‘Pillar of society’: Territory mourns loss of historical link
The Top End community is mourning the loss of a key figure in Darwin’s history. Read the touching tributes.
Bombing Of Darwin
‘Very bright future’: Cattle boss to represent NT on national ag board
A Territory cattle king has won a surprise national honour. Read what he will bring to the job.
‘Deep respect’: Japan’s touching tribute during Pitch Black
The leaders of the Australian and Japanese air forces have come together to celebrate a new era in the military relationship between the two countries.
CM pays tribute to former Japanese PM who was shot dead
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while giving a campaign speech. WARNING: GRAPHIC
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Bombing of Darwin 75th anniversary
Politicians, dignitaries and veterans attended the Bombing of Darwin 75th anniversary commemoration in the Northern Territory capital
USS Peary sailors remembered at service
HUNDREDS of people attended a service in Darwin this morning to commemorate the 88 sailors who lost their lives on the USS Peary 75 years ago today
Darwin’s secret underground shelters
STILL hidden within the hilly terrain and dense bushland are a network of bomb storage shelters that reveal a desperate cat-and-mouse tale of hide and seek from Japanese bombers
Veteran proud to share Darwin story
ON Christmas morning, 1941, Peter Hackett slipped into a coma as the Ghan pulled into Oodnadatta.It was not the ideal start to his active service as a gunner
The day bloody hell rained down
One of the last surviving World War II veterans to witness the Darwin bombings says the diggers involved never got the recognition they deserved
Life changed forever as bombers circled
As Arthur Wellington put pen to paper in the eve of February 18, 1942, he would have never predicted how life would change for his family the following morning
10 workmates killed at Post Office
RICHARD Corr was just going about his day-to-day duties in the Darwin Post Office when the first bombs fell on February 19, 1942
‘We thought it was a bomb’
HANNAH Seaman and her son Kai were on a hunt for seashells when they spotted this historic artefact at Lee Point Beach
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