List of disasters in Australia by death toll
This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Australia sorted by death toll.
Contents
100 or more deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Pandemic | Australia-wide | 12,000+ | 1918–1920 | 1918 flu pandemic[1] |
Epidemic | Australia-wide | 1013 | 1946–1955 | Polio epidemic.[2] |
Sea battle | Indian Ocean, near Shark Bay | 727 | 1941 Nov 19 | Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran. Both ships sank; all 645 aboard Sydney were killed, along with 82 personnel from Kormoran.[3][4] |
Epidemic | Australia-wide | 550 | 1900–1910 | Bubonic plague.[5] |
Heat wave | Victoria | 438 | 1938 Dec – Feb 1939 | Heatwave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below).[6] |
Heat wave | South-eastern Australia | 437 | 1895–1896 | Widespread heatwave killed 437, including 47 in Bourke, New South Wales.[7] |
Cyclone | Bathurst Bay, Queensland | 410 | 1899 Mar 4 | Cyclone Mahina; estimated toll.[8] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 406 | 1845 | Wreck of the Cataraqui – Australia's worst civil maritime disaster.[9] |
Heat wave | South-eastern Australia | 374 | 2009 Jan 25 – 9 Feb | A nine-day heatwave 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.[10][11] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave[12] |
Shipwreck | coast near Murchison River, Western Australia | 286 | 1712 Apr | Sinking of Dutch ship Zuytdorp. There has been speculation that there were survivors, who may have been assisted by local Aborigines.[13][14] |
Sinking | Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland | 268 | 1943 May 14 | Sinking of AHS Centaur. Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.[15] |
Heat wave | Southern states | 246 | 1907 Dec – Jan 1908 | [16] |
Air raids | Darwin, Northern Territory | 243 | 1942 Feb 19 | First bombings of Darwin. The first Japanese air raids against Australia. The toll may have been higher because itinerants and Aboriginies may be under-represented in the official count.[17] |
Prison break | Cowra, New South Wales | 235–238 | 1944 Aug 5 | Cowra breakout. Escape by Japanese POWs.[18][19] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 224 | 1835 May 13 | Neva[20][21] |
Shipwreck | Western Australia | 212 | 1726 | Aagtekerke. Possibly WA, but there is some doubt on this.[22] |
Pandemic | Australia-wide | 191 | 2009 | 2009 flu pandemic in Australia. 191 confirmed deaths. Death toll possibly as high as 1600. |
Shipwreck | Ledge Point, Western Australia | 186 | 1656 Apr | Vergulde Draeck[23] |
Bushfires | Victoria | 173 | 2009 Feb | Black Saturday bushfires[24] |
Cyclone/Sinking | Western Australia | 149 | 1912 Mar 1 | SS Koombana[25][26] |
Heatwaves | Australia-wide | 147 | 1920–1921 | [27] |
Heatwaves | Australia-wide | 143 + | 1911–1912 | [28] |
Cyclone | Broome, Western Australia | 141 | 1935 Mar | Pearling fleet devastated[29] |
Cyclone | Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia | 140 | 1884 | Pearling fleet sunk[30] |
Shipwreck | D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania | 133 | 1835 Apr 12 | George III[31] |
Shipwreck | Cape York, Queensland | 133 | 1890 Feb 28 | RMS Quetta[32] |
Heatwave | Southern states | 130 | 1926–1927 | [33] |
Shipwreck/mutiny/ massacre |
Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | 125+ | 1629 Jun–Jul | Wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia, after which mutineers murdered 125 passengers. 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.[34] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 122 + | 1913–1914 | [35] |
Cyclone/Sinking | North-eastern Queensland | 122 | 1911 Mar 16 | SS Yongala[36] |
Shipwreck | Sydney, New South Wales | 121 | 1857 Aug 20 | Dunbar. 1 survivor.[37] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 112 | 1939–1940 | [38] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 109 | 1909–1910 | [39] |
Heatwave | Southern regions, Australia | 105 + | 1959 | One source puts death toll at 145[40][41][42] |
Cyclone/sinking | Ayr, Queensland | 102–112 | 1875 Feb 24 | SS Gothenburg. Records of passengers vary[43][44][45] |
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The Centaur memorial, in Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland, commemorates the sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur in 1943, which claimed 268 lives.
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At least 243 people died in the Japanese air raids on Darwin in 1942.
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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.
