List of disasters in Australia by death toll

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

100 or more deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
PandemicAustralia-wide12,000+1918–19201918 flu pandemic.[1]
EpidemicAustralia-wide8,000+1875–1876Scarlet fever epidemic.[2]
MassacresAustralia-wide (except Western Australia)6,2001788–1930The estimated death toll from those incidents is about 6,200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and fewer than 2600 colonists, with an average of 25 Indigenous people killed in every massacre.[3]
Volcanic eruptionTerritory of Papua and New Guinea3,0001951 JanEruption of Mount Lamington. Outside of present-day Australian jurisdiction.[4]
EpidemicWestern Australia2,000+1891-1910Australia's worst Typhoid epidemic. Worst-affected areas were the WA Goldfields where over-crowding and un-sanitary living conditions were rife. Official death toll was close to 2,000 but actual toll much higher.[5][6]
EpidemicAustralia-wide1,0131946–1955Polio epidemic.[7]
EpidemicNew South Wales750 to 2,6001779Smallpox epidemic among aboriginals[8]
EpidemicSydney, New South Wales7481867 Feb-JuneMeasles epidemic in Sydney city & inner suburbs. Most of the victims were children under the age of 4. [9]
Sea battleIndian Ocean, near Shark Bay7271941 Nov 19Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran. Both ships sank; all 645 aboard Sydney were killed, along with 82 personnel from Kormoran.[10][11]
EpidemicAustralia-wide5501900–1910Bubonic plague.[12]
Heat waveVictoria4381938 Dec – 1939 FebHeat wave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below).[13]
Heat waveSouth-eastern Australia4371895 Dec – 1896 JanWidespread heat wave killed 437, including 47 in Bourke, New South Wales.[14]
CycloneBathurst Bay, Queensland4101899 Mar 4Cyclone Mahina; estimated toll.[15]
ShipwreckKing Island, Tasmania4061845 Aug 4The Cataraqui, was wrecked when it crashed into rocks off the coast of King Island in stormy weather at 4:30 in the morning on 4 August.[16][17] With 400 dead (another source states 406), it was Australia's worst civil maritime disaster.[18][17]
Heat waveSouth-eastern Australia3742009 Jan 25 – Feb 9A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 28 January.[19][20] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave.[21]
MassacreGippsland Victoria300+1840–1850Gippsland massacres – The Aboriginal people of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, known as the Gunai/Kurnai people, fought against the European colonisation of their traditional hunting grounds. At least 300 people were killed, but other figures estimate up to 1,000.
Shipwreckcoast near Murchison River, Western Australia2861712 JunSinking of Dutch ship Zuytdorp, which was wrecked off the coast near Kalbarri.[22] There has been speculation that there were survivors, who may have been assisted by local Aboriginal Australians.[23][24]
SinkingOff North Stradbroke Island, Queensland2681943 May 14
Centaur memorial
Sinking of AHS Centaur. Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.[25]

The Centaur memorial, in Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland, commemorates the sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur in 1943, which claimed 268 lives.
Heat waveSouthern states2461907 Dec – 1908 JanThere were 105 deaths in South Australia alone (between 7 December 1907 and 8 February 1908).[26]
Air raidsDarwin, Northern Territory2431942 Feb 19
Japanese air raids on Darwin
First bombings of Darwin. The first Japanese air raids against Australia. There were two air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942, the first one began around 10am, the second around 11:45am.[27] The toll may have been higher because itinerants and Aboriginal Australians may be under-represented in the official count.[27]
Prison breakCowra, New South Wales235–2381944 Aug 5Cowra breakout.
Japanese prisoners of war
Escape by Japanese POWs.[28][29]

Japanese prisoners of war practice baseball on the sports ground near their quarters, several weeks before the 1944 Cowra breakout, in which at least 235 people died
PandemicAustralia-wide23418901889-90 flu pandemic[30]
ShipwreckKing Island, Tasmania2241835 May 13The convict ship the Neva , was wrecked on Navarine Reef near King Island in the early hours of 13 May 1835.[31][32][33]
ShipwreckWestern Australia2121726Aagtekerke. Possibly WA, but there is some doubt on this.[34]
PandemicAustralia-wide19120092009 flu pandemic in Australia. 191 confirmed deaths. Death toll possibly as high as 1600.
ShipwreckLedge Point, Western Australia1861656 Apr 28The Vergulde Draeck bound for Batavia, was wrecked near Ledge Point on 28 April 1656.[35][36]
BushfiresVictoria1732009 Feb 7The Black Saturday bushfires broke out on 7 February 2009, strong winds gusted up to 100 km/h, allowing the fires to spread quickly.[37] The final death toll was 173, with over 2000 houses destroyed.[37][38]
Cyclone/sinkingWestern Australia150+1912 Mar 21-22The SS Koombana was lost in a cyclone between Port Hedland and Broome during a cyclone with all on board (around 158 people).[39][40] The cyclone crossed the Western Australia coast around Balla Balla, early on 22nd.[41] Several other ships and vessels were also wrecked in the cyclone, claiming another 15 lives.[42]
Heat wavesAustralia-wide1471920–1921[43]
Heat wavesAustralia-wide143 +1911–1912[44]
CycloneBroome, Western Australia1411935 Mar 26Pearling fleet devastated.[45]
CycloneEighty Mile Beach, Western Australia1401884Pearling fleet sunk.[46]
CycloneEighty Mile Beach, Western Australia1401887 Apr 22A late season cyclone hit the Eighty Mile Beach area (then known as Ninety Mile Beach), devastating the pearling fleet there, killing 140 people and around 20 boats lost.[45][47]
ShipwreckD'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania1331835 Apr 12George III[48]
ShipwreckCape York, Queensland1331890 Feb 28The RMS Quetta, sank in around 3 minutes, with the loss of all passengers and crew.[49]
Heat waveSouthern states1301926 Dec – 1927 Jan[50]
Shipwreck/mutiny/
massacre
Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia125+1629 Jun – JulThe Dutch ship Batavia was wrecked in the Abrolhos Islands early on 4 June 1629.[51] After some of the crew left for help, mutineers murdered at least 125 of the survivors, while 40 drowned when the wreck broke up.[51][52] This toll does not include the mutineers, seven of whom were hanged and two cast away after the remaining passengers had been rescued. Most of the remaining mutineers were later executed.[52]
Heat waveAustralia-wide122 +1913–1914[53]
Cyclone/sinkingNorth-eastern Queensland1221911 Mar 16SS Yongala[54]
ShipwreckSydney, New South Wales1211857 Aug 20Dunbar. 1 survivor.[55]
Heat waveAustralia-wide1121939–1940[56]
Heat waveAustralia-wide1091909 Dec – 1910 Feb[57]
Heat waveSouthern regions, Australia105 +1959 Jan – FebSome sources puts the death toll at 145.[58][59][60][61]
PandemicAustralia-wide1032020 Jan -COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Cyclone/sinkingAyr, Queensland102–1121875 Feb 24SS Gothenburg. Records of passengers vary.[62][63][64]

50 to 99 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Heat waveSouthern regions Australia991972 Dec – 1973 Feb[65]
CycloneNorthern Queensland991934 Mar 12A tropical cyclone crossed the North Queensland coast around Cape Tribulation, which generated a 9.1 storm surge.[66] A pearling fleet off the coast was damaged, with 75 people reported lost (one source says 99).[62][66]
ExplosionMount Kembla, New South Wales961902 Jul 31Mount Kembla Mine disaster. Coal mine gas explosion[67]
ShipwreckMonte Bello Islands, Western Australia931622 May 24Tryall. Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck.[68]
FloodGundagai, New South Wales891852 Jun 24-25A severe flash flood destroyed the town of Gundagai, which resulted in 89 deaths.[69][70]
ShipwreckNear Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia891859 Aug 6SS Admella.[71] South Australia's worst loss of life.
