Primary Sources
The Newspaper Article here tell people living in Darwin what had happened. While the news was shocking and devastating, the information was not really reliable. The Government had put a censorship on the media so that people wouldn't be afraid to fight in war and that people living in Darwin wouldn't be scared away.
Here is another primary source showing that the Darwin bombings. The media produced newspapers proving that there was an attack but it was made out that it was very insignificant. This was untrue as many people died and lots were injured.