50 to 99 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Heatwave | Southern regions Australia | 99 | December 1972 to February 1973 | [46] |
Cyclone | Northern Queensland | 99 | March 1934 | Cyclone and 9.1 m storm surge[47] |
Explosion | Mount Kembla, New South Wales | 96 | 31 July 1902 | Mount Kembla Mine disaster. Coal mine gas explosion[48] |
Shipwreck | Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia | 93 | 23 April 1622 | Tryall. Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck[49] |
Flood | Gundagai, New South Wales | 89 | 24 June 1852 | [50] |
Shipwreck | near Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia | 89 | 6 August 1859 | SS Admella.[51] South Australia's worst loss of life |
Air raid | Broome, Western Australia | 88 | 3 March 1942 | Air raid on Broome. Japanese fighter planes strafed the town. Official toll; may not include some refugees from the Dutch East Indies. |
Rail accident | Sydney, New South Wales | 83 | 18 January 1977 | Granville railway disaster. Derailment followed by bridge collapse |
Sinking | twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales | 82 | 10 February 1964 | Melbourne–Voyager collision – HMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne |
Explosion | Bulli, New South Wales | 81 | 23 March 1887 | Bulli Colliery coal mine gas explosion[52] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 79 | 23 May 1874 | British Admiral[53] |
Cyclone | Queensland coast, particularly Innisfail | 77+ | 10 March 1918 | Cyclone and storm surge with death toll estimated between 77 and 100.[54] |
Storms | New South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney | 77 | 12 July 1866 | 60 lives lost on SS Cawarra alone.[55] |
Explosion | Mount Mulligan, Queensland | 75 | 19 September 1921 | Mount Mulligan coal dust explosion [56] |
Bushfire | Victoria and South Australia | 75 | 16 February 1983 | Ash Wednesday bushfires[57] |
Shipwreck | Green Cape | 71 | 31 May 1886 | Ly-Ee-Moon[58] |
Bushfire | Victoria | 71 | 13 January 1939 | Black Friday bushfires |
Cyclone | Darwin | 71 | 24 December 1974 | Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin. On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71.[59] |
Flood | Clermont, Queensland | 65 | 27 December 1916 | [60] |
Bushfire | Tasmania | 62 | 1967 | 1967 Tasmanian fires |
Cyclone | near Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia | 61–71 | 1894 | Estimated toll includes those lost at sea and those killed in flooding at Geraldton[61] |
Shipwreck | Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | 60 | 1727 | Zeewyk. Approximate death toll[62] |
Shipwreck | Newcastle, New South Wales | 60 | 12 July 1866 | SS Cawarra;; sank during storm in Newcastle Harbour. |
Bushfire | Victoria | 60 | February–March 1926 | [63] Worst incident occurred at Warburton, Victoria on 14 Feb where 31 lives were lost.[64] |
Cyclone | Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia | 59–69 | 1875–1876 | Most casualties were at sea[65][66] |
Shipwreck | Mutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria | 53 | 1 June 1878 | Loch Ard. Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors).[67][68] |
Bushfire | Victoria | 51 | 1943–1944 | [69] |
Shipwreck | Brisbane, Queensland | 50 | February 1896 | Capsize of the ferry Pearl[70] |
Cyclone | Around Broome, Western Australia | 50 | 1908 | [71] |
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Cable drums blown 50 feet (15 m) from their foundations after the 1921 Mount Mulligan mine disaster, which claimed 80 lives.
