Residents of Ballineen in the Naas district making urgent preparations for the arrival of the Stockyard fire near midnight of 17th January 2003. [picture] /

Title from caption list supplied by the photographer, see file NLA04/564.; Inscriptions: Signed by the photographer in pencil on reverse; "17-13"--in pencil on reverse.; Part of the collection: A blood red noon, photography of the Brindabella & southern ACT fires of January 2003.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3511554; Purchased 2005. "Ballineen Homestead, Apollo Road at 2320 hrs, 17:01:2003. Alerted by the ever expanding red glow across the western horizon then spot fires erupting in nearby forests, residents of "Ballineen" with the assistance of ACT Southern Districts Bushfire Brigade, made urgent preparations for the passage of fire"--Note from the photographer