Reality cheque for bushfire appeal

Vice Chief of the Defence Force, VADM Russ Shalders presents Bishop George Browning with a cheque for almost $12,000 from the Navy Canberra Bushfire Appeal.

Vice Chief of the Defence Force, VADM Russ Shalders presents Bishop George Browning with a cheque for almost $12,000 from the Navy Canberra Bushfire Appeal.

The money was donated to the ACT Bushfire Recovery Appeal, which has raised almost $6 million. More than 500 houses were razed in the Canberra bushfire, with Saturday, January 18, going down as a day that is etched notoriously in the city’s history.

However, this cheque marks just one of many good things to come from the aftermath.

Also pictured are personnel from Navy Headquarters in Canberra. Photo by LSCISSM Rachel Irving.

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