10 to 49 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Cyclonic effects | North coast, New South Wales | 46 | 1923 | [72] |
Rail accident | Sunshine, Victoria | 44 | 1908 | Sunshine rail disaster. Rear end collision |
Fire | Queenstown, Tasmania | 42+ | 1912 | 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster. Mine fire. True toll may be higher due to subsequent deaths from the effects of the fire[73] |
Sinking | Sydney | 40–42 | 3 November 1927 | Sydney ferry disaster[74][75] |
Shipwreck | near Edithburgh, South Australia | 40 | 31 January 1909 | SS Clan Ranald[76][77] |
Air Disaster | near Mackay, Queensland | 40 | 14 June 1943 | Bakers Creek air crash. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off.[78] |
Flooding | Queensland | 38 | December 2010 – January 2011 | 2010–2011 Queensland floods. 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing (presumed dead). |
Shipwreck | Cardwell, Queensland | 36 | 1872 | Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aborigines although others were helped[79][80] |
Shipwreck | Jervis Bay, New South Wales, | 35 | 1 September 1876 | The steamer Dandenong lost during severe storm.[81] |
Shipwreck | Cheviot Beach, Victoria | 35 | 20 October 1887 | SS Cheviot |
Shipwreck | near East New Britain | 35 | 14 September 1914 | HMAS AE1. Sank with all hands and has never been found. |
Flood | Melbourne suburbs and Southern Victoria | 35 | 29 November to 1 December 1934 | Torrential rainfall of up to 350 mm. Yarra River becomes raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless.[82][83] |
Bridge collapse | Melbourne | 35 | 15 October 1970 | West Gate Bridge. 35 construction workers died due to a collapse during construction.[84] Australia's worst industrial accident.[85] |
Road accident | Kempsey, New South Wales | 35 | 22 December 1989 | Kempsey bus crash. Two tourist coaches collided head-on[86] |
Shooting | Port Arthur, Tasmania | 35 | 28 April 1996 | Port Arthur massacre. |
Shipwreck | near Southend, south east South Australia | 31 | 14 June 1876 | Geltwood. Wreck not found for two weeks. No survivors.[89][90] |
Shipwreck | off Wilsons Promontory in Bass Strait | 31 | 1 December 1935 | SS Paringa Sunk during storm while towing another vessel. All officers and crew lost.[91][92] |
Insurrection | Castle Hill, New South Wales | 30* | 4–5 March 1804 | Castle Hill convict rebellion. An additional nine convicts were later executed for participating in the rebellion. *Exact death toll unknown, likely to be higher.[93] Memorial at Castle Hill gives a figure of 45 lives lost.[94] |
Cyclone | Queensland coast, particularly Mackay | 30 | January 1918 | Mackay Cyclone[54][95] |
Fire | Melbourne | 30 | 13 August 1966 | William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute men.[96] |
Air accident | York near Perth | 29 | 26 June 1950 | 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash.[97] |
Air accident | Mackay | 29 | 10 June 1960 | Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed into sea. |
Cyclone/sinking. | Western Australia | 29 | April 1991 | Cyclone Fife. 27 lost in shipwreck of Mineral Diamond[98][99] |
Massacre | Myall Creek, near Inverell, New South Wales | 28 | 9 June 1838 | Myall Creek massacre. 28 Aboriginal people killed by white stockmen[100] |
Riot and insurrection | Ballarat, Victoria | 28 | 3 December 1854 | Eureka Stockade. Exact death toll remains unknown. |
Cyclone | Darwin, Northern Territory | 28 | January 1897 | [101][102] |
Shipwreck | Kangaroo Island, South Australia | 27 | September 1905 | Loch Vennachar[103] |
Sea battle | Port Jackson | 27 | 31 May–1 June 1942 | Attack on Sydney Harbour. Japanese submarine attack on allied shipping. Death toll includes attackers. |
Air accident | Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland | 27 | 7 August 1943 | C-47 Dakota plane crash. Plane crashed after takeoff.[104] |
Shipwreck/Massacre | Coorong, South Australia | 26 | 1840 | Maria. Survivors murdered.[105][106] Brutal punitive expedition ordered by Governor Gawler. |
Explosion | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | 26 | 21 May 1945 | Kapooka 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.[107][108] |
Cyclone | Gold Coast and northern New South Wales | 26 | February 1954 | [109] |
Air accident | Port Hedland, Western Australia | 26 | 31 December 1968 | In-flight break up of MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 (Vickers Viscount)[110] |
Rail accident | Wodonga, Victoria | 25 | 1943 | Train hit bus carrying army personnel[111] |
Air accident | Seven-Mile Beach, near Hobart | 25 | March 1946 | 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crashed into the sea.[40] |
Flood | Hunter Valley, New South Wales | 25 | February 1955 | 1955 Hunter Valley floods. Most deaths were around Singleton and Maitland, but most other river systems in the state were also in flood.[112][113] |
