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Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt
It is hard to comprehend the force with which Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin early on Christmas Day ... as a track of fallen trees nearly 13 kilometres wide was later discovered in the surrounding ...
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'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 people, destroying most of the town. 19 year old sailor Sue Bigham was ...
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Cyclone Tracy survivors gather for commemorative service, 50 years after storm destroyed Darwin
"We all grew up together and we went through Cyclone Tracy together ... had been happily wrapping Christmas presents with her family and placing them under the tree. She was 14 at the time.
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Cyclone Tracy memorial pays tribute to survivors' 'unbreakable spirit'
A Christmas morning heralded by soft rain but ... Now, 50 years on, survivors of Cyclone Tracy share their incredible tales of the night Darwin was blown away. Hundreds gathered at East Point ...
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50 years on: Cyclone Tracy's devastation still haunts Darwin survivors
Tracy changed Darwin but Darwin is Darwin, and it will always be Darwin.” For those who lived through the cyclone, like Andrew Demetriou... the events of Christmas Day 1974 would be etched ...
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‘Nature at its very worst’: Monument unveiled 50 years on from Cyclone Tracy tragedy
The 1974 cyclone swept through Darwin on Christmas Eve and the early morning ... attended a dawn service to mark 50 years since Cyclone Tracy hit. Picture: NewsWire/AIIM Photography Darwin.
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Cunningham: Cyclone Tracy is a story of trauma and loss
The flowers being installed at the East Point site of the Cyclone Tracy memorial. “I wake up every morning on Christmas morning, I’m awake during the night and wake again close to dawn ...