1/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Outside the house of Arafura Trees owner Tess Smith
Looking back at Cyclone Tracy’s damage
AS Cyclone Marcus approaches Darwin, we look back at the one everyone remembers — Cyclone Tracy
2/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin.
3/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. HMAS Arrow in Darwin Harbour. Picture: SUPPLIED
4/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Picture: NewsCorp
5/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. The former Darwin Travelodge Motel, now the Doubletree Hilton, pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
6/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Fannie Bay Jail pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
7/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Kerry Byrnes and family’s house in the process or being repaired after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes
8/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. HMAS Arrow in Darwin Harbour after cyclone Tracy. Picture: SUPPLIED
9/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Photographers Beat Erismann (left) and Barry ‘Baz’ Ledwidge, pictured outside their home in Darwin on Christmas morning in 1974, just hours after cyclone Tracy struck. Picture supplied by Beat Erismann.
10/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. The now defunct Hotel Darwin pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
11/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A motel pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
12/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Debris and devastation in DarwinÕs northern suburbs in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, which struck the town on Christmas morning in 1974. Picture: Beat Erismann.
13/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. After pictures of a house on Rapid Creek Road in the suburb of Milner in Darwin in the Northern Territory, devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Picture: Jo Hansen, who lived in the house at the time.
14/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Clean up operations pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
15/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Darwin’s northern suburbs shortly after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Picture: Beat Erismann
16/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Survivors, lacking both petrol and power, have a beer at the BP station in Fannie Bay in Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, which devastated the town on Christmas morning in 1974. Picture: Beat Erismann.
17/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Clean up operations pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
18/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Desperate survivors wait with their possessions at the BP station in Fannie Bay in Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, which devastated the town in 1974. The survivors were mostly waiting to be airlifted out. Picture Beat Erismann.
19/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Kerry Byrnes and family’s house following the completion of renovations after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes
20/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Darwin’s northern suburbs shortly after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Picture: Beat Erismann
21/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Children’s bicycles that were destroyed by the wind less than one metre from where Kerry Byrnes cowered with his family during Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
22/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A site in Darwin’s northern suburbs pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
23/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Darwin police station pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
24/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. House occupied by Kerry Byrnes and family, pictured after Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin in 1974. Byrnes and his family survived the cyclone by cowering in the laundry. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
25/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A site in Darwin’s northern suburbs pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
26/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. Darwin police station pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
27/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. An area of Darwin’s northern suburbs pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
28/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A site close to the middle of Darwin pictured after Cyclone Tracy. The site is now occupied by large apartment blocks. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
29/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. John and Meg O’Brien’s home after Cyclone Tracy. John O’Brien and Julia Archer are sitting on the verandah facing front. ‘Are you all right, do you need a hand’ people said to each other amidst the ruins of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy. By midday on Christmas Day 1974, Darwin people had the emergency situation under control - they had plotted the path for their city’s renewal.
30/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A light plane spraying Darwin with pesticide after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
31/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin.
32/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. New concrete roof being put on house occupied by Kerry Byrnes and family following extensive damage to the pre-existing lighter roof by Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes
33/33Cyclone Tracy caused major destruction to Darwin. A site close to Darwin’s foreshore near the middle of the town pictured after Cyclone Tracy. Picture: Kerry Byrnes.
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