Air raidBroome, Western Australia881942 Mar 3Air raid on Broome. Japanese fighter planes strafed the town. Official toll; may not include some refugees from the Dutch East Indies.
Rail accidentSydney, New South Wales831977 Jan 18Granville railway disaster. Derailment followed by bridge collapse.
SinkingTwenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales821964 Feb 10Melbourne–Voyager collisionHMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne.
ExplosionBulli, New South Wales811887 Mar 23
Cable drums
Bulli Colliery coal mine gas explosion.[72]

Cable drums blown 50 feet (15 m) from their foundations after the 1921 Mount Mulligan mine disaster, which claimed 81 lives
ShipwreckKing Island, Tasmania791874 May 23British Admiral[73]
CycloneQueensland coast, particularly Innisfail77+1918 Mar 10Cyclone and storm surge with death toll estimated between 77 and 100.[74]
StormsNew South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney771866 Jul 1260 lives lost on SS Cawarra alone.[75]
ExplosionMount Mulligan, Queensland751921 Sep 19Mount Mulligan coal dust explosion[76]
BushfireVictoria and South Australia751983 Feb 16Ash Wednesday bushfires[77]
ShipwreckGreen Cape, New South Wales711886 May 30The steamship Ly-Ee-Moon was wrecked during a violent gale on 30 May 1886 near Green Cape, resulting in around 71 deaths.[78][79]
BushfireVictoria711939 Jan 13Black Friday bushfires.
CycloneDarwin711974 Dec 25Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. Top wind gust recorded was 217 kilometres per hour (135 mph).[80] On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71.[81]
FloodClermont, Queensland651916 Dec 27[82]
BushfireTasmania621967 Feb 7Now known as Black Tuesday, 62 people lost their lives, and 7,000 left homeless as over a hundred fires burned in southern Tasmania.[83]
CycloneNear Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia61–711894 JanEstimated toll includes those lost at sea and those killed in flooding at Geraldton.[84]
ShipwreckHoutman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia601727Zeewyk. Approximate death toll[85]
ShipwreckNewcastle, New South Wales601866 Jul 12The paddle steamer SS Cawarra sank during a storm in Newcastle Harbour, there was only one survivor.[86]
BushfireVictoria601926 Feb–MarThe worst fires occurred on 14 February (Black Sunday) in the Gippsland region and other areas, where 31 lives were lost at Warburton, Victoria.[87] Houses and buildings were destroyed in many places including Erica and Belgrave.[88] The town of Noojee was destroyed, with only the hotel left standing.[89][90] In all, over the two month period, 60 people lost their lives and 1,000 buildings were destroyed.[91][92]
CycloneExmouth Gulf, Western Australia59–691875 Dec – 1876 JanMost casualties were at sea.[93][94]
ShipwreckMutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria531878 Jun 1Loch Ard. Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors).[95][96]
EpidemicSouthern States511881–1885Smallpox epidemic.[97]
BushfireVictoria511943 Dec 22 – 1944 Feb 15Bushfires broke out in various parts of Victoria from late December 1943 to mid February 1944, resulting in 51 deaths, and destroying 500 buildings.[98][99]
ShipwreckBrisbane, Queensland501896 Feb 13Capsize of the ferry Pearl[100]
CycloneAround Broome, Western Australia501908 Apr 26-27A tropical cyclone impacted the Broome region, which wrecked the pearling fleet in the area, and resulted in the loss of 50 lives.[101][102]

20 to 49 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
ShipwreckChristmas Island482010 Dec 152010 Christmas Island boat disaster
Cyclone/FloodCairns and Cardwell, Queensland471927 Feb 9This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns, which weakened into a rain depression, causing extensive flooding, resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland[103]
Cyclonic effectsNew South Wales, North Coast461923[104]
Rail accidentSunshine, Victoria441908 Apr 20Sunshine rail disaster. A passenger train ran into the back of stationary train at Sunshine, near Melbourne; resulting in 44 people dead and 413 people were injured[105][105][106]
FireQueenstown, Tasmania42+1912 Oct 121912 North Mount Lyell Disaster. Mine fire. True toll may be higher due to subsequent deaths from the effects of the fire[107]
SinkingSydney, New South Wales40–421927 Nov 3Greycliffe disaster[108][109]
ShipwreckNear Edithburgh, South Australia401909 Jan 31SS Clan Ranald[110][111]
CycloneBroome, Western Australia401910 Nov 19This tropical cyclone was probably Broome's most destructive, with maximum wind gusts estimated to be 175 kilometres per hour (109 mph). There were 40 deaths, and 34 pearling luggers lost with severe damage in the Broome area.[45][112]
Air disasterNear Mackay, Queensland401943 Jun 14Bakers Creek air crash. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off[113]
FloodingQueensland382010 Dec – 2011 Jan2010–11 Queensland floods. 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing (presumed dead)
ShipwreckCardwell, Queensland361872Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aborigines although others were helped[114][115]
ShipwreckJervis Bay, New South Wales351876 Sep 1The steamer Dandenong lost during severe storm[116]
ShipwreckCheviot Beach, Victoria351887 Oct 20SS Cheviot
FloodMelbourne suburbs and southern Victoria351934 Nov 29 – Dec 1Torrential rainfall of up to 350 millimetres (14 in). Yarra River becomes raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless[117][118]
Bridge collapseMelbourne, Victoria351970 Oct 15West Gate Bridge. 35 construction workers died due to a collapse during construction. Australia's worst industrial accident.[119][120]
Road accidentKempsey, New South Wales351989 Dec 22Kempsey bus crash[121]
ShootingPort Arthur, Tasmania351996 Apr 28Port Arthur massacre
BushfireAustralia-wide33*2019 Oct - 2020 Jan2019-20 Australian bushfire season. [122] Death toll included 3 US fire-fighters. *Some sources state 34 but this figure includes one firefighter who died of a medical condition not directly due to bushfires.
ShipwreckNear Southend, South Australia311876 Jun 14Geltwood. Wreck not found for two weeks. No survivors.[123][124][125][126]
ShipwreckOff Wilsons Promontory in Bass Strait, Victoria311935 Dec 1SS Paringa Sunk during storm while towing another vessel. All officers and crew lost.[127][128]
Air accidentCanal Creek, Queensland311943 Dec 19Canal Creek air crash of Dakota C-47 of the 22d Troop Carrier Squadron, all on board killed.[129]
InsurrectionCastle Hill, New South Wales30*1804 Mar 4-5Castle Hill convict rebellion. An additional nine convicts were later executed for participating in the rebellion. *Exact death toll unknown, likely to be higher.[130] Memorial at Castle Hill gives a figure of 45 lives lost.[131]
CycloneQueensland coast, particularly Mackay301918 JanMackay Cyclone[74][132]
FireMelbourne, Victoria301966 Aug 13William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute men.[133]
Air accidentNear York, east of Perth, Western Australia291950 Jun 26The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash.[134] The plane crashed in bushland near York, burning on impact, with 28 people dying instantly (there was 1 survivor who later died from his injuries.[135]
Air accidentMackay, Queensland291960 Jun 10Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed into sea.
Cyclone/sinking.Western Australia291991 Apr 17-20Tropical Cyclone Fifi. 27 were lost in shipwreck of Mineral Diamond, off the Western Australia coastline.[136][137]
MassacreMyall Creek, near Inverell, New South Wales281838 Jun 9Myall Creek massacre. 28 Aboriginal people killed by white stockmen[138]
Riot and insurrectionBallarat, Victoria281854 Dec 3Eureka Stockade. 28 confirmed, exact death toll remains unknown, could possibly be as high as 80.
