Posted on 02/21/2009 3:07:28 PM PST by naturalman1975
A PERMANENT shrine will be built to commemorate the victims and heroes of the Black Saturday bushfires.
As the nation pauses today to pay its respects to those who died in the Victoria fires, the Brumby and Rudd governments will announce a $2.5 million fund for memorials to pay tribute to those who perished.
The cash will include grants of up to $200,000 for fire-ravaged communities to build memorials, monuments or plaques in their towns, the Sunday Herald Sun reports.
The governments also plan to build a major fire victims' shrine of remembrance, either off St Kilda Rd, in Fitzroy Gardens, Flowerdale or Kinglake.
Yesterday, four major fires were still burning in Bunyip State Park, Kilmore East-Murrindindi North, Kilmore-Murrindindi East and Wilsons Promontory.
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