Charles Darwin National Park | What to do in Darwin, Australia
1 min readMar 8, 2020
The Charles Darwin National Park has national significance. Not only for its ecological diversity but its amazing Aboriginal and World War Two history, and its only 4km from the centre of Darwin. On 19 February, 1942 Darwin was bombed in the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin’s harbour and the town’s two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II.