CycloneDarwin, Northern Territory281897 Jan[139][140]
ShipwreckKangaroo Island, South Australia271905 SepLoch Vennachar[141]
Rail accidentMurulla, New South Wales271926 Sep 13The Murulla rail accident. The North West Mail train collided with five runaway wagons at Murulla, near Murrurundi, which resulted in 27 deaths.[142][143]
Sea battlePort Jackson, New South Wales271942 May 31 – Jun 1Attack on Sydney Harbour. Japanese submarine attack on allied shipping. Death toll includes attackers.
Air accidentCleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland271943 Aug 7C-47 Dakota plane crash. Plane crashed after takeoff.[144]
Shipwreck/massacreCoorong, South Australia261840Maria. Survivors murdered.[145][146] Brutal punitive expedition ordered by Governor Gawler.
ExplosionWagga Wagga, New South Wales261945 May 21Kapooka Army Base soldiers received instruction of demolition work in a bunker which was 3 metres (9.8 ft) below the ground when an explosion took place which resulted in Australia's largest military funeral.[147][148]
CycloneGold Coast and northern New South Wales26-301954 Feb 20-21A tropical cyclone (known as The Gold Coast Cyclone) crossed the coast late evening on 20 February 1954 at Coolangatta.[149][150] Extreme rainfall associated with the cyclone produced record totals, including 900mm at Springbrook, Queensland in the 24 hours crossing and 809mm at Dorrigo, New South Wales in 24 hours to 9am on 21st.[150] There was widespread severe flooding over many areas of NSW and between 26-30 people lost their lives in the event.[151]
Air accidentPort Hedland, Western Australia261968 Dec 31In-flight break up of MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 (Vickers Viscount)[152]
Rail accidentWodonga, Victoria251943Train hit bus carrying army personnel[153]
Air accidentSeven-Mile Beach, near Hobart, Tasmania251946 Mar1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crashed into the sea.[58]
FloodHunter Valley, New South Wales251955 Feb1955 Hunter Valley floods. Most deaths were around Singleton and Maitland, but most other river systems in the state were also in flood.[154][155]
ShipwreckGosford, New South Wales241898 May 6Maitland[156]
CycloneOnslow, Western Australia241909 Apr 5-6A tropical cyclone crossed the coast near Onslow, causing extensive damage in the town, with the tramline partly washed away.[157][158] Four luggers and 24-25 crew were lost during the cyclone.[157][159][160]
Air accidentWinton, Queensland241966 Sep 22Ansett-ANA Viscount disaster. Flight 149 en route Mount IsaLongreach.[161]
Air accidentKudjeru Gap, in the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea241972 AugRAAF Caribou aircraft crashes in rugged mountainous country en route from Lae to Port Moresby, killing 24 of the 28 people on board.
BushfireSouthern regions of Victoria231969 Jan280 fires. 17 casualties at Lara[162]
Mine disasterCreswick, Victoria221882 Dec 12New Australasia gold mine. 44 miners trapped when a flooded mine shaft is breached. 22 men drown.[163]
FloodNorthern Tasmania221929 AprEight drowned when truck ploughed into river and 14 died when dam collapsed and wall swept into town.[164]
Heat waveSouth-east Queensland222000 Jan[165]
ShipwreckOff Gabo Island, Victoria211901 Mar 1SS Federal vanished without trace. All crewmembers lost.[166][167]
Air accidentCoolangatta, Queensland211949 Mar 101949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash – aircraft crashed shortly after take-off due to incorrect loading.[168]
ShipwreckSmokey Cape, New South Wales211969 Aug 25The Noongah sank.
Road accidentGrafton, New South Wales211989 Oct 20Grafton bus crash. A head-on collision between a tourist coach and a truck.[169]

Between 10 and 20

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Air accidentMossman, Queensland201944 Sep 7Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force Douglas C-47 Dakota crashes en route between Merauke, Dutch East Indies and Cairns
ShipwreckTrial Bay, New South Wales19–211816 Sep[170]
FireKings Cross, New South Wales191981 Aug 25Rembrandt Hotel[171]
Air accidentRewan, south of Rolleston, Queensland191943 Nov 16Rewan air crash of Dakota C-47 of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron crashed, all killed[172]
ShipwreckPort Willunga, South Australia181888 Jul 13Star of Greece was driven aground in a storm 200 yards from the beach at Port Willunga, ten survivors[173]
Air accidentDandenongs, Victoria181938 Oct 251938 Kyeema crash
Air accidentPerth Airport, Western Australia181949 Jul 21949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash – aircraft crashed a minute after take-off, killing all 18 people on board[174]
Road accidentTumut Pond, New South Wales181973 Sep 1Brake failure caused bus to plummet into reservoir[175]
Air accidentTownsville, Queensland181996 Jun 12Two Army Blackhawk helicopters collided[176]
LandslideThredbo, New South Wales181997 Jul 301997 Thredbo landslide
Rail accidentBrooklyn, New South Wales171944 Jan 20A mail train ploughed into a bus at Brooklyn Railway Station[177]
Rail accidentWasleys Crossing, near Gawler, South Australia171970 Apr 12Wasleys Crossing (Gawler) disaster. Bus collided with a passenger train[178]
MassacreConiston Station, Northern Territory171928 Aug 14 – 1928 Oct 14Coniston massacre
ExplosionIpswich, Queensland171972 Jul 31Mine gas explosion in the Box Flat Colliery[179]
Heat waveSouth-eastern regions171993 FebPossibility of additional unreported deaths[180]
ShipwreckBass Strait, Victoria161934 Nov 29SS Coramba left Warrnambool for Melbourne and was never seen again. Believed lost during storm[181][182]
Rail accidentCamp Mountain, Queensland161947 May 5Camp Mountain train disaster. A crowded picnic train derailed on bend
FireSylvania Heights, New South Wales161981 Apr 29Pacific Nursing Home fire[183]
Boating accidentMornington Peninsula, Victoria151892 May 2115 members of Mornington football team returning from match in Mordialloc in small fishing vessel Process were lost when their boat sank in bad weather. Only 4 bodies were recovered[184]
ShipwreckNear Cape Schanck, Victoria151893 Dec 28SS Alert
Air accidentBotany Bay, New South Wales151961 Nov 30Ansett-ANA Flight 325Vickers Viscount aeroplane crash. All on board died[185]
FireFortitude Valley, Queensland151973 Nov 8Whiskey Au Go Go fire, caused by arson
FireKings Cross, New South Wales151975 Dec 25Savoy Hotel fire caused by arson[186]
Cyclone/sinkingNear Carnarvon, Western Australia151979Cyclone Hazel[187]
Heat waveSouth-eastern region151981 Feb[188]
FireChilders, Queensland152000 JunChilders Palace backpackers hostel fire, caused by arson[189][190]
Air accidentLockhart River, Queensland152005 May 7In the Lockhart River air disaster an aeroplane crashed on approach to land, killing all on board[191]
CycloneTownsville and Charters Towers, Queensland141903 Mar 9Cyclone Leonta killed 12 people in Townsville and 2 in Charters Towers and caused massive property damage across North Queensland[192]
BushfireDandenong Ranges and Lara, Victoria14*1962 Jan 14 – 16Casualty numbers vary between 9,14, and 32[193][58][194][162][195]
BushfiresSydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra, New South Wales14*1968 Jan*Sources vary on death toll but most say 14 [196]
CycloneWhitsunday Islands, Queensland141970 Jan 17 – 18Tropical Cyclone Ada passed over the Whitsunday Islands from late 17th to early 18 January, crossing the Queensland coastline around Shute Harbour early that morning. 14 people perished in the cyclone[62][197]
CycloneBrisbane, Queensland141974 Jan 271974 Brisbane flood. Cyclone Wanda[198]
ExplosionAppin, New South Wales141979 Jul 24Appin Colliery Gas Explosion during a planned ventilation change[199]
Cyclone/floodQueensland and New South Wales142017 Mar 27 – Apr 1Cyclone Debbie causes severe flooding throughout Queensland and New South Wales, with resultant severe damage[200]
ExplosionWonthaggi, Victoria131937 Feb 15Dalyson Colliery[201]
Air accidentTamworth, New South Wales131960 Jan[58]
ExplosionKianga, near Moura, Queensland131975 Sep 20Kianga Mine explosion[202]
Air accidentSydney Airport, New South Wales131980 Feb 21Light aircraft suffers engine failure[203]
Air accidentNear Alice Springs, Northern Territory131989 Aug 131989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash[204]
EarthquakeNewcastle, New South Wales131989 Dec 281989 Newcastle earthquake
BushfirePortland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport
Wimmera and Dandenong districts, Victoria
12*1851 Feb 6"Black Thursday" bushfires. *Approximately 12 fatalities, one million sheep, thousands of cattle, 50,000 square kilometres (12,000,000 acres; 5,000,000 ha) burnt[205]
Boating accidentHawkesbury River, New South Wales121936 Oct 18
FloodWindsor, New South Wales121867 Jun 21The Eather family swept away in flood[206]
ShipwreckCalgardup Bay, Western Australia121876 Dec 1SS Georgette[207]
BushfireGippsland, Victoria121898 Feb 1"Red Tuesday" bushfires. 2,600 square kilometres (640,000 acres) burnt, 12 people killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed[205]
Bridge collapseHobart, Tasmania121975 Jan 5Tasman Bridge disaster. The bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra collided with the bridge, causing a section to fall onto the vessel. Seven crewmen died as the ship sank. Five people perished as their cars plummeted off the edge.
