Bombing of Darwin: 75th anniversary brings new recognition of attacks

By Damien Murphy
Updated February 19 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 12:15am
The SS Barossa burns after being bombed by the Japanese. Photo: Fairfax Archives
The SS Barossa burns after being bombed by the Japanese. Photo: Fairfax Archives
A house is destroyed after being hit by a Japanese bomb during an attack on Darwin in 1942. Photo: Australian War Memorial
A house is destroyed after being hit by a Japanese bomb during an attack on Darwin in 1942. Photo: Australian War Memorial
By noon, 243 people – including 53 civilians – were dead, and 400 wounded. Photo: Royal Australian Air Force
By noon, 243 people – including 53 civilians – were dead, and 400 wounded. Photo: Royal Australian Air Force

Australia marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin on Sunday but for generations the country was kept in the dark about the true dimensions of the Japanese attack.

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