Purpose-built housing a lifeline for Mallacoota bushfire survivors

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Purpose-built housing a lifeline for Mallacoota bushfire survivors

The day before fires threatened the Victorian coastal town of Mallacoota during the summer of 2019-20, Rosemary Hannah drove into town. She was heading for the local Catholic church, which she had decided to evacuate to as the bushfire approached. She had been living in a bungalow on another person’s property, but police had warned her not to go back there, leaving her homeless on the eve of the devastating bushfires. Homes and structures in Mal…