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Survivors of the fatal Childers Backpackers fire mark 25th anniversary
Survivors of the fatal Childers Backpackers fire mark 25th anniversary
Published 23 June 2025, 8:43 am
Twenty-five years ago fifteen people, mostly young backpackers, and fruit pickers, were killed in an arson attack on a hostel in regional Queensland. Survivors and the families of victims have returned to the small town of Childers in the state's southeast, to mark the anniversary and continue to call for the perpetrator not to be released from prison.
