Vikki Campion: Darwin missed how Australia evolved into something worth celebrating
This fortnight 189 years ago naturalist Charles Darwin went to Bathurst, lamenting how “rancorously divided into parties” we ...
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Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin—and Australia's attitude to disasters changed forever
The federal government was forced to step in to oversee mass evacuations of over 30,000 people and lead recovery efforts ...
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Cyclone Tracy: 50 years since Darwin was destroyed on Christmas Day
"I think it was a new adventure." Maureen Waldmann says the people of Darwin felt supported by the rest of Australia. (ABC News: Michael Franchi) In a moment of national unity, Australia pulled ...
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‘Stronger than ever’: PM attends Cyclone Tracy memorial on Christmas
We had the Australian Defence Force assisting with the rebuilding of this great city of Darwin, we had people throughout Australia provide their support, their funding and their commitment to the ...
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Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt
When the rest of Australia learned what had happened, an unprecedented recovery operation began. Fear of disease prompted a mass evacuation. Of the 47,000 people in Darwin that Christmas ...