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Meet Gunner, our very own four-legged war hero! Legend goes, Gunner was a kelpie puppy who developed an uncanny knack of forecasting air...
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On the evening of 18 February 1942, Darwin postal clerk Arthur Wellington wrote a letter to his wife and daughter back home in Adelaide....
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School’s back! And it's 140 years since Darwin's very first school opened in 1877. The first teacher was John Holt, who taught the...
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Gong Hey Fat Choy! It’s Chinese New Year! Here the Chinese Lion dances down Cavenagh Street in 1920, right outside the Sue Wah Chin...
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While Central Australia has been getting hammered with rain recently, 60 years ago it was Katherine that was under water, brought by a...
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Exactly 120 years ago yesterday Darwin was devastated by a massive cyclone. The 1897 cyclone hit at about 3:30am on 7 January, with wild...
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The Beard kids, Jason, Kim and Juliet, on their unexpected 'storm holiday' in Lismore in early 1975. After Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on...
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Not to reopen old wounds, but if it were still in production, the Darwin Stubby would have just celebrated its 60th birthday. Brewer...
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H a p p y f a t h e r 's d a y ! T h i s i s M i n i k i n i s i t t i n g o n h e r f a t h e r 's ...
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Happy New Year!! It’s 1980 and these Darwin locals look like they’ve farewelled the Seventies the right way, in flares. This image was...
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When Darwin was flattened by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve 1974, the Northern Territory News was unable to be published because of...
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75 years ago tomorrow, a mass evacuation of Darwin’s women and children began. Authorities had recognised for months the threat of attack...
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Have they finally landed?! Actually, no - but Peter Dermoudy’s ‘Flying Saucer House’ probably fooled a few visitors in its day. Located...
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As the sun appeared across Darwin on Thursday 19 February 1942, it heralded in just another wet season day. Minutes before 10am a series...
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The first sitting of the new Northern Territory Legislative Assembly concluded this week. The very first Legislative Assembly, sat in...
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Mango season is upon us again! Here's well-known Territory horticulturalist Chris Nathanael harvesting a few mangoes back in 1980. Chris...
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It’s the final day of the Darwin International Film Festival! And our love of film began here, in one of Darwin’s earliest and most loved...
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The 'Green Room' at the Hotel Darwin was considered one of the most upmarket dining options. When it opened in 1940, the Hotel Darwin was...
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It’s festival time again in Darwin! Back a few decades, it used to be known as the Bougainvillea Festival which featured a colourful...
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It’s that time of year again - the annual Picnic Day holiday! Picnic Day events in the Northern Territory date back to the late 1880s....
