Woods Point

This plaque commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1939 bushfires, and is dedicated to all those who lived and worked in Woods Point, a town destroyed by the fire. 

A close up of the text on the commemorative plaque at Woods Point
A plaque commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Black Friday bushfires that claimed 36 lives in 1939.

The fires claimed 36 lives in Victoria on Black Friday; the total number of deaths across January was 71. Approximately 1300 buildings were lost – more than 700 homes, 69 sawmills, many businesses, farms and other buildings.

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Plaque on a rock stands in a small reserve, in front of a shelter and picnic table. A plaque on a rock by a road, grass and moss grow nearby. A wooden sign reads "Heck and Nell Stewart Memorial Park". An old fashioned general store and post office stands by the reserve where the plaque commemorates the destruction of the town.

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