Shipwreck | Gosford | 24 | 6 May 1898 | Maitland[114] |
Air accident | Winton, Queensland | 24 | 22 September 1966 | Ansett-ANA Viscount disaster. Flight 149 en route Mount Isa – Longreach |
Air accident | Kudjeru Gap, in the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea | 24 | August 1972 | RAAF Caribou aircraft crashes in rugged mountainous country en route from Lae to Port Moresby, killing 24 of the 28 people on board. |
Bushfire | Southern regions of Victoria | 23 | January 1969 | 280 fires. 17 casualties at Lara[115] |
Mine disaster | Creswick, Central Victoria | 22 | 12 December 1882 | New Australasia gold mine. 44 miners trapped when a flooded mine shaft is breached. 22 men drown.[116] |
Flood | Northern Tasmania | 22 | April 1929 | Eight drowned when truck ploughed into river and 14 died when dam collapsed and wall swept into town[117] |
Heatwave | South-east Queensland | 22 | January 2000 | [118] |
Shipwreck | off Gabo Island, Bass Strait | 21 | 1 March 1901 | SS Federal vanished without trace. All crewmembers lost.[119][120] |
Air accident | Coolangatta, Queensland | 21 | 10 March 1949 | 1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash – aircraft crashed shortly after take-off due to incorrect loading.[121] |
Shipwreck | Smokey Cape, New South Wales | 21 | 25 August 1969 | Noongah sank |
Road accident | Grafton, New South Wales | 21 | 20 October 1989 | Grafton bus crash. A head-on collision between a tourist coach and a truck.[122] |
Air accident | Mossman, Queensland | 20 | 7 September 1944 | Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force Douglas C-47 Dakota crashes en route between Merauke, Dutch East Indies and Cairns. |
Shipwreck | Trial Bay, New South Wales | 19–21 | September 1816 | [123] |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 19 | 25 August 1981 | Rembrant Hotel.[124] |
Shipwreck | Adelaide, South Australia | 18+ | 13 July 1888 | Star of Greece. Exact number of lives lost uncertain.[125] |
Air accident | Dandenongs, Victoria | 18 | 25 October 1938 | 1938 Kyeema crash |
Air accident | Perth Airport | 18 | 2 July 1949 | 1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash – aircraft crashed a minute after take-off, killing all 18 people on board.[126] |
Road accident | Tumut Pond, New South Wales | 18 | 1 September 1973 | Brake failure caused bus to plummet into reservoir[127] |
Air accident | Townsville, Queensland | 18 | 12 June 1996 | Two Army Blackhawk helicopters collided[128] |
Landslide | Thredbo, New South Wales | 18 | 30 July 1997 | 1997 Thredbo landslide |
Rail accident | Brooklyn, New South Wales | 17 | 1944 | Train ploughed into bus at Hawkesbury River station[129] |
Rail accident | Wasleys Crossing, near Gawler, South Australia | 17 | 12 April 1970 | Wasleys Crossing (Gawler) disaster. Bus collided with a passenger train[130] |
Explosion | Ipswich, Queensland | 17 | 31 July 1972 | Mine gas explosion in the Box Flat Colliery[131] |
Heatwave | South-Eastern regions, Australia | 17 | February 1993 | Possibility of additional unreported deaths[132] |
Shipwreck | Bass Strait Victorian coast | 16 | 29 November 1934 | SS Coramba left Warrnambool for Melbourne and was never seen again. Believed lost during storm.[133][134] |
Rail accident | Camp Mountain, Queensland | 16 | 5 May 1947 | Camp Mountain train disaster. A crowded picnic train derailed on bend |
Fire | Sylvania Heights, New South Wales | 16 | 29 April 1981 | Pacific Nursing Home fire.[135] |
Boating Accident | Mornington Peninsula | 15 | 21 May 1892 | 15 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.[136] |
Shipwreck | near Cape Schanck, Victoria | 15 | 28 December 1893 | SS Alert |
Air accident | Botany Bay, New South Wales | 15 | 30 November 1961 | Ansett-ANA Flight 325 – Vickers Viscount aeroplane crash. All on board died.[137] |
Fire | Fortitude Valley, Queensland | 15 | 8 March 1973 | Whiskey Au Go Go fire. Arson |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 15 | 25 December 1975 | Savoy Hotel fire. Arson[138] |
Cyclone/Sinking | near Carnarvon, Western Australia | 15 | 1979 | Cyclone Hazel[139] |
Heatwave | South-eastern regions of Australia | 15 | February 1981 | [140] |
Fire | Childers, Queensland | 15 | June 2000 | Robert Long received a life sentence for starting the Childers Palace backpackers hostel fire[141][142] |
Air accident | Lockhart River, Queensland | 15 | 7 May 2005 | In the Lockhart River air disaster an aeroplane crashed on approach to land, killing all on board.[143] |
Cyclone | Townsville and Charters Towers, Queensland | 14 | 9 March 1903 | Cyclone Leonta killed 12 people in Townsville and 2 in Charters Towers and caused massive property damage across North Queensland[144] |
Bushfire | Dandenong Ranges and Lara, Victoria | 14* | 14–16 January 1962 | Casualty numbers vary between 9,[145] 14,[40][146] and 32.[115][147] |
