| Show Darwin Dar A Australia Vay V ay Down U Under Is a Modern l l Bu Busy City I Darwin bombed by the Japanese I heretofore has been considered Australia's Australia's Aus Aus- backdoor Hut But it is a front frontI i I door now from tram the troubled world orld to the north Darwin Darin has been described de scribed as a small town of at less than Ulan inhabitants inhabitant with the appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance of ot an early irly mining to n tonI I Australians explain Darwin Darin as the 1 I victim of at the tropics and transients Its excellent harbor gave it birth i I but as the best port on Australia's Australla's north coast the sailors give it U color i The The majority of Darwin's better homes on the outskirts stand high above the ground on stilts sUits of ironwood iron iron- wood or concrete posts as a protection protection tion against termites Life Lite Is lived for tor the most part on the shuttered I verandas surrounding the houses of which the tile open rooms are a part Only a room dressing and a bathroom bath baUI- room are entirely enclosed The almost almost almost al al- most unbearable heat at 12 degrees south of 01 tine the Equator is relieved somewhat by cool coal breezes Da Darwin nun is the capital of oI the North Northera Northern ern era Territory which Covers a B halt hall million square miles mlles of 01 sparsely settled set tied wild country During the long dry season this region relon has a scorched appearance With Willi the rains of 01 the wet season when the come into port to lie up the COWl country try blossoms almost overnight in scar scan let poinciana frangipani Japanese hone honeysuckle suckle and many flowering trees according to a National Geographic Geographic Geo Geo- graphic bulletin |
