As part of the 50-year anniversary of Cyclone Tracy, the City of Darwin released a new interactive map to the public.

While the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy provided the ADF a blueprint in how to deliver effective disaster relief, a new report notes a “perceived tension” lingers around the issue of deploying ...

Nanette and Paul Boyce reflect on their resilience during Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Supplied Christmas Eve was a day that started like any other, Mr Boyce said. “I went to work at my office in the ...

Fifty years ago, soon after midnight on Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy tore through Darwin, leaving a trail of destruction that killed at least 66 people. It damaged or destroyed more than 80 ...

It was as though an atomic bomb had hit – and in fact many would later say Darwin resembled none other than Hiroshima or Nagasaki after Cyclone Tracy had finished with her. Sixty-six died.

which meant the cyclones that hit Australia in the years following caused less damage to homes and “nothing like the terrible loss of life” seen with Cyclone Tracy. “While the modern city of ...

A Christmas morning heralded by soft rain but with the memory of nature's unimaginable ferocity. Memories of terror and devastation, but also sheer resilience. The ...

Larrakia Elder Bilawara Lee has shared her incredible Cyclone Tracy story in an original composition. LISTEN TO AUNTY B AND THE DARWIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Larrakia Elder Bilawara Lee was 24 when ...

They were the only servicewomen who stood shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts during Cyclone Tracy and its immediate aftermath, yet until now they’ve been ‘wiped from history’.