Air accidentAdavale, Queensland121983 Aug 28A charter flight from Windorah to Toowoomba broke up in flight and crashed on the evening of 28 August 1983, near Adavale[208]
ExplosionMoura, Queensland121986 Jul 16Explosion in Moura No 4 Mine[209]
FireDungog, New South Wales121991 Aug 2Palm Grove Hostel fire[210]
Serial killingSnowtown, South Australia121992 – 1999Snowtown murders[211]
Road accidentBoondall, Queensland121994 Oct 1Boondall bus crash[212]
ShipwreckFraser Island, Queensland111864 Mar 19The Panama was driven onto sand on the western coast of Fraser Island, near Sandy Cape during a cyclone early on 19 March. The death toll was 11 or 12 (sources vary)[213][214][215]
Rail accidentNear Horsham, Victoria111951 Feb 24A train collides with a bus at a level crossing[216]
Air accidentCairns, Queensland111975 Oct 23A de Havilland Heron DH114 aircraft crash landed near Cairns Airport on the night of 23 October, killing all eleven occupants[217]
Air accidentMount Emerald, Queensland111990 May 11Cessna 500 jet aircraft collided with terrain 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Mareeba Airfield[218]
ExplosionMoura, Queensland111994 Aug 7Explosion in Moura No 2 Mine[219]
Rail accidentNear Kerang, Victoria112007 May 5Kerang train crash. A V/Line train collides with a truck at a level crossing[220]
FireSlacks Creek, Queensland112011 Aug 24House fire[221]
FireQuakers Hill, New South Wales11*2011 Nov 18Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire. As of 9 January 2012, NSW health officials claimed a total of 21 out of 96 residents died but police could only conclusively prove 11 perished directly as a result of the fire.[222][223]
ShipwreckWarrnambool, Victoria101921 Jan 9Motorlaunch Nestor sinks in the Hopkins River, ten minutes into a pleasure cruise. Of the eighty on board ten were drowned. Victoria's worst ferry disaster
Road accidentWangaratta, Victoria101993 Nov 2Crash between a semi-trailer truck and a bus on Melbourne Cup Day 1993. Ten members of the Anglo-Indian Association died when their bus heading to Corowa for a Melbourne Cup outing collided with a car-carrier semi trailer
Heat waveEastern and southern regions10+1997 Jan 1–2Strong likelihood of additional unreported deaths[224]
Rail accidentNear Traveston railway station, Queensland101925 Jun 910 died and 48 injured when a passenger carriage and luggage van of the Rockhampton Mail plunged off a high trestle bridge[225]
Air accidentCanberra, Australian Capital Territory101940 aug 13Senior War Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff, and others killed when their plane crashed in fine weather
Air accidentNear Redesdale, Victoria101945 Jan 31Crash of Stinson Tokana caused by fatigue crack in wing spar
MassacreSouth Australia101971 SepClifford Bartholomew kills ten members of his family[226]
Air accidentNear Leonora, Western Australia101988 Dec 16Mitsubishi MU-2 accident[227]
Storm/floodHunter and Central Coast regions, New South Wales102007 Jun 8–11Storm and flooding[228]

Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
BushfireGippsland, Victoria91932 Feb 4Locations affected included Gilderoy, Noojee and Erica in North Gippsland. Worst incident was at Erica where six people were killed.[229]
BushfireLongwood, Victoria91965 Jan 17-19Death toll included seven members of one family who were lost when their car crashed and was engulfed in the fires.[230]
Rail accidentViolet Town, Victoria91969 Feb 7Violet Town rail accident. Head-on collision after driver died at controls.[231]
FireKings Cross, New South Wales91981 AugRembrandt Apartments Hostel Fire. Fire.[232]
MassacreMelbourne91987 Dec 8Queen Street massacre. Shooting massacre
Air accidentWilliamtown, New South WalesLord Howe Island91994 Oct 2Seaview Air Aero Commander 690 crashes between Williamtown, NSW and Lord Howe Island.[233]
FireKew, Victoria91996 Apr 8Kew Cottages fire. Fire at a Melbourne home for the disabled kills nine men. Coronial inquest in 1997 finds there was no proper fire safety system in place at the time of the fire.
LandslideGracetown, Western Australia91996 Sep 275 adults and 4 children died when a cliff face collapsed at Cowaramup Bay near Gracetown (Margaret River)[234][235]
BushfireEyre Peninsula, South Australia92005 Jan 11Eyre Peninsula bushfire.[236]
StormMelbourne, Victoria92016 Nov 21Nine people died of thunderstorm asthma and approximately 8,500 sought hospital treatment after a storm hit Melbourne.[237][238]
InsurrectionNorfolk Island81834 Jan 15Convict mutiny. Six convicts and two guards killed. 11 convicts were later executed.[239]
Civil unrestBroome, Western Australia81920 Dec 23-26Broome Race Riots. Brawling and rioting between Japanese and Koepanger (Malay & Timorese) pearl divers.[240]
Air accidentSnowy Mountains, New South Wales81931 Mar 21Southern Cloud
Air accidentJervis Bay, New South Wales81943 Apr 14Two RAAF Bristol Beauforts collided whilst performing demonstration flight for war correspondents on board a naval vessel.[241]
BushfireWandilo, South Australia81958 Apr8 firefighters died[242]
ExplosionSandy Bay, Tasmania81974 Sept 58 died when newly installed boiler at Mt. St. Canice laundry breached after transport interlocks were not removed from safety valves and boiler was subsequently fired.[243]
BushfireWestern Victoria81977 FebAround Streatham was the worst affected area.[244]
Road accidentNear Gordonvale, Queensland81987 Feb 4Bus returning from school camp veered off-road. All of those lost were students of Cairns State High School aged 15–17. 12 more people were seriously injured. Subsequent inquests ruled that faulty brakes on the vehicle were the cause of the accident.[245]
CycloneOnslow & Carnarvon, Western Australia81995 Feb 24-26Cyclone Bobby. Seven of the deaths occurred when two fishing trawlers sank near Onslow.
Air accidentOff Whyalla, South Australia82000 May 31Whyalla Airlines Disaster. All on board drowned, one body was never recovered.
