As the subject says, it's 67 years today since the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese in WW2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing...(February_1942)
Not a lot of people know the extent of the bombing - the Japanese dropped more bombs on Darwin than they did on Pearl Harbour!
I read the book "
Australia Under Attack" just recently - a great read and a real eye opener. The government at the time covered up the massive scale of the bombing including how many people were killed.
243 people killed and 400+ wounded.
The movie "Australia" portrayed the bombing of Darwin just recently - somewhat inaccurate and styled up for Hollywood, but at least more people would've learnt a bit about it.
More reading:
http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/bfa/attack.html