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Basil Stahl with commemorative quilt

Former army surveyor Basil Stahl with the commemorative quilt hung in the NT library

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Original Post Office Wall (Stop 3)

One of the walls of the bombed Post Office remains in its original place, now inside the NT Library

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Parliament House and the NT Library (Stop 3)

Parliament House and the NT Library were built on the spot the old Darwin Post Office stood.

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The old Darwin Post Office

The Darwin Post Office was bombed in the first aid raids on Darwin

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Oil Tunnels (Stop 2)

Oil tunnels were built underground after the first attacks to prevent them from being spotted by air

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The original oil tanks

The original oil tanks near the harbour's edge were damaged in the bombing, as Japan wanted to immobilise Darwin

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The wharf precinct, 70 years after the bombing

The Darwin waterfront precinct is now a peaceful dining and recreational area

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The Wharf, 1942

The Wharf in Darwin Harbour was bombed and destroyed in 1942

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The Australian Neptuna sinks

The Australian Neptuna sinks after being bombed on February 19

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Darwin Harbour bombed

Many ships sank after being bombed in the Darwin Harbour on February 19, 1942

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Darwin Harbour 1942

A view of the bombing in Darwin Harbour on February 19, 1942

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1992 re-enactment

A newspaper clipping shows a 1992 re-enactment of gunners Des Lambert and Dick Moller with current serving Navy personnel at the same place on Smith St

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1942 Re-enactment

Surviving veterans Des Lambert and Dick Moller of the Bombing of Darwin returned to Smith St Mall to re-enact this scene as it was pictured in 1942. They were joined by present serving naval officers...

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Old Smith St

Defence personnel walk down what is now Smith St Mall, in 1942

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