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This is a list of disasters in Australia by death toll.


100 or more deaths


50 to 99 deaths


20 to 49 deaths


Between 10 and 20


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Image:Port arthur outside.jpg, The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when
Martin Bryant Martin John Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is a convicted Australian mass shooter who murdered 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre, one of the world's deadliest shooting sprees, in Port Arthur, Tasmania, be ...
opened fire in the former
penal colony A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer to ...
. Image:AA Blackhawk A25-218.jpg, Two Australian Army S-70A Blackhawk helicopters, similar to the one pictured, crashed in 1996 near
Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
, killing 18 Australian soldiers. Image:Eureka Stockade.jpg, A memorial stone to some of those who died during the
Eureka Stockade The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which ...
in 1854. Image:SkymasterCrashFuselage.PNG, The
1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash On 26 June 1950, a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for an eight-hour flight to Adelaide, South Australia. It crashed 22 minutes after take-off, east of Perth Airport. All 29 occupants were killed in the ...
claimed 29 lives. Image:SevenMileBeach1946 2.png, The 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash claimed 25 lives.


Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths

Image:2003CanberraBushfires.jpg, The Canberra bushfires of 2003 claimed 4 lives. File:Cardross memorial 2b.jpg,
Roadside memorial A roadside memorial is a marker that usually commemorates a site where a person died suddenly and unexpectedly, away from home. Unlike a grave site headstone, which marks where a body is laid, the memorial marks the last place on earth where a ...
s at
Cardross, Victoria Cardross is a small town approximately 15 km south east of Mildura, in north western Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Cardross and the surrounding area had a population of 847. It was the site of a road fatality in February 2006, ...
, where 6 teenagers died in a
hit-and-run In traffic laws, a hit and run or a hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic collision and not stopping afterwards. It is considered a supplemental crime in most jurisdictions. Additional obligation In many jurisdictions, there may be an ...
accident on 18 February 2006. Image:SouthernCloudcrash2.png, The crash of the Southern Cloud in 1931 claimed 8 lives.


Significant incidents of Australians being killed overseas

Excludes deaths attributable to war.


See also

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* List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll *
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List of disasters in Poland by death toll Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll. This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. ...
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List of disasters in Sweden by death toll This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Sweden sorted by death toll. 225,000-500,000 or less 50 to 99 deaths 10 to 49 deaths Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths Significant incidents of Swedes being kil ...
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List of disasters in the United States by death toll This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed ...


References


External links


Emergency Management Australia Disasters DatabaseMajor bushfires in Victoria
(PDF)
The William Booth Memorial Home Fire (Australia's Deadliest Building Fire)
{{Disasters Disasters by death toll Australia
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