| Description |
200 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
The Japanese task force -- The irresolute evacuation -- The warnings ignored -- The aerodromes: Raid 1 -- Pearl Harbor parallel -- The much maligned wharfies -- The Militia tested -- The silent lines -- Dath and escape at Government House -- "All patients under beds!" -- R.A.A.F. - second raid -- "Kill twenty Japs each!" -- The Adelaide River stakes -- The forsaken Aborigines -- Aftermath 1. The military inquest 2. The Civil inquest 3. Reckoning for the Japanese -- Appendices I Civilian evacuation order -- II Fate of the Reverend Leonard Kentish -- III Attack on Florence D and Catalina -- IV Japanese aircraft used and lost -- V Japanese activity near Darwin before February 19, 1942 -- VI Air-raids on Darwin after February 19, 1942 |
| Summary |
The first ever attack on Australia by a foreign power occurred at Darwin on 19th February 1942. At the time of the raid, Douglas Lockwood was a correspondent for the Melbourne Herald in Darwin |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 179 |
| Subject |
Bombing, Aerial -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin -- Aerial operations, Japanese
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Territory -- Darwin -- Aerial operations, Japanese
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| SUBJECT |
Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001026
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| Author |
Lockwood, Douglas, 1918-1980.
Australia's Pearl Harbour, Darwin 1942
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| ISBN |
9781742574042 (hbk.) |
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