Thelma formed Coming_to_be in the Arafura Sea north of the Northern Territory while intensifying Cause_change_of_strength rapidly into a Category 5 cyclone , passing Motion_directional very near the Tiwi Islands and posing Causation a severe threat to Darwin , but passed Motion_directional by at a distance of .

Thelma was the first known Category 5 cyclone to be observed Perception_active in the Timor Sea , and was also the most intense cyclone to threaten Warning Darwin since Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve in 1974 .

Subsequently , after a further investigation and a second inquest held in Darwin , Lindy Chamberlain was tried for murder Killing , convicted on 29 October 1982 and sentenced Legal_rulings to life imprisonment .

The Bombing Attack of Darwin , also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Darwin , on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack Attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia .

The Bombing Attack of Darwin , also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Darwin , on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack Attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia .

On that day , 242 Japanese aircraft , in two separate raids Attack , attacked Attack the town , ships in Darwin 's harbour and the town 's two airfields in an attempt to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Allies from using Using them as bases to contest Military_operation the invasion Attack of Timor and Java during World War Military_operation II .

Darwin was lightly defended Defending relative to the size of the attack Attack , and the Japanese inflicted Bodily_harm heavy losses Earnings_and_losses upon Allied forces Causation at little cost Cost to themselves .

The urban areas of Darwin also suffered Confronting_problem some damage Damaging from the raids Attack and there were a number of civilian casualties .

More than half of Darwin 's civilian population left Departing the area permanently , before or immediately after the attack Attack .

The inaugural festival occurred Presence from 9 to 12 June 2006 , near Darwin .

The 2008 edition of the festival took place Process_start at Woolaning Indigenous Community located within Litchfield National Park 160 km south of Darwin and was spread Dispersal over three days , co-inciding with a partial lunar eclipse .

This bombardment Attack at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport killed Killing the last two American servicemen killed Killing in combat Hostile_encounter in Vietnam , Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge .

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone Catastrophe that devastated Destroying the city of Darwin , Northern Territory , Australia from 24 to 26 December 1974 .

Residents of Darwin were celebrating Christmas , and did not immediately acknowledge Know the emergency , partly because they had been alerted Warning to an earlier cyclone Catastrophe ( Selma ) that passed Motion_directional west of the city .

It destroyed Destroying more than 70 percent of Darwin 's buildings , including 80 percent of houses .

The Japanese raid on Darwin of 2 May 1943 was a significant battle Hostile_encounter in the North Western Area Campaign of World War II .

During the raid Attack a force of over 20 Japanese bombers and Zero fighters attacked Attack the Australian town of Darwin , Northern Territory , inflicting Causation little damage on the ground .