Military tourism push as wartime bombings remembered

'Stories rarely told': the Bombing of Darwin's 84th anniversary

Today marks 84 years since the first and largest attack by a foreign power on Australian soil. In 1942 Japanese aircraft bombed Darwin and then northern Australia in a series of raids. Alongside this year's Bombing of Darwin commemoration a new campaign has been launched, to ensure an often overlooked military history is not forgotten.

'There were no cowards': Bombing of Darwin commemorated 84 years on

Eighty-four years after Darwin was bombed in the largest single foreign attack on Australian soil, hundreds have gathered to remember.

Military tourism push as wartime bombings remembered

The Top End has marked the anniversary of the 1942 bombing of Darwin amid a push to attract niche tourists to World War II sites and their stories.

New military tourism campaign for NT 2026 amid WW2 services

A new military tourism campaign for the NT has been launched in the same week that Darwin commemorated the 84th anniversary of its bombing. And it hopes to tap into a major air force exercise, Operation Pitch Black, in July-August to attract global attention; the exercise is expected to attract 40,000+ personnel from 20 countries. The major public commemoration on Thursday was a service at the USS Peary Memorial in Bicentennial Park and another …