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Calls for northern Australia's World War II legacy to be better recognised on the national stage

Those who stayed on the island that day were struck by the sound.

Like great dragonflies, the menacing hum grew louder by the second.

Janice Munhdhu Ganambarr remembers well the stories of her mother, from the day Milingimbi in remote East Arnhem Land was hit by Japanese bombers, 80 years ago, in May 1943.

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