Bushfires | Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra, New South Wales | 14* | January 1968 | *Sources vary on death toll but most say 14.[148] |
Cyclone | Whitsunday Islands, Queensland | 14 | January 1970 | Cyclone Ada |
Cyclone | Brisbane, Queensland | 14 | 27 January 1974 | 1974 Brisbane flood. Cyclone Wanda[149] |
Explosion | Appin, New South Wales | 14 | 24 July 1979 | Appin Colliery Gas Explosion during a planned ventilation change.[150] |
Explosion | Wonthaggi, Victoria | 13 | 15 February 1937 | Dalyson Colliery[151] |
Air accident | Tamworth, New South Wales | 13 | January 1960 | [40] |
Explosion | Kianga, near Moura, Queensland | 13 | 20 September 1975 | Kianga Mine explosion[152] |
Air accident | Sydney Airport | 13 | 21 February 1980 | Light aircraft suffers engine failure[153] |
Air accident | near Alice Springs, Northern Territory | 13 | 13 August 1989 | 1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash[154] |
Earthquake | Newcastle, New South Wales | 13 | 28 December 1989 | 1989 Newcastle earthquake |
Bushfire | Victoria – Portland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport, Wimmera and Dandenong districts | 12* | 6 February 1851 | "Black Thursday" bushfires. *Approximately 12 fatalities, one million sheep, thousands of cattle, 50,000 km² burnt.[155] |
Flood | Windsor, New South Wales | 12 | 21 June 1867 | 12 members of the Eather family swept away in flood.[156] |
Shipwreck | Calgardup Bay, Western Australia | 12 | 1 December 1876 | SS Georgette[157] |
Bushfire | Gippsland, Victoria | 12 | 1 February 1898 | "Red Tuesday" bushfires. 2,600 km² burnt, 12 people killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed.[155] |
Bridge collapse | Hobart, Tasmania | 12 | 5 January 1975 | Tasman Bridge disaster. The bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra collided with the bridge, causing a section to fall onto the vessel. 7 crewmen died as the ship sank. 5 people perished as their cars plummeted off the edge. |
Air accident | Adavale, Queensland | 12 | 28 August 1983 | Charter flight broke up in flight and crashed. |
Explosion | Moura, Queensland | 12 | 16 July 1986 | Explosion in Moura No 4 Mine[158] |
Fire | Dungog, New South Wales | 12 | 2 August 1991 | Palm Grove Hostel fire[159] |
Serial killing | Remains discovered in Snowtown, South Australia | 12 | 1992–1999 | Snowtown murders.[160] |
Road accident | Boondall, Queensland | 12 | 1 October 1994 | Boondall bus crash[161] |
Cyclone/Flood | Queensland, New South Wales | 12 | 27 March–1 April 2017 | Cyclone Debbie[162][163] |
Rail accident | Near Horsham, Victoria | 11 | 24 February 1951 | A train collides with a bus at a level crossing.[164] |
Air accident | Mount Emerald, Queensland | 11 | 11 May 1990 | Cessna 500 jet aircraft collided with terrain 15 km south of Mareeba Airfield.[165] |
Explosion | Moura, Queensland | 11 | 7 August 1994 | Explosion in Moura No 2 Mine[166] |
Rail accident | Near Kerang, Victoria | 11 | 5 June 2007 | Kerang train crash. A V/Line train collides with a truck at a level crossing.[167] |
Fire | Kingston, Queensland | 11 | 24 August 2011 | House fire[168] |
Fire | Quakers Hill, New South Wales | 11* | 18 November 2011 | Quakers 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.[169][170] |
Shipwreck | Warrnambool, Victoria | 10 | 9 January 1921 | Motorlaunch Nestor sinks in the Hopkins River at Warrnambool, Victoria 10 minutes into a pleasure cruise. Of the 80 on board 10 were drowned. Victoria's worst ferry disaster. |
Road Accident | Wangaratta, Victoria | 10 | 2 November 1993 | Crash between a semi-trailer truck and a bus on Melbourne Cup Day 1993. 10 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. |
Heatwave | Eastern and Southern regions Australia | 10+ | January–February 1997 | Strong likelihood of additional unreported deaths[171] |
Rail accident | Near Traveston railway station, Queensland | 10 | 9 June 1925 | 10 died and 48 injured when a passenger carriage and luggage van of the Rockhampton Mail plunged off a high trestle bridge.[172] |
Air accident | Canberra | 10 | 13 August 1940 | Senior War Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff and others killed when their plane crashed in fine weather. |
Bushfire | Wangaratta, Victoria | 10 | 22 December 1943 | Out-of-control grassfires during severe drought.[64] |
Air accident | Near Redesdale, Victoria | 10 | 31 January 1945 | Crash of Stinson Tokana caused by fatigue crack in wing spar. |
Massacre | South Australia | 10 | September 1971 | Clifford Bartholomew, Father, kills 10 members of his family[173] |
Storm/Flood | Hunter and Central Coast regions, New South Wales | 10 | 8–11 June 2007 | Storm and flooding[174] |
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The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryant opened fire in the former penal colony.
