In 1983 , Powell volunteered as a firefighter in the Otway Ranges in Victoria during the Ash Wednesday bushfires , the deadliest bushfire in Australian history ( until the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 ) . He donated a painting to be auctioned at the '' Art for Life '' bush fire appeal , at the Melbourne Town Hall in 2009 to raise money for the rebuilding of communities tragically affected by the recent bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Arthur Ted Powell