Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

Made by Film Australia 1974. Directed by Chris Noonan. Early in the morning of December 25 the Territory's capital city - Darwin - was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. The city became the site of ...

Now, 50 years on, survivors of Cyclone Tracy share their incredible tales ... the category four system struck Darwin on December 25, 1974. The cyclone destroyed and damaged eight in 10 homes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cyclone Tracy survivor Freda Brocker has emotionally recounted how she and her family were affected by the devastating storm in 1974. Cyclone Tracy survivor Antony Bullock has recounted the moment ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history.

Cyclone Tracy began forming as a tropical low on December 20, 1974, in the Arafura Sea, between Timor and West New Guinea, an area known as a ‘cyclone breeding ground’. The system moved south ...

If a cyclone like Tracy struck today, hundreds of counsellors and psychologists would be engaged to help survivors deal with the trauma of their near-death experience. In 1974, it was a case of ...