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Two Australian Army S-70A Blackhawk helicopters, similar to the one pictured, crashed in 1996 near Townsville, killing 18 Australian soldiers.
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A memorial stone to some of those who died during the Eureka Stockade in 1854.
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The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash claimed 29 lives.
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The 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash claimed 25 lives.
Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Bushfire | Gippsland, Victoria | 9 | 4 February 1932 | Locations affected included Gilderoy, Noojee and Erica in North Gippsland. Worst incident was at Erica where six people were killed.[175] |
Bushfire | Longwood, Victoria | 9 | 17–19 January 1965 | Death toll included seven members of one family who were lost when their car crashed and was engulfed in the fires.[176] |
Rail accident | Violet Town, Victoria | 9 | 7 February 1969 | Violet Town rail accident. Head-on collision after driver died at controls.[177] |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 9 | August 1981 | Rembrandt Apartments Hostel Fire. Fire.[178] |
Massacre | Melbourne | 9 | 8 December 1987 | Queen Street massacre. Shooting massacre |
Air accident | Williamtown, New South Wales–Lord Howe Island | 9 | 2 October 1994 | Seaview Air Aero Commander 690 crashes between Williamtown, NSW and Lord Howe Island.[179] |
Fire | Kew, Victoria | 9 | 8 April 1996 | Kew 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. |
Landslide | Gracetown, Western Australia | 9 | 27 September 1996 | 5 adults and 4 children died when a cliff face collapsed at Cowaramup Bay near Gracetown (Margaret River)[180][181] |
Bushfire | Eyre Peninsula, South Australia | 9 | 11 January 2005 | Eyre Peninsula bushfire.[182] |
Storm | Melbourne, Victoria | 9 | 21 November 2016 | Nine people died of thunderstorm asthma and approximately 8,500 sought hospital treatment after a storm hit Melbourne.[183][184] |
Insurrection | Norfolk Island | 8 | 15 January 1834 | Convict mutiny. Six convicts and two guards killed. 11 convicts were later executed.[185] |
Civil unrest | Broome, Western Australia | 8 | 23–26 December 1920 | Broome Race Riots. Brawling and rioting between Japanese and Koepanger (Malay & Timorese) pearl divers.[186] |
Air accident | Snowy Mountains, New South Wales | 8 | 21 March 1931 | Southern Cloud |
Air accident | Jervis Bay, New South Wales | 8 | 14 April 1943 | Two RAAF Bristol Beauforts collided whilst performing demonstration flight for war correspondents on board a naval vessel.[187] |
Bushfire | Wandilo, South Australia | 8 | April 1958 | 8 firefighters died[188] |
Bushfire | Western Victoria | 8 | February 1977 | Around Streatham was the worst affected area.[189] |
Road accident | Near Gordonvale, Queensland | 8 | 4 February 1987 | School bus returning from camp veered off-road. All of those lost were students aged 15–17.[190] |
Air accident | Off Whyalla, South Australia | 8 | 31 May 2000 | Whyalla Airlines Disaster. All on board drowned, one body was never recovered. |
Explosion | Off Dampier, Western Australia | 8 | 18 November 2001 | Nigo Kim cargo ship explosion.[191] |
Mass murder | Manoora, Cairns, Queensland | 8 | 19 December 2014 | Cairns child killings. Eight children were fatally stabbed in a Murray Street residence.[192] |
Serial killing | Near Berrima, New South Wales | 7+ | 1989–1994 | Backpacker 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 disaster | Collinsville, Queensland | 7 | 13 October 1954 | On 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.[193] The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921.[194] |
Boating accident | Lake Hume, New South Wales | 7 | 15 August 1963 | Canoeists on Outward Bound outdoor education trip drowned when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters.[190] |
