The bombing of Darwin was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia soil. On that day, 180 Japanese Aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town of Darwin, and its ...

In February 1942, Japanese carrier and land based aircraft launched the largest single attack ever carried out against ...

Darwin's defendersToday, 84 years on from the bombing of Darwin, we honour those who bravely defended Australian soil and remember those ...

On 19 February 1942, Darwin became the frontline. In the first and largest foreign attack ever mounted on Australian soil, 242 Japanese aircraft ...

Territorians are encouraged to remember and honour the memory of those who helped defend our shores at the 84th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin, a day etched into the history of the Northern ...

The anniversary of the first air raid on Australia occurs every year on February 19. We remember the many lives lost defending our nation.