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Bushfires

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Prevent Bush Fires: Carelessness cost lives and money, put these out, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/5A
These posters from the 1940s were part of a NSW public awareness campaign to reduce the incidence of bushfires. Fire outbreaks can cause substantial damage to farm property, fencing and livestock.
Digital order no: a7317001
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Care costs you nothing and saves national resources: Put it out! Prevent bush fires!, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/6A

Digital order no: a7318001
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Rocket bomb on four wheels: Prevent bushfires, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/10

Digital order no: a7314001
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Look what your match can do!: Prevent bush fires! , 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/14

Digital order no: a7324001
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Prevent Bushfires: Crush it, break it, check, use it, drown it. , 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/18A

Digital order no: a7329001
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What does this poster teach you? : Prevent Bush Fires, 1940s

Illustration by J. Harper. Issued by the New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee. Authorised by the Hon. Clive R. Evatt, Chief Secretary, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/22A

Digital order no: a7330001
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Smokey says: "Don't light fires on hot, windy days.": Prevent Bush Fires , 1940s-1950s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/27

Digital order no: a7331001
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Stamp out to preserve: Most bushfires are man made, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/17A

Digital order no: a7328001
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They suffered through your carelessness! : Prevent bush fires!, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/15

Digital order no: a7326001
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A private menace, a public enemy, a national tragedy: Prevent bush fires, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES/12A

Digital order no: a7323001
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Australia must lose these ashes! : Prevent Bush Fires , 1940s-1950s

Illustration by Peter Hardman. Issued by the New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee. Authorised by the Hon. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., Chief Secretary, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES / 28

Digital order no: a7332001
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Protect Australian birds and animals : Prevent bush fires , 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES / 7A

Digital order no: a7315001
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All this belongs to you, don't blacken it with fire [picture] : Prevent bush fires, 1940s

Issued by New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Poster, POSTERS/BUSH FIRES / 4B

Digital order no: a7316001