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Cyclone Tracy: The Diary of Ryan Turner is the nineteenth book in My Australian Story, a series of fictional diaries by Scholastic Australia. It was written by Alan Tucker; his second in the series. The book was first published in February 2006 and was later republished in September 2010 with a new cover. It was followed by Refugee in June 2006.

Dedication[]

"This book is to ABC Radio.
It informed the people of Darwin in 1974 and it informs me today.
AT
"

Book description[]

"Ryan and his best friend, Nev, both love fishing. They spend all their spare time at the wharf or out on Darwin Harbour fishing for trevally and barra, and keeping an eye on local weather and tides.
But when Ryan makes a new friend, his father is not pleased.
Troubles with his dad are nothing compared to what lies ahead for Ryan...
Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974.
"

"Darwin's almost completely destroyed; buildings, shops, houses, cars. Whole streets are gone, even the signposts. And now the people are going. Evacuations started today
Ryan just wants to hang out with his mates, go fishing and avoid being hassled by his dad, the super-strict deputy principal.
But troubles with his dad are nothing compared with what lies ahead: Cyclone Tracy is about to hit Darwin.
"

Plot[]

Historical Note[]

Characters[]

Main article: List of Cyclone Tracy characters
  • Ryan Turner

Author[]

Main article: Alan Tucker

Editions[]

Notes[]

  • The cover of the first edition of Cyclone Tracy was designed by Wide Open Media.[3][4]
  • The front cover of the second edition uses the photograph Destruction Caused by Cyclone Tracy from Commonwealth of Australia and the back cover uses Bagot Road Milner after Cyclone Tracy from the Northern Territory Library.[5]

References[]

See also[]


My Australian Story
Original

A Banner Bold | Plagues and Federation | A Tale of Two Families | Surviving Sydney Cove | The Rum Rebellion
The Yankee Whaler | A Different Sort of Real | Who Am I? | On Board the Boussole | The Bombing of Darwin
Fords and Flying Machines | Snowy | Riding with Thunderbolt | Our Don Bradman | A Marathon of Her Own
Our Enemy, My Friend

1st relaunch

New Gold Mountain | Outback | Cyclone Tracy | Refugee | The Melting Pot | Archer's Melbourne Cup
Claw of the Dragon | Atomic Testing

2nd relaunch

The Hunt for Ned Kelly | The Phar Lap Mystery | My Father's War | Sydney Harbour Bridge | Heroes of Tobruk
Escape from Cockatoo Island | Gallipoli | Kokoda | Convict Girl | Vietnam

3rd relaunch

Black Sunday | Our Race for Reconciliation | Bushfire | Rebellion at Eureka | Castle Hill Rebellion | Six Seconds
The Battle for Victoria Street

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