ExplosionOff Dampier, Western Australia82001 Nov 18Nigo Kim cargo ship explosion.[246]
MassacreManoora, Cairns, Queensland82014 Dec 19Cairns child killings. Eight children were fatally stabbed in a Murray Street residence.[247]
Serial killingNear Berrima, New South Wales7+1989–1994Backpacker Murders. The remains of seven backpackers found in the Belanglo State Forest; the killer remains the prime suspect for another 16 unsolved murders and is a person of interest for another 14. There is evidence he may not have acted alone.
Mine disasterCollinsville, Queensland71954 Oct 13On 13 October 1954, seven men were killed in the deepest part of the Collinsville State Coal Mine about 1.5 kilometres from the entrance of the No. 1 tunnel, when an outburst dislodged 900 tonnes of earth.[248] The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921.[249]
Boating accidentWilson Inlet, Western Australia71911 Nov 5Seven members of the same family drowned when a small yacht Little Wonder was hit by a squall.[250]
Boating accidentLake Hume, New South Wales71963 Aug 15Canoeists on Outward Bound outdoor education trip drowned when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters.[245]
FloodCanberra71971 Jan 261971 Canberra flood. Seven motorists were killed when their cars were swept into a creek.[251]
Serial killingNear Truro, South Australia71976–1977Truro murders. Remains of seven young women found in bushland.
FireSydney71979 Jun 9Fire engulfs the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park Sydney. May have been arson.[252]
Air accidentNear Charleville, Queensland71981 Sep 19Cessna U206 accident.[253]
MassacreMilperra, New South Wales71984 Sep 2Milperra massacre. Shooting massacre
MassacreClifton Hill, Victoria71987 Aug 9Hoddle Street massacre. Shooting massacre
FloodQueensland, New South Wales and Victoria71990Nyngan and Charleville Flood. More than a million square kilometres of flooding.[254]
Air accidentSouth Stradbroke Island, Queensland71991 Mar 3Sea World helicopter accident.[255]
MassacreStrathfield, New South Wales71991 Aug 17Strathfield massacre. Shooting massacre
MassacreTerrigal, Central Coast NSW71992 Oct 27Central Coast massacre. Shooting massacre
Air accidentYoung, New South Wales71993 Jun 11Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain plane crash.[256]
MassacreHillcrest, Queensland71996 Jan 25Peter May killed his estranged wife, three children and parents-in-law before committing suicide.[257]
CycloneAround Cairns, Queensland71997 MarCyclone Justin. 1 death from landslide. There were also 26 deaths from the same cyclone in Papua New Guinea.[258]
Rail accidentGlenbrook, New South Wales71999 DecGlenbrook train disaster. Collision by a CityRail Intercity train into the rear wagon of an Indian Pacific train after "Stop and Proceed".
Heat waveAround Adelaide, South Australia72000 Feb[259]
Rail accidentWaterfall, New South Wales72003 JanWaterfall rail accident. Excessive speed resulting in derailment after driver died at the controls and 'dead man' safety device failed to function.[260]
MassacreOsmington, Western Australia72018 May 11Osmington shooting. Three adults and four children were shot dead in an alleged murder-suicide on a rural property.[261]
Industrial accidentSpotswood, Victoria61895Spotswood Sewer Disaster. The drilling of an underground sewer in Melbourne went too close to the Yarra River.[262]
MassacreAlligator Creek near Mackay, Queensland61911 Nov 17A mother and five children were murdered in their home.[263]
BattleBroken Hill, New South Wales61915 Jan 1Battle of Broken Hill. Two Indian immigrants open fire on a train carrying picnickers.[264]
LandslideBetween Blackwood, South Australia and Belair, South Australia61928 Jan 31Hills Railway line disaster. A railway embankment collapsed during tunnel demolition, entombing 6 railway workers.[265][266]
Air RaidDrysdale Mission, Northern Territory61943 Sep 26Missionary Priest & five Aboriginal children killed in Japanese bombing raid on RAAF aerodrome located beside the Mission.[267]
FloodKempsey, Macleay Valley61949 Aug 26-27Six people died in the flood, five in Kempsey.[268] The Kempsey Traffic Bridge reached a peak height of 8.42m on the afternoon of 27 August.[269]
Air accidentEast Sale, Victoria61962 Aug 15Four RAAF Vampire jets crashed in a military gunnery range area during rehearsals for a low-level aerobatic display. Four pilots and two passengers killed.[270]
Air accident18 km south of Wilkurra Homestead, New South Wales61974 Apr 2Cessna 310H accident.[271]
Air accidentNear Merimbula, New South Wales61976 Feb 29Piper PA-32 accident.[272]
Air accidentNear Kingscote Airport, Kangaroo Island, South Australia61977 May 15Cessna 210K accident.[273]
FloodSydney and Penrith, New South Wales61978 Feb–Mar[274]
Air accidentNorseman Airport, Norseman, Western Australia61978 Jun 11Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident.[275]
Air accidentEssendon, Victoria61978 Jul 10Aircraft with a crew of two and one passenger crashed into houses shortly after takeoff from Essendon Airport. 6 members of one family were killed.[276]
Air accidentNear Shepparton, Victoria61979 Aug 30Cessna P206C accident.[277]
Serial killingTynong North and Frankston, Victoria61980 DecRemains found in bushland. Investigation still open.[278][279]
Air accidentKoolan Island, Western Australia61984 Dec 23Cessna 210L accident.[280]
Air accidentNear Bankstown Airport, New South Wales61985 Jun 7Cessna 210N accident.[281]
FloodHawkesbury, New South Wales61986 AugHawkesbury and Georges River Flood.[282]
Air accidentEssendon, Victoria61986 Sep 3Air Ambulance Cessna (call signal RED) crashed on takeoff from Essendon Airport after single engine failure.[283]
FireKings Cross, New South Wales61989 Sep 17Downunder Hostel fire. Arson attack.[284]
Flood/cycloneSouthern Queensland and northern New South Wales61990 Feb 3-7 Tropical Cyclone Nancy crossed the coast near Byron Bay, then moving back out to sea. It brought extremely heavy rain which led flash flooding, with 6 lives lost to drowning.[62][285]
Rail accidentBrooklyn, New South Wales61990 May 6Commuter train crashed into a stalled chartered steam train.[286]
Air accidentTarago, New South Wales61992 Jun 19Beechcraft Baron accident.[287]
Air accidentGeraldton, Western Australia61992 Aug 25Beechcraft Baron accident.[288]
Air accidentLaunceston, Tasmania61993 Sep 17A Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain collided with powerlines and crashed near Launceston Airport, killing six of the ten people on board.[289]
Air accidentWeipa Airport, Weipa, Queensland61994 Mar 21Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander accident.[290]
Maritime accidentTasman Sea619981998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. 5 boats sank and 6 people died.
Air accidentHamilton Island, Queensland62002 Sep 27Piper Cherokee Six aircraft crashed shortly after take-off. All six occupants, five of which were foreign nationals, perished.[291]
Road crashCardross, near Mildura, Victoria62006 Feb 18Cardross road crash. Car ploughs into group of teenagers, driver flees.
