Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 24

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Devastation brought by Cyclone Tracy upon the Northern Territory city of Darwin. Courtesy - National Archives of Australia A6135, K29/1/75/16

1822 - Reverend Archibald Macarthur, the first Presbyterian minister in Australia, arrives in Hobart.
1971 - Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland and surrounding islands, killing 3.
1972 - The official highest maximum temperature in Queensland, of 49.5°C (121.1°F), is recorded at Birdsville.
1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of Darwin. The official death toll was 71.

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