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Cyclone Tracy: survivor stories

Cyclone Tracy: survivor stories

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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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Fifty years ago, in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974,
Cyclone Tracy killed 66 people and decimated the city of
Garramilla/Darwin. Afterwards more than 30,000 residents were
evacuated, many never returning to Darwin.

Writing down memories of the event helped some survivors of the
cyclone process the experience. Hear a handful of these stories,
set in crumbling houses, airborne cars, a busy restaurant and an
overcrowded hospital, all set to the terrifying real-life
soundtrack of Cyclone Tracy.

(image courtesy of the NT Archive : LANT LJ Adams NTRS 3129 P2,
item 1 Caption "Chris Adams looking at Cyclone Tracy destruction,
26 December 1974")