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The Tunnels of East Point: Myth or Fact?

10/26/2018

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Written by Norman Cramp, Director of Darwin Military Museum

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Photo left at Darwin Military Museum.
The belief that there are wartime tunnels in and around Darwin has existed in Darwin since those dark days of 1942 when terror rained from the skies on an almost daily basis and the threat of invasion seemed very real.

Over 75 years have passed now and the belief, myth and rumour that there are numerous tunnels in and around Darwin and an underground hospital at East Point remain and persist.

So, are there wartime, military-constructed tunnels in or around Darwin or is it all just a myth based on wartime rumour and gossip? 

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Another mystery solved!

10/10/2018

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Written by Norman Cramp, Director of the Darwin Military Museum.

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A drum-type depth charge, similar to the one donated to DMM being loaded onto a British warship during WW2.
In early August 2018, a friend of the Museum dropped in with a strange metal object that he thought had some military connection, although he couldn’t explain why as he did not know what the object was, or used to be used for. The Museum’s Curators took on the challenge by starting the research process, although there was a reasonably firm view as to what the items had been.

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Nugget Raymond and the 'Never-Never'

10/3/2018

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Written by Norman Cramp, Director of the Darwin Military Museum

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Entrance portal to Elsey Cemetery and National Reserve. Nugget’s final resting place.
Victor Claude Raymond, more commonly known as ‘Nugget’ throughout his long and interesting life, was born at Maryborough, Queensland in, or about, 1883.

​We know little of his family other than he had a brother, R.G. Raymond of Mareeba, Queensland who ‘Nugget’ nominated as his next-of-kin when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915.

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