009 fires, but...
Black Saturday Bushfires by Steve Meacher Saturday, February 7 The weather conditions in Toolangi on Saturday 7 February 2009 were exactly as we had been warned throughout the previous week, very hot with a blustery wind from the north. As predicted, the fire weather...
