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[Donald] Sitting on Grandma's knee in the dip, yeah. [Louise] And you hadn't seen her cry before? [Donald] No. I hadn't seen Grandma cry before. And ah...I sorta felt for her. And ah, I..I haven't forgotten that all these years. You know, when somebody came up to her at the edge of the dip and she said 'has the house gone?' she must have anticipated that it would go. [Donald] Sitting on Grandma's knee in the dip, yeah. [Louise] And you hadn't seen her cry before? [Donald] No. I hadn't seen Grandma cry before. And ah...I sorta felt for her. And ah, I..I haven't forgotten that all these years. You know, when somebody came up to her at the edge of the dip and she said 'has the house gone?' she must have anticipated that it would go.
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They said 'yes', she cried. I hadn't seen her cry before. Well on that day, the bushfire in '39, there was, there was a lady there was a little baby in her arms, and she was also in the dip. And uh... They said 'yes', she cried. I hadn't seen her cry before. Well on that day, the bushfire in '39, there was, there was a lady there was a little baby in her arms, and she was also in the dip. And uh...
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My father's on the outside, and he was throwing water over everybody to keep them cool. It was stifling heat My father's on the outside, and he was throwing water over everybody to keep them cool. It was stifling heat
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Anyway. When you dip a sheep you've got to mix up this arsenic powder, pure with a bit of water before you put in the dip. So anyway in the smoke and blindness, everything Dad Anyway. When you dip a sheep you've got to mix up this arsenic powder, pure with a bit of water before you put in the dip. So anyway in the smoke and blindness, everything Dad
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picked up this bucket of pure arsenic, ah they said 'The baby's on fire.' The clothes had caught fire on the baby. And he picked this up and he went swoosh over the baby with this pure arsenic. And when he picked up this bucket of pure arsenic, ah they said 'The baby's on fire.' The clothes had caught fire on the baby. And he picked this up and he went swoosh over the baby with this pure arsenic. And when he
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saw the baby go yellow, he knew then what he had done. Because arsenic, as you know, is a pretty dangerous sort of a thing. Anyway saw the baby go yellow, he knew then what he had done. Because arsenic, as you know, is a pretty dangerous sort of a thing. Anyway
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they washed the arsenic of the baby, and it survived and had no bad after effects. What an amazing thing! [laughter] A little baby carrying in arms and just slooshed in arsenic. [Louise] And when you all got out of the dip and the fire had gone you all they washed the arsenic of the baby, and it survived and had no bad after effects. What an amazing thing! [laughter] A little baby carrying in arms and just slooshed in arsenic. [Louise] And when you all got out of the dip and the fire had gone you all
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obviously, washed it off you? [Donald] We went to Dalgety. We went to Dalgety. Didn't wash it off us. We went into Dalgety. I don't remember that part obviously, washed it off you? [Donald] We went to Dalgety. We went to Dalgety. Didn't wash it off us. We went into Dalgety. I don't remember that part
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and anyway when they got to the pub at Dalgety the publican came out and he didn't know anybody, because everybody's eyes were that bad, bleeding and... You know they were in one hell of a mess. And Mum had a and anyway when they got to the pub at Dalgety the publican came out and he didn't know anybody, because everybody's eyes were that bad, bleeding and... You know they were in one hell of a mess. And Mum had a
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dress on and it was arsenic and it was terrible stinking right up to here and they didn't even know who we were. So we had the night down there at the Dalgety pub and sort of had a bath, and so on. Cleaned up a bit and then we came home the following day. And I remember coming down the road dress on and it was arsenic and it was terrible stinking right up to here and they didn't even know who we were. So we had the night down there at the Dalgety pub and sort of had a bath, and so on. Cleaned up a bit and then we came home the following day. And I remember coming down the road
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and I remember still, some burning logs, as we came down this road to this house. Still some burning logs there and I never forget there'd been a bit of a shower, rain. There's got a and I remember still, some burning logs, as we came down this road to this house. Still some burning logs there and I never forget there'd been a bit of a shower, rain. There's got a
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particular smell when you get rain on a fire, and I'll never forget that particular smell when you get rain on a fire, and I'll never forget that
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smell of that, as we came down. It even burnt the bridge across the creek up there, you know where you come over the bridge? Bit of a .... there? So we had to go round that, up  over the top of the hill to get down here. [Kerry] What happened to your uncle? [Donald] Oh yeah. smell of that, as we came down. It even burnt the bridge across the creek up there, you know where you come over the bridge? Bit of a .... there? So we had to go round that, up  over the top of the hill to get down here. [Kerry] What happened to your uncle? [Donald] Oh yeah.
