Collection 1: Bushfires in New South Wales, including Lake Conjola, 19 December 2019-21 February 2020 / photographs by Matthew Abbott

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19 December 2019-21 February 2020

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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21 photographs - digital, TIFFS, colour

21 digital photographs documenting the New South Wales bushfires of late 2019 and early 2020. Includes scenes of bushfires and evacuations at Lake Conjola, NSW, Rural Fire Serice emergency backburning activities, aerial food drops by National Parks & Wildlife Service for wildlife affected by bushfires.

Item 01: The largest firefighting aircraft in Australia drops fire retardant on the edge of Hill Top community, New South Wales, in the hope it will stop the approaching fire. The plane is Boeing 737 water bomber, leased by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and available year-round, known as 'Gaia', Saturday, 21 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 02: NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) fire fighters, Balmoral bushfires, New South Wales, 21 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 03: Rural Fire Service (RFS) firefighter instructs a colleague to leave the fire ground as his mask is not effective protection from the hazardous house fire smoke, Balmoral, New South Wales, Saturday 21 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 04: A fire fighter instructs his colleagues to cut the supply, as a spot fire is put out. The fire was at risk of jumping the Bargo River, New South Wales, 19 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 05: A man uses a hose to defend his property from a neighbour's house that is engulfed in flames, Lake Conjola, New South Wales, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 06: Lake Conjola, New South Wales bushfires - kangaroo in front of burning house, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 07: Lake Conjola, New South Wales bushfires - helicopter taking water from the beach for water bombing fires, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 08: Tourists in Lake Conjola, New South Wales, a popular holiday destination, take refuge at the beach near the caravan park as the fire approached from the south west threatening the town and destroying property, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 09: Lake Conjola, New South Wales bushfires - people taking refuge on beach, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 10: Tourists in Lake Conjola, New South Wales, a popular holiday destination, take refuge at the beach near the caravan park as the fire approached from the south west threatening the town and destroying property, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 11: A man uses a hose to defend a property from the neighbouring house that is already engulfed in flames, Lake Conjola, New South Wales, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 12: Firefighters attempt to control a house engulfed in flames that is threatening neighbouring properties, Lake Conjola, New South Wales, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 13: Destroyed property by the Currowan fire in Conjola Park, New South Wales. The strike team commander from the Rural Fire Service (RFS) confirmed that at least 70 properties have been lost here, 31 December 2019 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 14: Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS), volunteer fire fighters work to control an emergency containment fire line, in an attempt to stop an advancing fire front. Close to Creewah Road, near Cathcart, New South Wales, 30 January 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 15: Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS), volunteer fire fighters, set light to the scrub using kerosene lighters, making emergency containment lines in an attempt to stop an advancing fire front. Close to Creewah Road, near Cathcart, New South Wales, 30 January 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 16: Volunteer Rural Fire Service (RFS) make plans after helping to make emergency containment lines in an attempt to stop an advancing fire front. Close to Creewah Road, near Cathcart, New South Wales, 30 January 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 17: Adam Taylor, the co-pilot on the Squirrel helicopter owned by National Parks & Wildlife Services, picks up another load of carrots and sweet potatoes for the food drop. Wolgan Valley, in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Thursday 20 February, 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott for The New York Times.
Item 18: Inside the Squirrel helicopter owned by National Parks & Wildlife Services as it flies to one of the rock wallaby colonies to drop carrots and sweet potatoes, during bushfires. Trent Forge in front seat, Adam Taylor, the co-pilot is in the back dropping the vegetables out the side door of the helicopter. Wolgan Valley, in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, 20 February 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 19: Michaela Jones, a senior project officer at National Parks & Wildlife Services, and Warwick Michael who works at Jenolan Caves, carry bags of carrots to a Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby colony that survived the recent bushfires. Jenolan Caves, Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, New South Wales, 21 February, 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 20: Warwick Michael who works at Jenolan Caves and is paid by National Parks & Wildlife Services to feed the rock wallabies, disperses carrots on a rock ledge at a Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby colony that survived the recent bushfires, Jenolan Caves, Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, New South Wales, 21 February, 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott
Item 21: Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies eat carrots dropped by National Parks & Wildlife Services staff to help the animals survive after the recent bushfires. Jenolan Caves, Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, New South Wales, 21 February, 2020 / photograph by Matthew Abbott

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Matthew Abbott. Permission must be sought from Matthew Abbott prior to reproducing these works.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Matthew Abbott

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