Northern Territory
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated Darwin, Australia, from 24/25 December 1974. It killed 71 people and destroyed over 70 percent of Darwin's buildings, leaving over 20,000 people homeless. Most of Darwin's population was evacuated to Adelaide, Whyalla, Alice Springs and Sydney, and many never returned to Darwin.
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Famous quotes containing the words northern and/or territory:
“I have found that anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the Northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
“Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
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