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My uncle. Well there was. Two or three of them on the outside, you know, we didn't all get in the dip. My uncle. Well there was. Two or three of them on the outside, you know, we didn't all get in the dip.
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We had the others on the outside to put the water on us, you know? In case we caught fire. But the smoke got that bad for We had the others on the outside to put the water on us, you know? In case we caught fire. But the smoke got that bad for
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my uncle that he, virtually went unconscious. And my uncle that he, virtually went unconscious. And
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Dad said that he walked up to him and give him a bit of a kick and the height of the fire and he didn't move and he thought he was dead. And in among all the chaos Dad said that he walked up to him and give him a bit of a kick and the height of the fire and he didn't move and he thought he was dead. And in among all the chaos
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my Grandfather had a heart attack, and they brought him round with a, a couple of whiskeys. [laughter] And in among all this chaos, another uncle of mine, he was down the flat, what figured what he was doing, but my Grandfather had a heart attack, and they brought him round with a, a couple of whiskeys. [laughter] And in among all this chaos, another uncle of mine, he was down the flat, what figured what he was doing, but
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his jumper caught fire. He was down praying. He got down on his hands and knees praying to God to stop the fire to save them you know. And there's a coal got down the back of the neck and ? back and he said 'Oh, bugger you God!' his jumper caught fire. He was down praying. He got down on his hands and knees praying to God to stop the fire to save them you know. And there's a coal got down the back of the neck and ? back and he said 'Oh, bugger you God!'
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[laughter] So he jumped up and ran away. He didn't bother praying anymore. This was in among all the chaos. [laughter] So he jumped up and ran away. He didn't bother praying anymore. This was in among all the chaos.
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[Kerry] Those weren't quite the exact words. [Laughter] [Louise] Don's memory's not very good when it comes to those exact words. [laughter] [Kerry] Gotta be discrete. [Donald] But it was such stifling heat that the chooks were died early in the morning before the fire ever got there. They all [Kerry] Those weren't quite the exact words. [Laughter] [Louise] Don's memory's not very good when it comes to those exact words. [laughter] [Kerry] Gotta be discrete. [Donald] But it was such stifling heat that the chooks were died early in the morning before the fire ever got there. They all
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died on the roost. See it went really dark. And they thought it was a time to get on the roost, so they did and that’s when they died, even though it was in the middle of the day. [Louise] I think, Kerry you told me you saw, did you see birds fall out of the trees? Was that you, Or someone else? [Kerrie] No. [Louise] Oh, someone else told me that lie. [laughs] [Kerry] Yeah, we never heard any birds. It was deadly quiet. They had long gone. died on the roost. See it went really dark. And they thought it was a time to get on the roost, so they did and that’s when they died, even though it was in the middle of the day. [Louise] I think, Kerry you told me you saw, did you see birds fall out of the trees? Was that you, Or someone else? [Kerrie] No. [Louise] Oh, someone else told me that lie. [laughs] [Kerry] Yeah, we never heard any birds. It was deadly quiet. They had long gone.
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Gone, I'd say. They wouldn't stay around, anywhere near a fire. There's only really the lyrebirds, and what we had in that waterhole. Gone, I'd say. They wouldn't stay around, anywhere near a fire. There's only really the lyrebirds, and what we had in that waterhole.