Territorians gather to remember Fifty years after the cyclone, Darwin is a vastly different city, but many people will gather to remember the event that is forever etched into its history.

Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy changed the lives of those who lived through it. But it has also fundamentally changed the rule book to building in Australia.

Fifty years on, we recall the devastation of Cyclone Tracy and the extensive evacuation and reconstruction that followed.

On the 50th anniversary of Darwin’s Cyclone Tracy, one frontline worker and survivor reflects on the recovery efforts, the lasting trauma and the wardrobe door that saved her life.

These days she is one of Australia’s top Salvation Army commanders, but on December 24, 1974, she was a 16-year-old girl cowering in a kitchen alongside her family as Cyclone Tracy ripped apart ...

Never-before-seen footage of Cyclone Tracy will feature in a new documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of one of Australia’s worst natural disasters.

Darwin after Cyclone Tracy struck. Many believe it’s only a matter of time before another cyclone hits Darwin . Picture: News Ltd “So people should have reasonable comfort with that.

On Christmas Eve 1974, Tracy flattened Darwin, killing 66 people. The city is still at risk of cyclones, and not enough has been done to mitigate it.

A family’s remarkable survival story underpins an emotional Cyclone Tracy photographic exhibition beginning on Saturday at Northern Territory Library.

These days she is one of Australia’s top Salvation Army commanders, but on December 24, 1974, she was a 16-year-old girl cowering in a kitchen alongside her family as Cyclone Tracy ripped apart ...

These days she is one of Australia’s top Salvation Army commanders, but on December 24, 1974, she was a 16-year-old girl cowering in a kitchen alongside her family as Cyclone Tracy ripped apart ...