PRODUCED BY MOIRA FAHY

Produced with the assistance of the

ABC - FILM VICTORIA MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION ACCORD

© 2004 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, FILM VICTORIA & MOIRA FAHY

Director and Writer
Moira Fahy

Project Manager
Lisa Redlich

Digital formatting of photos for
(Aftermath, Oral Histories, Timelines, Map, Short Story)
Lisa Redlich

Contributing Researcher & Writer
Dr Tom Griffiths
(Timeline, Royal Commission & Newspaper Sections)
Peter Evans
(Map)

Original Site Design
Moira Fahy
Adam Grubb

Audio Design & Mixing
Markus Kellow

Sub Editing
Mathew Price
Naomi Stallard

Legal
Karen Goodwin

Accounting
Peter Bau

Insurance
Stewart Haig
NRMA

ABC

Executive Producer: Stephen Rapley

Manager Commissioning and Coproductions: Domenic Friguglietti
Information Architect: Moira Hogan
Accord Fund Managers ABC New Media & Digital Services: Jane Doyle and Natalie Lapham
Senior Developer: John Horner
Publishing Systems Manager: Darryl Lewis
Manager Marketing Communications: Lisa Mitchell
Marketing and Publicity Coordinator: Carolyn MacDonald
Head Interface: Robert Hutchinson
Head Systems: Rob Garnsey
Manager Research: Gabrielle Shaw
Head of Content: Ian Vaile
ABC Legal: Sebastien Maury and Rebecca Hardman

Film Victoria

Digital Media Fund Manager: Amelia King
Project Manager: David Tiley (until 30th June 2002)
Legal Officer: Eleni Bertes (until 16th May 2003); Rochina Iannella
Recoupment Coordinater: Sally Wilson

Production Company: designIT

www.designit.com.au

Creative Director: Jo Lane
Technical Director: Martin Bauer
Original Graphic Design Concept: Kylie Robertson for designIT
Project Manager: Jennifer Choo
Graphic Design & Flash development: Wayne Psaila
Flash development: Susan Ingram
Interface Development: Paul Douglas
Original Composition for flash films: Amelia Barden for designIT

A special thanks to all the contributing survivors of Black Friday

Violet Barling
Doris Chambers
Ernie Le Brun
Jack Robinson
Murray Thompson
Daphne Fowles
Gloria Robinson
Rose Le Brun
Niel Ross
Beryl Fraser
Basil Barnard
Des Morrish
Alan (Mick) O’Meara
Jack Jones
Dr Brian Lloyd
Kathleen Chanter
Margaret Marslen
Alice Marslen
Heather Marslen
Cyril Lyons
Ray Dafter
Bill Biddle
John & Nancy Richards
Leslie Langley
John ‘Smoky’ Bennett

Thanks to the Aftermath section contributors

Premier of Victoria: Steve Bracks
Bruce Esplin
Russell Rees
Gary Morgan
Peter Evans
David Packham
Dr Tom Griffiths
Bill Wright
Len Foster
Greg Head
Mike McCarthy
Allan Marks
Kevin Tolhurst
John Rigby
Phil Cheney
Ted Stuckey
David Ashton
John Masterton
Mike Leonard
Mike Reeder

For photographs, historical resources & contacts, many thanks to

The Department of Sustainability and Environment
Daniel Catrice, Kathy Overton, Robert Chaffe
Retired Foresters Association - Norm Endicott
The Herald & Weekly Times

News Limited Newspix
11580729 - “Batsman Steve Waugh” Photographer Brett Costello
11708259 - “HMAS Kanimbla” Photographer Brett Falkner
11686117 - “God Bless the Firefighters” Photographer Renee Nowytarger
12409933 - “John Howard and George Bush” Photographer Michael Jones
12173213 – “Australian Navy Clearance diver in Iraq” Photographer John Feder

The La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
Peter Evans' Private Photograph Collection
Murray Ferguson's Private Photograph Collection
The Traralgon Historical Society
canberrafires.xsnet.org
Forest Camp: D.E. Cooper By permission of the National Library of Australia
The Country Fire Authority
Monica Barnes, Joan Auld
Cambridge University Press
The Colac Historical Society
Rosemary Hearn & Don Blackley
Joy Murphy Wandin - Senior Elder of the Wurundjeri people
Jane Wilson – Media Adviser for the Premier of Victoria
Jim Spiers

A personal thanks to

John Bill & the Bill family
Catherine Hannan & the Hannan family
Dakota (Cody) Redlich
Bruce Morrison
Bridget Marshall
Peter Bovell
Ilsa Bovell
Richard MacMillan
Marcus Schutenko