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Views of Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus Regnans) and Myrtle Beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) in the Cumberland State Forest of Victoria. A river and tree ferns and some fallen trees are shown. A man standing beside a tree gives an idea of scale.

Harvest of the the hills includes footage of sawmill operations at Hayfield in Gippsland, Timber from Connors Plains, North Eastern Victoria logging camps, Deep Creek logging camp, Views of the Victorian Alps and wildflowers, Swifts Creek township, school and mill, removal of logs from the Otways.

Fires burned in almost every part of the State on Black Friday. The chief centres were in the mountain country where most of Victoriaαs mountain forests were lost. The townships of Narbethong, Noojee, Woods Point, Nayook West and Hill End were obliterated. Other towns such as Warrandyte, Yarra Glen, Omeo and Pomonal were badly damaged. Fires raged in the Yarra Ranges east of Melbourne particularly at Toolangi, Matlock, Rubicon, the Acheron valley, Tanjil and Thomson valleys and Warburton. Alpine areas in the North East such as Bright, Cudgewa and Corryong suffered. The Otway Ranges, the Grampians and areas in the South West were also affected. So much ash and smoke was generated that ash fell as far away as New Zealand. Rain falling late on Sunday 15th January, 1939 ended the devastation

Illustration of burning forest and house and in foreground, frightened mother holding child. Caption reads: "CARELESSNESS CAUSES FIRES FORESTS COMMISSION OF VICTORIA".