Unlocking the past | Kurri Kurri Volunteer fire brigade put on fundraising concerts in early 1900s

By Kimberly O'Sullivan
Updated October 22 2019 - 1:44pm, first published March 12 2019 - 3:00pm
PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY: Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade circa 1914. The volunteer brigade formed during a heatwave in 1905. Picture: Cessnock City Library
PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY: Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade circa 1914. The volunteer brigade formed during a heatwave in 1905. Picture: Cessnock City Library

Every bushfire season we are comforted by the fact that they're there, but did you ever think that there was a time before local fire brigades?

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