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 ...
Cyclone Tracy survivors broke down in tears as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to those who lost their lives in one of Australia's worst natural disasters. The category four ...
Tracy was by no means the most powerful cyclone recorded in Australia, but its path directly ... Jared Archibald is the curator of Territory history at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern ...
Natural Hazards Research Australia (NHRA) has released new insights focused on building community resilience against natural disasters, drawing on the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy and the ...
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 ...
Darwin after Tracy would never be the same again. While he wasn’t on the ground when the cyclone rolled in, Territory History curator at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory ...