Twister 1974 : Cyclone Tracy / Franck Gohier
- Bib ID:
- 6938351
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Gohier, Franck, creator
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2023-4125 copy
- Description:
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- [Darwin] : [Red Hand Prints], [2014]
- ©2014
- 1 poster : colour ; 45.5 x 32.4 cm
- Summary:
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Poster depicting an image of the destruction in Darwin, N.T. created by Cyclone Tracy, superimposed over an image of the Milton Bradley Company game 'Twister'. Hand printed on acid free, carbon neutral, 290 gsm ivory board. The title appears in red lettering at the head, with the date 1974 appearing in the spots on the right. "30/99", "Cyclone Tracy" and the artist's name appear in pencil across the lower edge. The printer's logo appears in black and white, lower right.
- Biography/History:
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Tropical Cyclone Tracy is arguably the most significant tropical cyclone in Australia's history accounting for 65 lives, the destruction of most of Darwin and profoundly affecting the Australian perspective to the tropical cyclone threat. By world standards, Tracy was a small but intense tropical cyclone at landfall, the radius of gale force winds being only about 50 km. The anemometer at Darwin Airport recorded a gust of 217 km/h before the instrument was destroyed--Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology website, viewed 20 October 2015.
Twister is a game of physical skill produced by Milton Bradley Company and Winning Moves. Twister was submitted for patent by Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens in 1966, and became a success when Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson on television's The Tonight Show on May 3, 1966--Wikipedia, viewed 20 October 2015.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copy is number 30 of 99.
- POSTER 2023-4125 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-187964823
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Red Hand Prints
- Also Titled:
- Cyclone Tracy
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- Material type:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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