SinkingSydney Harbour62008 May 16 killed and 9 injured when two boats collided.[292]
Road accidentPenshurst62011 Nov 11A car and truck collided and subsequently caught fire at an intersection near Penshurst. Four occupants of the car died at the scene, along with the truck driver, and a fifth occupant of the car died later in hospital.[293]
Air accidentNear Gympie, Queensland62012 Oct 1De Havilland DH84 Dragon crashed in dense bushland, killing all six on board.[294]
FloodTasmania, ACT & New South Wales62016 Jun 5-8Three deaths occurred in Tasmania at Latrobe, Ouse and Evandale.[295] One death occurred at Cotter Dam in the ACT. Two deaths occurred in NSW, one near Bowral, the other in Leppington.[296]
Vehicle attackMelbourne62017 Jan 20January 2017 Melbourne car attack
SinkingNear 1770, Queensland62017 Oct 16Sinking of the FV Dianne[297]
Air accidentCottage Point, New South Wales62017 Dec 312017 Sydney Seaplanes crash. A de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver seaplane crashed in Jerusalem Bay, killing all 6 people on board including Richard Cousins, CEO of British foodservice company, Compass Group.[298]
Police siegeGlenrowan, Victoria51880 Jun 28Planned ambush of police train by outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang was thwarted and instead became a hostage situation at Glenrowan hotel. Three gang members and two hostages were killed.[299]
SinkingNorth of Bermagui, New South Wales51880 Oct 9Mystery Bay disappearance. Crew of 5 men in a small boat disappears off the NSW south coast. Boat found at Mutton Fish Point (now Mystery Bay) with some of the crews belongings.
LandslideCairns, Queensland51900 May 31Riverstone landslide. A tramway cutting caves in on workers, at Gordonvale.[300]
StormSydney51937 Jan 25A tornadic thunderstorm moved through Sydney on the afternoon of 25 January. Five people died.[301]
Air accidentLamington National Park, New South Wales51937 Feb 19-20Crash of Australian National Airways Stinson Model A VH-UHH Brisbane. Four men died in initial crash, fifth man killed in accidental fall the following day whilst trying to reach help. Two survivors rescued nine days later.[302]
DrowningBondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales51938 Feb 6'Black Sunday'- Approximately 200 swimmers were dragged out by severe undertow caused by three freak waves. Surf Lifesavers were credited with saving at least 180 people.[303]
Air accidentNhill, Victoria51943 May 13Avro Anson During a training mission from Mt Gambier to Nhill crashed in fog just 8 miles north east of Nhill.[304]
Rail accidentSydenham, New South Wales51953Sydenham rail disaster. Wrong-side failure causes rear-end collision of two trains
Air accidentNear Gove Airport, East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory51969 Dec 22Cessna 402 accident.[305]
Air accidentParafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia51975 Mar 3Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident.[306]
Air accidentFitzroy Station, Northern Territory51975 Mar 13A Cessna 310N collided with a radio mast and subsequently crashed.[307]
Air accidentParafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia51976 Feb 1Airborne collision between a Rossair Cessna 172M and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee.[308]
Suicide air attackAlice Springs Airport51977 Jan 5Connellan air disaster A disgruntled ex-employee deliberately flew light aircraft into Connellan Airways building. Roger Connellan, son of the company's founder, was among those killed.
Air accidentMount Cataract, Queensland51977 May 26Cessna 310R accident.[309]
Air accidentNear Moorooduc, Victoria51980 Sep 28Airborne collision between a Cessna 172N and a glider.[310]
Presumed air accidentBarrington Tops National Park51981 Aug 9VH-MDX disappeared
Air accidentArcherfield, Queensland51982 Jan 5A Cessna 411A crashed into an annex, killing the pilot and four people on the ground.[311]
Air accidentNear Lang Lang, Victoria51982 Jan 7Bell 206B accident.[312]
Air accidentNear Cairns, Queensland51982 Sep 30Cessna 210 accident.[313]
MassacreInland Motel at the base of Uluru51983 Aug 18Douglas Crabbe rammed his 25-ton Mack truck through the wall of the motel's bar.[314]
Air accident33 km West of Peterborough, South Australia51985 Oct 22Piper PA-32 accident.[315]
Air accidentChipping Norton, New South Wales51986 Aug 17A Piper PA-32 crashed into the roof of a factory, killing five of the six occupants on board.[316]
RiotPentridge Prison, Melbourne51987 Oct 29Five prisoners die in fire in Jika Jika Maximum Security Wing. Fire was started by inmates as a protest.[317]
Air accidentCravens Peak Station, Queensland51989 Apr 7Cessna 172 accident.[318]
Air accidentNear Roma, Queensland51989 Sep 28Beechcraft Baron accident.[319]
Heat waveSouthern South Australia and northern Victoria5+1990 JanLikelihood of additional unreported deaths.[320]
Air accidentWondai, Queensland51990 Jul 26Beechcraft King Air accident.[321]
Air accidentOff East Sale, Victoria51991 Oct 29RAAF Boeing 707 crash.[322]
Air accidentMoormbool West, Victoria51992 Jun 12Piper PA-32R accident.[323][324]
Heat waveTownsville region51994 Jan[325]
FloodSouthern Queensland and Northern New South Wales51996 MayHeavy flooding in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales, with areas west of Brisbane and the Grafton area worst affected.[326]
Air accidentNear Katherine, Northern Territory51997 Aug 14Cessna 210M accident.[327]
BushfireLinton, Victoria51998Linton bushfire. Wildfire engulfs five volunteer firefighters.[328]
Air accidentWillowbank, Queensland52006 Jan 2Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.[329]
MassacreNorth Epping, New South Wales52009 Jul 18Lin family murders
Air accidentCaboolture Airfield, Caboolture, Queensland52014 Mar 22Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.[330]
MassacreLockhart, New South Wales52014 SepGeoff Hunt fatally shot his wife and three children on the family property before committing suicide in a dam.[331]
FloodCaboolture, Queensland52015 May 2Cars were swept off roads by floodwaters in Caboolture.[332]
Air accidentEssendon, Victoria52017 Feb 212017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash
Air accidentAnna Bay, New South Wales52019 Sep 6Civil-owned Bell UH-1 Helicopter en route from Brisbane to Bankstown went missing off NSW coast.[333]
MassacreCamp Hill, Queensland52020 Feb 19Murder of Hannah Clarke. Former New Zealand Warriors player Rowan Baxter deliberately set fire to a vehicle in which his estranged wife and three children were occupants. Rowan and his three children died at the scene, whereas his wife was critically injured and died several hours later in hospital.[334]
Air accidentLockhart River, Queensland52020 Mar 11Cessna 404 Titan accident.[335]
Flood/cycloneNorth and Central Coast, Queensland4–51990 Dec & 1991 JanExtensive damage from flooding caused by Cyclone Joy[336][337]
Heat waveMelbourne4+1990 DecLikelihood of additional unreported deaths[338]
InsurrectionNorfolk Island41846 Jul 1Cooking pot uprising. One overseer and three constables murdered. 17 convicts were later executed, with many wounded in battle.[339]
Air accidentLady Julia Percy Island, Victoria41944 Feb 15RAAF Avro Anson crashed on island near Western Victorian coast. Crew had become disorientated in darkness, mistaking island for the nearby mainland.[340]
SinkingCairns, Queensland41947 Sep 13HMAS Warrnambool. Sunk while clearing minefields after World War II.[341]
LandslideSteavensen Falls, Victoria41968 Jan 9Four teenage bushwalkers killed when section of cliff broke away and rolled downhill to group's location. Three others survived with injuries.[245]
Road accidentLamington National Park, Queensland41979 Apr 21Brisbane Girls Grammar school bus crash.[245]
Air accidentClermont, Queensland41983 Oct 24Four Rockhampton-based ABC staff members were killed when the Cessna (being piloted by the ABC's regional manager) crashed while attempting to land on a property near Clermont.[342]
Boating accidentLake Alexandrina, South Australia41987 Aug 22Canoeists on Scout excursion lost when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters. Two scouts and two adult supervisors drowned.[245]
BushfireEastern Seaboard, New South Wales41994 JanOver 800 bushfires. 4 of the dead were firefighters[343]
Road/sport accidentStuart Highway, Northern Territory41994 May 242 checkpoint officials and 2 occupants killed when a competing car lost control at high-speed and ploughed into a checkpoint.[344]
FireIndian Ocean41998 May 5HMAS Westralia. Unsuitable fuel hose in engine room bursts, spraying diesel which ignites, creating a fireball below deck.[345]
Mining accidentParkes, New South Wales41999 Nov 25A gust of air made its way along the access tunnel causing a truck to roll over two, while falling rocks killed the other pair.
