Hundreds gather in Darwin to commemorate 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy

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Hundreds of people are gathering for the 50th anniversary commemorations of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin this morning. 66 people were killed in the storm 41,000 people were left homeless.

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00:00So, we're here in Darwin at the 50th anniversary commemoration event for Cyclone Tracy, which

00:08is a storm that devastated Darwin in 1974, killing 66 people across the coast Christmas

00:16morning.

00:17Many people weren't expecting it and many people who live in Darwin today and across

00:21Australia still feel very raw emotion surrounding what happened on that day.

00:28They want to remember and for this event 2,000 people are expected, there's going to

00:33be a military band playing, there's going to be some speeches from survivors, but there's

00:39also a protest outside which is important to mention.

00:43A lot of survivors are really unhappy about a monument which is part of this commemoration.

00:48We had some federal government money put towards it.

00:50It's designed by a New Zealand artist, Phil Price, but a lot of survivors are saying that

00:56it doesn't represent a memorial for them, that they would have liked to have seen something

01:02that was a bit more personal to them, perhaps by a local artist.

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