Flood | Canberra | 7 | 26 January 1971 | 1971 Canberra flood. Seven motorists were killed when their cars were swept into a creek.[40] |
Serial killing | Near Truro, South Australia | 7 | 1976–1977 | Truro murders. Remains of seven young women found in bushland. |
Fire | Sydney | 7 | 9 June 1979 | Fire engulfs the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park Sydney. May have been arson.[195] |
Massacre | Milperra, New South Wales | 7 | 2 September 1984 | Milperra massacre. Shooting massacre |
Massacre | Clifton Hill, Victoria | 7 | 9 August 1987 | Hoddle Street massacre. Shooting massacre |
Flood | Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria | 7 | 1990 | Nyngan and Charleville Flood. More than a million square kilometres of flooding.[196] |
Massacre | Strathfield, New South Wales | 7 | 17 August 1991 | Strathfield massacre. Shooting massacre |
Massacre | Terrigal, Central Coast NSW | 7 | 1992 | Central Coast massacre. Shooting massacre |
Cyclone | Around Cairns, Queensland | 7 | March 1997 | Cyclone Justin. 1 death from landslide. There were also 26 deaths from the same cyclone in Papua New Guinea.[197] |
Rail accident | Glenbrook, New South Wales | 7 | December 1999 | Glenbrook train disaster. Collision by a CityRail Intercity train into the rear wagon of an Indian Pacific train after "Stop and Proceed". |
Heatwave | around Adelaide, South Australia | 7 | February 2000 | [198] |
Rail accident | Waterfall, New South Wales | 7 | January 2003 | Waterfall rail accident. Excessive speed resulting in derailment after driver died at the controls and 'dead man' safety device failed to function.[199] |
Industrial accident | Spotswood, Victoria | 6 | 1895 | Spotswood Sewer Disaster. The drilling of an underground sewer in Melbourne went too close to the Yarra River.[200] |
Massacre | Alligator Creek near Mackay, Queensland | 6 | 17 November 1911 | A mother and five children were murdered in their home.[201] |
Battle | Broken Hill, New South Wales | 6 | 1 January 1915 | Battle of Broken Hill. Two Indian immigrants open fire on a train carrying picnickers.[202] |
Landslide | Between Blackwood, South Australia and Belair, South Australia | 6 | 31 January 1928 | Hills Railway line disaster. Railway embankment collapsed during tunnel demolition.[203] |
Air Raid | Drysdale Mission, Northern Territory | 6 | 26 September 1943 | Missionary Priest & five Aboriginal children killed in Japanese bombing raid on RAAF aerodrome located beside the Mission.[204] |
Flood | Kempsey, Macleay Valley | 6 | Friday, 26 August 1949 | Six people died in the flood, five in Kempsey. A 13-year-old boy at Smithtown[205] |
Air accident | East Sale, Victoria | 6 | 15 August 1962 | Four RAAF Vampire jets crashed in a military gunnery range area during rehearsals for a low-level aerobatic display. Four pilots and two passengers killed.[206] |
Flood | Sydney and Penrith, New South Wales | 6 | February to March 1978 | [207] |
Air accident | Essendon, Victoria | 6 | 10 July 1978 | Aircraft with a crew of two and one passenger crashed into houses shortly after take off from Essendon Airport. 6 members of one family were killed.[208] |
Serial killing | Tynong North and Frankston, Victoria | 6 | December 1980 | Remains found in bushland. Investigation still open.[209][210] |
Flood | Hawkesbury, New South Wales | 6 | August 1986 | Hawkesbury and Georges River Flood.[211] |
Air accident | Essendon, Victoria | 6 | 3 September 1986 | Air Ambulance Cessna (call signal RED) crashed on take off from Essendon Airport after single engine failure.[212] |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 6 | 17 September 1989 | Downunder Hostel fire. Arson attack.[213] |
Flood/cyclone | Southern Queensland and northern New South Wales | 6 | February 1990 | Drowning deaths caused by Cyclone Nancy[214] |
Rail accident | Brooklyn, New South Wales | 6 | 6 May 1990 | Commuter train crashed into a stalled chartered steam train.[215] |
