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1897 Darwin cyclone information


1897 Darwin cyclone
Overall effects
Fatalities>28
DamageA$150,000
Areas affectedNorthern Territory
Three men among the debris of a collapsed building after the 1897 cyclone

The 1897 cyclone was a tropical cyclone that destroyed the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is considered the worst cyclone to strike the Northern Territory of Australia prior to Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Prior to contemporary naming conventions, the storm became known as the "Great Hurricane".[1]

  1. ^ Murphy, Kevin (1984). Big blow up north: A history of tropical cyclones in Australia's Northern Territory. NT University Planning Authority. ISBN 0724506608.

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