Air accidentNewman, Western Australia42001 Jan 26Fuel starvation on Western Australia Police aircraft.[346]
LandslideCradle Mountain National Park42001 Feb 184 people died when landslide causes a bus to fall into a ravine[347]
Air accidentToowoomba, Queensland42001 Nov 27Plane hit powerlines[348]
Rail accidentSalisbury railway station, Adelaide42002 Oct 24The Ghan passenger train hit a car and a bus at a busy level crossing at Salisbury, in Adelaide's north.[349]
BushfireCanberra42003 Jan 182003 Canberra bushfires. Bushfire reaches capital city suburbs[350]
DrowningMackenzie Falls, Grampians, Victoria42004 Dec 25Four relatives lost on Christmas Day outing.[351]
SinkingSydney Harbour42007 Mar 28HarbourCat ferry Pam Burridge collides with pleasure cruiser Merinda.[352][353]
FloodSydney, Hunter Region and Central Coast, New South Wales4*2015 Apr 21-24Flood deaths occurred in Maitland and Dungog. *An additional four deaths occurred in NSW as a result of vehicle accidents on wet roads.[354]
BushfireEsperance, Western Australia42015 Nov 17Three of the dead were foreign nationals.[355]
Air accidentBarwon Heads, Victoria42016 Jan 29Light aircraft en route to King Island crashed into ocean near Victorian coast.[356]
Amusement park accidentCoomera, Queensland42016 Oct 25Thunder River Rapids Ride accident at Dreamworld.[357]
Road accidentOatlands, New South Wales42020 Feb 1Four child pedestrians struck and killed by vehicle[358]
Air accidentMangalore, Victoria42020 Feb 19A midair collision between a Piper PA-44 Seminole and a Beechcraft D95A killed the two occupants of both aircraft.[359]
Road accidentKew East, Victoria42020 Apr 22The loss of control of a refrigerated truck resulted in a multiple vehicle crash that killed four Victoria Police officers who were attending to a motorist for speeding on the Eastern Freeway. The accident is the highest single loss of life in Victoria Police history.[360]
MassacreStringybark Creek, near Tolmie, Victoria31878 Oct 26Three policemen murdered by outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang.[361]
Civil unrestMelbourne CBD, Victoria31923 Nov 2-4Victorian Police Strike. This event prompted widespread looting and rioting in central Melbourne.[362]
Fire/explosionPort Adelaide, South Australia31924 Apr 26Three firemen died after the SS City of Singapore, fully loaded with flammable cargo, caught fire and exploded. 10 other people were injured.[363]
Air accidentTambo, Queensland31927 Mar 24Qantas de Havilland DH-9C crash[364]
Motorsport accidentPenrith, New South Wales31938 Jun 13During 10-mile car race at Penrith Speedway, the lead car lost control and swerved into spectators.[365]
Serial killingMelbourne31942 MayThree Australian women were murdered in Melbourne between 3 and 18 May 1942 by US soldier Eddie Leonski who was convicted and executed in November that year.[366]
Air accidentMaroochydore, Queensland31950 Dec 30A routine shark patrol during the Christmas holidays, crashed into a crowded beach killing 3 children and injuring 14 others.
Air accidentNear Sandy Hollow, New South Wales31952 Jan 26An Auster aircraft crashes four miles from Sandy Hollow, killing three.[367]
CycloneTownsville, Queensland31971 DecCyclone Althea. Cyclone and storm surge.[58]
TerrorismSydney31978 Feb 13Sydney Hilton bombing. Bomb explosion outside Sydney Hilton Hotel during the CHOGRM[368]
Cyclonesouth of Innisfail, Queensland31986 FebCategory 3 Cyclone Winifred in region from Cairns to Ingham.[58][369]
DrowningMount Field National Park, Tasmania31990 Jul 3School outdoor excursion. Two students and one teacher drowned whilst crossing creek.[245]
BushfireFerny Creek, Victoria,31997 Jan 213 dead in bushfire lit by arsonist.
DrowningSandbar Beach, Pacific Palms, New South Wales31998 Dec 15Young Christian group on beach trip, three drowned when caught in rip current.[245]
FloodKatherine, Northern Territory31998 JanFlooding cause by ex-tropical cyclone Les.[58]
Severe stormHunter Region, New South Wales, Sydney and central western regions32001 Nov[370]
Air accidentNear Hamilton Island, Queensland32003 Oct 17CQ Rescue Bell 407 Helicopter on a medical retrieval flight crashed into sea en route to Hamilton Island.[371]
ExplosionNear Gladstone, South Australia32006 May 9Three people killed and two injured when a massive explosion occurred at a munitions factory in the Mid North of South Australia. The blast radius was 100 meters and the explosion was heard up to 70 km away.[372]
Road accident/fireMelbourne32007 Mar 23Burnley Tunnel Fire. Traffic accident resulting in explosion and fire.[373]
BushfireBoorabbin National Park, Western Australia32007 Dec 27Three men were killed and one man injured when a bushfire in the Boorabbin National Park rapidly changed direction while their trucks were attempting to pass the blaze.
Air accidentLake Eyre, South Australia32011 Aug 19Three men, including journalist Paul Lockyer, were killed when an ABC helicopter crashed whilst filming a documentary on un-usual flooding occurring at Lake Eyre.[374]
Wall CollapseMelbourne, Victoria32013 Mar 28Three pedestrians killed when a brick wall collapsed in Swanston St in the CBD of Melbourne.[375]
TerrorismSydney, New South Wales32014 Dec 162014 Sydney hostage crisis: The hostage-taker and two hostages were killed.[376]
Workplace accidentOolong, New South Wales32017 Feb 16Three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while cleaning the interior of a water tank on a rural property.[377]
FireFootscray, Victoria32017 Mar 1Three homeless people died in a fire in a dis-used factory.[378]
Air accidentRenmark, South Australia32017 May 30Three killed in light aircraft crash.[379]
Air accidentMission Beach, Queensland32017 Oct 13Three skydivers killed.[380]
FloodTownsville, Queensland3*2019 Feb 4-82019 Townsville Flood [381] [382] *At least one additional death occurred after the floods due to flood-borne disease.
