A Victorian cattle farmer fears Australia's bushfire disaster — and the threat of more to come — will drive people out of his community.
A Victorian farmer whose property became a hub for bushfire recovery efforts says he's worried residents won't return to fire-affected areas
Peter Sutherland and his wife helped distribute donated goods and witnessed the depth of trauma in the Upper Murray A resident in a nearby town, however, believes her community can bounce back, though numbers may drop in the short-term There were no end-of-year celebrations to be had in the New South Wales border town of Jingellic or its Upper Murray surrounds as lightning strikes sparked a blaze that charred an estimated 226,000 hectares of land.
The fire claimed livestock, homes and sheds, and turned fences into rows of blackened matchsticks — and, according to grazier Peter Sutherland, it has left fear in its wake."I can see it now — other people are going to leave us too … I'm afraid for rural Australia."
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