‘Perceived tension’ around ADF being deployed domestically, Cyclone Tracy special report finds
While the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy provided the ADF a blueprint in how to deliver effective disaster relief, a new report ...
Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin—and Australia's attitude to disasters changed forever
Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of ...
'We were filthy, and we worked like dogs': Memories of Cyclone Tracy 50 years on
In the early hours of Christmas Day, 1974, Darwin was changed forever. 50 years ago Cyclone Tracy claimed the lives of 66 ...
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Chaos, trauma, smuggled booze: Melbourne Herald reporter Alistair Smith recalls Cyclone Tracy
“Darwin has been hit by a big cyclone,” she told us. It soon became obvious that Cyclone Tracy was not your regular storm, ...
The unhappy true story behind iconic Cyclone Tracy image, as told by the late subject’s daughter
The daughter of the man featured on the front cover of the NT News’ Cyclone Tracy 50th anniversary supplement has shed ...
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Survivors mark 50 years since Cyclone Tracy left Darwin 'in ruins'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined hundreds of Cyclone Tracy survivors and their descendants to mark 50 years since ...
Cyclone Tracy survivors breakdown in tears during heartfelt tribute
Cyclone Tracy survivors broke down in tears as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to those who lost their lives in ...
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Ramon Williams
Jon Guyer, Senior Minister at Panania Anglican Church, interviewed Ramon Williams, the grandmaster of Christian journalism, on his lightning trip to Darwin, a city ravaged by Cyclone Tracy. “On 1974 ...
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50 years on: Santa never made it into Darwin, but Christian journo Ramon Williams did
Jon Guyer, Senior Minister at Panania Anglican Church, interviewed Ramon Williams, the grandmaster of Christian journalism, ...
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‘The event that put Darwin on the map, while nearly wiping it off’: Cyclone Tracy 50 years on
And all they had left were the clothes they were wearing. Some journalists likened the scenes of destruction and devastation in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy to Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 after an ...
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‘Four people I know died’: Cyclone Tracy survivor Peter Haigh
A survivor of Cyclone Tracy and long-time Townsville resident is asking locals to stop underestimating the risk this season and take every oncoming cyclone seriously. It was Christmas Eve ...