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.