The Blacksmiths Tree was conceived of a week after the Black Saturday Fires, 14 February 2009. Our Tree charts the journey of its creation to its public unveiling on 30 November 2013.

Producer / Director / Editor - Andrew Garton
Director of Photography / Grader - Mike Wilkins

Drone video courtesy of I-Drone, Brett Chilton and Michael Prinzi

Archival footage courtesy of Warwick Page
Timelapse footage courtesy of Barry Thomas

MUSIC
After The Fires / Invention in Time
Courtesy Kate Adam and Ariel Valent

Julia / Charles Brown
Courtesy Charles Brown

The Steel of People
Words by Neil Grant, Amanda Gibson, Music by Colin James
Performed by Colin James and Mirranda Burton

COMMUNITY VIDEO & STILLS
Courtesy of Carolyn Chalton, The Davey’s, Neil Grant, Amanda Gibson, Georgia Munroe, Joji Mori, Kerry Cross, Rachel Cavill, Rob Tarrant, Wendy Gottlieb

SPECIAL THANKS
Mahony Keily, Amanda Gibson, Barbara Joyce, Laura Emerick, The Black Saturday Museum

PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF
The Australian Governments regional arts program the Regional Arts Fund, Victoria, City of Whittlesea The Dunmoochin Foundation, Baseline I-Drone, The Tree Project and The Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victoria)

The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia, administered in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria.