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Darwin Under Fire: The WWII Story

Trace the scorch marks of history across the city that was bombed more times than Pearl Harbor and refused to fall.

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7h 45m

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Includes ~15 min walking between stops. Plan around opening hours.

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The story of this museum begins not with aviation, but with destruction. In 1976, just four years after Cyclone Tracy had devastated Darwin …

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