The History of disasters of Australia is an outline of natural disasters in Australia and its territories.

This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.

The disasters of Australia category structure is:

Main Category:Disasters in Australia

Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia

Category:Earthquakes in Australia

Category:Fires in Australia

Category:Bushfires in Australia

Category:Mining disasters in Australia

Category:Railway accidents in Australia

Category:Shipwrecks on the Australian coast

Category:Shipwrecks of Western Australia

Category:Shipwrecks of NSW

Articles related to disasters in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|history=yes}}

For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.

When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.

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The following values may be used for the class parameter:

• FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Australia articles)
• A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Australia articles)
• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Australia articles)
• B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Australia articles)
• Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Australia articles)
• Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Australia articles)
• NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Australia pages)

The following values may be used for the importance parameter:

• Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Australia articles)
• High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Australia articles)
• Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Australia articles)
• Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Australia articles)
• The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA

• Natural disasters in Australia
• Natural Disasters - facts
• Natural Disasters
• South Australia - Natural Disasters
• List of disasters in Australia by death toll

If a disaster is widely known by a particular name, then the article should use that name as its title. For example:

• Ash Wednesday bushfires
• Thredbo landslide

If a disaster does not have wide recognition with a particular name, then it should be titled in the form {{date}} {{location}} {{disaster type}}.

Examples:

• 2003 Canberra bushfires
• 1974 Brisbane flood
• 1989 Newcastle earthquake

A great number of the following events are drawn from Events By Category at the Emergency Management Australia - Disasters database.

These are more than likely to be notable, but please move down to bottom section if you believe they are not.

• 1889 1889 Near Newcastle, New South Wales Glebe Colliery Accident Dead=11 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1912 1912 Queenstown, Tasmania Mine Fire Dead=42 Injured=30 Affected=160 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1970 1970 Lower Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria Bridge Collapse Dead=35 Injured=18 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1975 1975 Hobart, Tasmania Bridge Collapse Dead=12 Injured=20 Affected=40000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1979 1979 Sydney (Luna Park), New South Wales Structure Accident Dead= Injured=13 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1994 1994 Moura, Queensland Colliery Gas Explosion Dead=11 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1996 1996 Cleve/Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Structure Collapse Dead= Injured=45 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1996 1996 Fremantle, Western Australia Structural Collapse Dead= Injured=31 Affected=60 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales Structure Collapse Dead= Injured=20 Affected=40 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1998 1998 Longford Gas Plant accident and Victorian gas supply crisis Dead=2 Injured=8 Affected=4000000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Adelaide, South Australia Amusement Ride Collapse Dead= Injured=37 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 Mornington Peninsula, Victoria Chairlift Collapse Dead= Injured=18 Affected=65 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Hangar Collapse Dead= Injured=12 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2005 2005 Kurnell gas leak Dead=0 Injured=24 Affected=0 Homeless=0 Est Cost=$0M

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These events are more than likely not notable. Please check and move to Major events section above if you believe notability exists. If a non-notable event is listed please do not delete immediately, but use <s></s> to strikethrough the text and add a signature using ~~~~. This way others can also review the event.

• 1895 1895 Broken Hill, New South Wales Mine Collapse Dead=9 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1904 1904 Charters Towers, Queensland Mining Accident Dead=7 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1953 1953 Hunter Valley, New South Wales Pelaw Mine Subsidence Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1961 1961 Melbourne, Victoria Crane Collapse Dead=3 Injured=5 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1966 1966 Wyee, New South Wales Roof Fall Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1972 1972 Blackman's Flat, New South Wales Roof Fall Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1975 1975 Hobart, Tasmania Collsion with Bridge Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1977 1977 Agnew, Western Australia Fall Down Shaft Accident Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1982 1982 Blackwater South, Queensland Coal Mine Cave-In Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1983 1983 Stafford, Brisbane, Queensland Structure Collapse Dead=2 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1987 1987 Gold Coast, Queensland Structure Collapse Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1987 1987 Brisbane, Queensland Structure Collapse Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1987 1987 Brisbane, Queensland Structure Collapse Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1988 1988 Brisbane, Queensland Structure Collapse Dead=3 Injured=8 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1991 1991 Ulan, New South Wales Underground Fire Dead= Injured= Affected=80 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1991 1991 Western Main, New South Wales Roof Fall Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1992 1992 Penrith, New South Wales Structure Fire Dead= Injured=5 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1992 1992 Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria Structure Fire Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1995 1995 Hunter Valley, New South Wales Colliery Underground Fire Dead=6 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1996 1996 Kambalda, Western Australia Gold Mine Cave-In Dead=1 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Pert, Western Australia Structure collapse Dead= Injured= Affected=32 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Melbourne, Victoria Structure Collapse Dead= Injured=3 Affected=20 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Rylestone, New South Wales Structure Collapse Dead=1 Injured=4 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Mandurah, Western Australia Structural Collapse Dead= Injured=3 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1997 1997 Muswellbrook, New South Wales Mine Collapse Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1998 1998 Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales Structure Collapse Dead=1 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1998 1998 Newcastle New South Wales Mine Collapse Dead=1 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1998 1998 Chevron Island, Gold Coast, Queensland Construction Accident Dead=2 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1999 1999 North Parkes, New South Wales Mine explosion Dead=4 Injured= Affected=30 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1999 1999 Gold Coast, Queensland Balcony Collapse Dead= Injured=7 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Kalgoorlie Region, Western Australia Mine Collapse Dead=3 Injured=8 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Brisbane, Queensland Veranda Collapse Dead= Injured=7 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Coal blaze shuts down key power generators Dead= Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Little hope for three in mine crush Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2000 2000 Ourimbah, New South Wales petrol tanker fire Dead=2 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2001 2001 Northern South Australia Bush Fire Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2002 2002 Townsville, Queensland Ammunitions Explosion Dead= Injured=6 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 Gunnedeh, New South Wales Factory Explosion Dead= Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 Wyndham, Victoria Electrocution Dead=2 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 New South Wales Ship Fire Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2003 2003 Leinster, Western Australia Mine Collapse Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 2006 2006 Beaconsfield Mine rock falls Dead=1 Injured=2 Affected=1200 Homeless=0 Est Cost=$0M

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