In 1974, Darwin got a whole lot more for Christmas than it was expecting. 
 
With news of a cyclone hovering off the coast in the days before, no one was too concerned. After all, a cyclone had passed by just a few weeks before. Then on Christmas Eve, Tracy took an unexpected turn and changed the course of a city. 
 
Small but deadly, Cyclone Tracy tore Darwin apart, leading to the largest evacuation and relief effort in Australian history. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory was also destroyed that night. Since then, it has become the home of the Cyclone Tracy story. 
 
Bringing together decades of research, this book tells the story, not just of Darwin, but of a nation that came together and gave whatever it could to see it rebuilt.