RiotYoung, New South Wales2*1861 Jun 30Lambing Flat Riots. Over 3,000 European gold diggers attacked Chinese settlement on gold-fields. *Official death toll was two Chinese killed, but eyewitness accounts claimed that actual death toll possibly as high as 40.[383]
Air accidentNorth Melbourne21943 Sep 4An RAAF Vultee Vengeance crashed near Macaulay railway station after giving aerial demonstration over Flemington racecourse. Both crew on board were killed.[384]
Air accidentBluff Downs, Queensland21984 Apr 9Two RAAF Mirage fighter jets collided in mid-air.[385]
LandslideColedale, New South Wales21988 Apr 3020-metre railway embankment collapsed after being undermined by blocked drains following heavy rainfall, destroying a house located below, killing both occupants.[386]
Industrial explosionLongford, Victoria21998 Sep 25a large explosion at an Esso operated oil and natural gas processing plant was responsible for an almost complete shutdown of Victoria's natural gas supply for weeks thereafter. At 12:25 pm 25 September 1998 the weld on GP905 cracked and the exchanger failed catastrophically instantly killing two people.[387]
Road accidentLongwood exit, Hume Highway, Victoria22001 Dec 10A trio of students from Walla Walla, New South Wales, stole a car and planned to drive to Melbourne. The group were sighted by police near Benalla and were pursued. The vehicle reached speeds of 200 km/h before crashing into an embankment; Tristram Rich and Joshua French were killed, while Jason Spalding survived.[388]
BushfireGrampians, Victoria22006 Jan 22A father and son died in a bushfire in Victoria's west
Rail accidentTrawalla, Victoria22006 Apr 282 people killed in level-crossing train accident at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria[389]
ElectrocutionRainbow, Victoria22010 Mar 16Father and son killed on their farm whilst moving a windmill which touched overhead power lines. Two other people badly injured.[390]
BushfireBlue Mountains, NSW22013 Oct 17A 43-year-old father water-bomber pilot and a 63-year-old man
AvalancheMt Bogong, Victoria22014 Jul 10Two snowboarders buried in avalanche.[391]
Workplace accidentWetherill Park, New South Wales22015 Apr 23Two workers crushed by falling timber inside a shipping container at a truck body manufacturing centre.[392]
BushfireYarloop, Western Australia22016 Jan 8[393]
Air accidentWilton, New South Wales22017 Jul 15Two skydivers killed.[394]
Air AccidentLeigh Creek, South Australia22019 Jul 6Light aircraft crash.[395]
RiotBrisbane, Queensland11942 Nov 26-27Battle of Brisbane. Street brawling and rioting between Australian and US military personnel. One Australian soldier was killed, over 20 Australian and US soldiers badly injured.[396]
Gas ExplosionCairns, Queensland11987 Aug 1740,000-litre LPG storage unit at Cairns gas works exploded, resulting in a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion). Australia's largest ever LPG explosion.[397]
Building implosionCanberra, ACT.11997 Jul 13Royal Canberra Hospital Implosion. Spectator killed by falling debris.[398]
HailstormSydney, New South Wales11999 Apr 141999 Sydney hailstorm; most costly single natural disaster in Australia's history, with A$1.7 billion in insured damages and approximately A$2.3 billion total (1999 values).
AsphyxiationSydney, New South Wales12001 Jan 26Big Day Out Concert. Teenage girl crushed in mosh pit.[399]
CycloneQueensland12006 Mar 20Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry
Mine disasterBeaconsfield, Tasmania12006 Apr 25Beaconsfield Mine collapse
FloodMackay, Queensland12008 Feb 16Multiple storm cells resulted in flash flooding in the city of Mackay on 15 February 2008. The flooding caused millions of dollars of damage, with one person dying due to drowning.
CycloneQueensland12011 Feb 3Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Significant incidents of Australians being killed overseas

Excludes deaths attributable to war.

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
TerrorismKuta, Bali, Indonesia882002 Oct 122002 Bali bombings
Missile strikeHrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine272014 Jul 17Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
TsunamiThailand and Sri Lanka262004 Dec 262004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Air accidentDenpasar, Indonesia161974 Apr 22Pan Am Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain, a total of 107 people were killed.[400]
FloodSaxeten, Switzerland141999 Jul 28Flash flood hits canyoning expedition
Volcanic eruptionWhakaari/White Island, New Zealand142019 Dec 92019 Whakaari/White Island eruption
TerrorismNew York City and Arlington County, United States112001 Sep 1111 September 2001 attacks.
Air accidentNias Island, Indonesia92005 Apr 22005 Nias Island Sea King crash crashes while providing relief services to victims of the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
Air accidentnear Isurava, Papua New Guinea92009 Aug 12Airlines PNG Flight 4684
Road accidentnear Cairo, Egypt62006 Jan 10Tourist bus crash[401]
Air accidentRepublic of the Congo62010 Jun 202010 Cameroon Aéro Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash
Air accidentPakse, Laos62013 Oct 16Lao Airlines Flight 301
Air accidentSouthern Indian Ocean (presumed)62014 Mar 8Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Road accidentYamuna Highway, Northern India62016 Jan 10Five members of an Indian-Australian family killed in car accident while traveling between Delhi and Agra, sixth member later died in hospital.[402][403]
MassacreBalibo, East Timor51975 Oct 16Balibo Five. Five Australian journalists murdered by Indonesian troops. The Indonesian government claimed that the men were unintentionally killed in a cross-fire but a 2007 inquest ruled that the journalists were deliberately murdered.[404]
Air accidentYogyakarta, Indonesia52007 Mar 7Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
TsunamiSamoa52009 Sep 302009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
SinkingNorth Atlantic Ocean41912 Apr 15Sinking of RMS Titanic. Two other Australians survived.[405]
Air accidentnear San Francisco4+1953 Oct 29British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304 crashes on approach to San Francisco.
MassacreWaco, Texas41993 Feb 28 – Apr 19Waco Siege.[406] At least two other Australians were among the small number of survivors. A child belonging to one of the Australian victims was also lost but was listed as a US citizen.
Bridge collapseRamat Gan, Israel41997 Jul 14Maccabiah bridge collapse
TerrorismJimbaran and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia42005 Oct 12005 Bali bombings
Air accidentTanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia31977 Dec 4Malaysian Airline System Flight 653
FireManoharpur, Odisha, India31999 Jan 22Australian missionary Graham Staines and sons killed in arson attack
TerrorismJakarta, Indonesia32009 Jul 17JW Marriott/Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing
Air accidentMisima Island, Papua New Guinea32010 Aug 31Cessna Citation crashed on landing. One New Zealander also killed.[407]
Air accidentWeybridge, United Kingdom21922 Apr 13Vickers Viking, piloted by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith, crashed on test flight
Air accidentBay of Bengal21935 Nov 8Lady Southern Cross, piloted by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, crashes en route between Allahabad, India and Singapore
Air accidentLondon, United Kingdom21967 Nov 4Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed while landing at Heathrow Airport
Air accidentLos Rodeos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain21977 Mar 27KLM and Pan Am jumbos collide on runway (Tenerife airport disaster)
Air accidentoff Mauritius21987 Nov 28South African Airways Flight 295
Air accidentNear Hawaii, United States21989 Feb 24United Airlines Flight 811 between Honolulu and Auckland experiences explosive decompression
TerrorismRoermond, Netherlands21990 May 27Australian tourists shot by the Provisional IRA, in the mistaken belief they are British military personnel
TerrorismMumbai, India22008 Nov 26November 2008 Mumbai attacks[408]
Air accidentnear Qazvin, Iran22009 Jul 15Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
TyphoonThe Philippines22013 Nov 8Typhoon Haiyan[409]
Road accidentNarok, Kenya22014 Sep 7Tourist bus crash.[410]
Air accidentSouthern Alps, France22015 Mar 24Germanwings Flight 9525[411]
MurderSinaloa, Mexico22015 Nov 20-21Two Australian surfers murdered.[412]
TerrorismLondon, Great Britain22017 Jun 32017 London Bridge attack[413]
FireNorth Kensington, London, United Kingdom22017 Jun 14Grenfell Tower fire[414]
Road accidentNear Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe22017 Dec 23Two Australian tourists killed in car crash.[415]
SinkingZeebrugge, Belgium11987 Mar 6Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.[416]
TerrorismLockerbie, Scotland11988 Dec 21Pan Am Flight 103. Although a resident of South Africa, the victim was an Australian national.[417]
TerrorismNairobi, Kenya12013 Sep 21-24Westgate Shopping Mall Attack.[418]
AvalancheMt Everest, Himalayas12013 Oct 16Australian tourist killed in avalanche.[419]
TerrorismTunis, Tunisia12015 Mar 18Bardo National Museum attack[420]
EarthquakeNepal12015 Apr 25April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Australian killed below Mt Everest in avalanche triggered by quake.[421]
ShootingMinneapolis, United States12017 Jul 15Australian murdered by US police officer.[422]
TerrorismBarcelona, Spain12017 Aug 172017 Barcelona attacks[423]
AvalancheTyrol, Austria12019 Jan 10Teenage boy killed in avalanche in Austrian Alps while skiing.[424]

See also

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