1/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
50+ photos: Hundreds commemorate Bombing of Darwin
Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph.
2/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
3/61Lord Mayor of Darwin the Hon. Kon Vatskalis as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
4/61Selena Uibo, Manuel Brown and Robyn Lambley as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
5/61Barnaby Joyce as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
6/61Barnaby Joyce as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
7/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
8/61Barnaby Joyce as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
9/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
10/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
11/61Richard Marles Deputy Prime Minister of Australia as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
12/61Ms Ruth Eirwen Jones and His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Heggie AO PSM as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
13/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
14/61Barnaby Joyce Member of the Australian House of Representatives as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
15/61Brigadier Doug Pashley CSC as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
16/61Lia Finocchiaro Chief Minister of the Northern Territory as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
17/61Richard Marles Deputy Prime Minister of Australia as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
18/61Minister Steve Edgington, Minister Marie-Clare Boothby, Gerard Maley Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Lia Finocchiaro Chief Minister of the Northern Territory as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
19/61Ms Ruth Eirwen Jones and His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Heggie AO PSM as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
20/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
21/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
22/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
23/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
24/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
25/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
26/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
27/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
28/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
29/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
30/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
31/61Lia Finocchiaro Chief Minister of the Northern Territory as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
32/61Barnaby Joyce Member of the Australian House of Representatives and Lia Finocchiaro Chief Minister of the Northern Territory as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
33/61Richard Marles Deputy Prime Minister of Australia as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
34/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
35/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
36/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
37/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
38/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
39/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
40/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
41/61Barbara Morling, Keith Morling, Sandra Anderson, Stephen Morling and Greg Corr as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
42/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
43/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
44/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
45/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
46/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
47/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
48/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
49/61John Fairley and Pam Fairley NSW as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
50/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
51/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
52/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
53/61Haileybury Rendall Students as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
54/61Amye Unas hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
55/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
56/61Barnaby Joyce (left) as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
57/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
58/61Jill Flett and Russell Flett as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
59/61Lord Mayor of Darwin the Hon. Kon Vatskalis as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
60/61Brigadier Doug Pashley CSC, Barnaby Joyce, Lia Finocchiaro Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Richard Marles Deputy Prime Minister of Australia as hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
61/61Hundreds gathered to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at a ceremony at the Darwin Cenotaph on February 19, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin
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