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However, in the 20 years leading up to Cyclone Tracy, the city had undergone a period of rapid expansion. E.P. Milliken estimated that on the eve of the cyclone there were 43,500 people living in 12,000 dwellings in the Darwin area.
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated Darwin, Australia, from December 24 to December 25, 1974. It was recorded by The Age as being a "disaster of the first magnitude...without parallel in Australia's history." It killed 71 people - the official death toll was revised upwards from 65 to 71 in March 2005 - and destroyed over 70 ...
26–31 December 1974 – As a result of Cyclone Tracy destroying over 85 percent of the city, more than 60,000 people from Darwin, Australia were evacuated from the area, leaving just 10,000 people (mainly adult males) to begin the massive cleanup.
The most recent tropical cyclone-related deluge was from Hurricane Irene in August 2011, when 22.05 inches (560 mm) of rain was measured at Gurabo Abajo. [106] The heaviest rainfall noted over the past 30 years was from the precursor disturbance to Tropical Storm Isabel, when 31.67 inches (804 mm) fell at Toro Negro Forest. [107]
Major General Alan Bishop Stretton, AO, CBE (30 September 1922 – 26 October 2012) was a senior Australian Army officer. He came to public prominence through his work in charge of cleanup efforts at Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974. [1]
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated Darwin, Australia, from December 24 to December 25, 1974. It was recorded by The Age as being a "disaster of the first magnitude...without parallel in Australia's history." It killed 71 people - the official death toll was revised upwards from 65 to 71 in March 2005 - and destroyed over 70 ...
Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. Top wind gust recorded was 217 kilometres per hour (135 mph). [ 78 ] On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71.
Wilkie was on duty in the Darwin office in 1974 when Cyclone Tracy struck the city. [1] He was subsequently involved in the establishment of the Bureau's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC). [1] Wilkie started in career in television presenting weather reports in 1956, on the ABC and spent 14 years at the Nine Network from 1977 and 1991