Aboriginal communities prepare for worsening bushfire conditions | NITV
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One person has been confirmed dead and another 17 missing in East Gippsland alone, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has told media.
The death brings the national toll to nine since Monday. More than half a million acres have been burnt in the East Gippsland region alone, with 9.9 million acres burnt nationally.
At the northern end of the fires, roads have been reopened to Sydney.
An emergency evacuation order stretching 250kms has been issued.
Thousands of terrified NSW south coast holiday-makers are attempting to flee the region ahead of this weekend as conditions are predicted to worsen.
In Bairnsdale, where the Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative has been housing evacuees, CEO Jamie Williamson said the situation was quite calm as the community prepares for what could be the worst yet.
“Once again the advice would be the same as what the authorities are saying, those who can get out now, should get out,” Mr Williamson told NITV News.
’All hell broke loose’: Mogo Aboriginal community devastated by bushfire | NITV
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Five members of Mogo Local Aboriginal Land Council have been left homeless and terrified after their houses went up in flames, along with the Council’s building.
Donations flow to fire-ravaged Indigenous communities on NSW south coast | NITV
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First Nations people left without access to power, clean water and medication following devastating fires that raged across two states.
Segments: Neil Morris Discusses the Bushfires and Fundraising for First Nations Peoples — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
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Neil Morris from DRMNGNOW and co-host of Still Here on Triple R discusses the fundraiser he’s organised to help First Nations peoples in the wake of the bushfires with Rachel Short. “Indigenous survival is vital,” Neil says. “Indigenous custodianship is vital. Lack of Indigenous custodianship equates to death. And that’s what’s happening right now.”
For First Nations people the bushfires bring a particular grief, burning what makes us who we are | Lorena Allam | Opinion | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/06/for-first-nations-people-the-bushfires-bring-a-particular-grief-burning
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Our memories, our sacred places, we are losing what forever connects us to a place in the landscape. But we can help
Spendenkampagne von Neil Morris: Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities
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As Fires have struck the East Coast of this sacred land recently it has lead to significant destruction and loss of masses of flora and fauna and saddly the lives of peoples. Very saddly, many First Nations people’s have been affected by these tragic circumstances with losses of homes/ severe damage to property and important parts of the landscape . Many of these community have now been forced to evacuate the region’s of their homes and forced to seek temporary / ongoing living arrangements in other parts of Victoria and NSW .