Marysville is a small town , 34 kilometres north-east of Healesville and 41 kilometres south of Alexandra , in the Shire of Murrindindi in Victoria , Australia . The town , which previously had a population of over 500 people , was devastated by the Murrindindi Mill bushfire on 7 February 2009 . On 19 February 2009 the official death toll was 45 . Around 90 % of the town 's buildings were destroyed . Prior to the Black Saturday fire the population in 2006 was 519 . At the 2011 Census , the population had reduced to 226 , by the 2016 Census it had risen to 394
Murrindindi Mill bushfire
Black Saturday bushfires
Marysville, Victoria