More than 240 people died, ships were sunk and buildings destroyed as Darwin was attacked.

Over the coming months, other towns across Australia’s north were bombed, including Katherine, Broome, Townsville, Wyndham, Exmouth, Derby, Horn Island and Cairns.

In total there were 97 air attacks on northern Australia, including 64 on Darwin.

Military personnel and civilians showed great courage and resilience during the attacks and we continue to honour the men and women who fought and died.

We should reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women of our defence forces and the values they fight to defend. And we should be grateful that war has not visited these shores since.

I AGREE with W.J. Haywood's letter (The Examiner, February 6), our family recently went through a similar experience with palliative care.

What do you do when a loved one is in obvious pain after office hours – grin and bear it?

Once you claw your way through the mountain of red tape, then the care given at Melwood Unit palliative care was excellent. It is a stressful time for all and some system for after hours help is needed.

I THOUGHT that this development might just get through without  an appeal as it has been a blight on the city for far too long.

There has been widespread acceptance and gratitude that at last something might be done due to the developers’ excellent track record of tastefully bringing old buildings back to life.

One would hope that no taxpayer funds are used to keep the Heritage Protection Society Tasmania to lodge this appeal.