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The Kodja Place Cultural Centre - Kojonup > Records

BUSH FIRE

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1950 - 1990

Overview

a.)Lumeah district ‘Murroomba” farm. Bush fire burning the thick scrub to the east of our boundary. A worrying sight- luckily it did not reach our property.

b.) A severe 'willy-willy' caused by an updraft during a bush fire. Volunteer's fire fighting unit in the foreground.

c) Bush fire in pasture or crop

d) Audio by Graham Bunny, speaking about clearing fires - restricted burnings when clearing land - up until the 1980's. He speaks about how fierce some of these fires could become.

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cwa-org-118-KPCW2026.7a-d

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Photo by Graham Bunny - Jingalup

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Saturday, 21 February, 2026

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The Kodja Place Cultural Centre - Kojonup

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