Maritime accident | Tasman Sea | 6 | 1998 | 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. 5 boats sank and 6 people died. |
Air accident | Hamilton Island, Queensland | 6 | 27 September 2002 | Piper Cherokee Six aircraft crashed shortly after take-off. All six occupants, five of which were foreign nationals, perished.[216] |
Road accident | Cardross, near Mildura, Victoria | 6 | 18 February 2006 | Cardross road accident. Car ploughs into group of teenagers, driver flees |
Sinking | Sydney Harbour | 6 | 1 May 2008 | 6 killed and 9 injured when two boats collided.[217] |
Road accident | Penshurst | 6 | 11 November 2011 | A 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.[218] |
Air accident | Near Gympie, Queensland | 6 | 1 October 2012 | De Havilland DH84 Dragon crashed in dense bushland, killing all six on board.[219] |
Flood | Tasmania, ACT & New South Wales | 6 | 5–8 June 2016 | Three deaths occurred in Tasmania at Latrobe, Ouse and Evandale.[220] One death occurred at Cotter Dam in the ACT. Two deaths occurred in NSW, one near Bowral, the other in Leppington.[221] |
Vehicle attack | Melbourne | 6 | 20 January 2017 | 2017 Melbourne car attack |
Police siege | Glenrowan, Victoria | 5 | 28 June 1880 | Planned 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.[222] |
Sinking | North of Bermagui, New South Wales | 5 | 9 October 1880 | Mystery 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. |
Landslide | Cairns, Queensland | 5 | 31 May 1900 | Riverstone landslide. Tramway cutting caves in on workers[223] |
Air accident | Lamington National Park, New South Wales | 5 | 19–20 February 1937 | Crash 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.[224] |
Drowning | Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales | 5 | 6 February 1938 | '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. [225] |
Air accident | Nhill, Victoria | 5 | 13 May 1943 | Avro Anson During a training mission from Mt Gambier to Nhill crashed in fog just 8 miles north east of Nhill.[226] |
Rail accident | Sydenham, New South Wales | 5 | 1953 | Sydenham rail disaster. Wrong-side failure causes rear end collision of two trains |
Suicide air attack | Alice Springs Airport | 5 | 5 January 1977 | Connellan 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. |
Presumed Air accident | Barrington Tops National Park | 5 | 9 August 1981 | VH-MDX disappeared |
Mass murder | Inland Motel at the base of Uluru | 5 | 18 August 1983 | Douglas Crabbe rammed his 25-ton Mack truck through the wall of the motel's bar.[227] |
Prison revolt | Pentridge Prison, Melbourne | 5 | 29 October 1987 | Five prisoners die in fire in Jika Jika Maximum Security Wing. Fire was started by inmates as a protest.[228] |
Heatwave | Southern South Australia and northern Victoria | 5+ | January 1990 | Likelihood of additional unreported deaths.[229] |
Air accident | Off East Sale, Victoria | 5 | 29 October 1991 | RAAF Boeing 707 crash.[230] |
Heatwave | Townsville region | 5 | January 1994 | [231] |
Bushfire | Linton, Victoria | 5 | 1998 | Linton bushfire. Wildfire engulfs five volunteer firefighters.[232] |
Air accident | Willowbank, Queensland | 5 | 2 January 2006 | Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.[233] |
Massacre | North Epping, New South Wales | 5 | 18 July 2009 | Lin family murders |
Air accident | Caboolture Airfield, Caboolture, Queensland | 5 | 22 March 2014 | Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.[234] |
Mass murder | Lockhart, New South Wales | 5 | September 2014 | Geoff Hunt fatally shot his wife and three children on the family property before committing suicide in a dam.[235] |
Flood | Caboolture, Queensland | 5 | 2 May 2015 | Cars were swept off roads by floodwaters in Caboolture.[236] |
Air accident | Essendon, Victoria | 5 | 21 February 2017 | 2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash |
Flood/cyclone | North and Central Coast, Queensland | 4–5 | December 1990 and January 1991 | Extensive damage from flooding caused by Cyclone Joy[237][238] |
Heatwave | Melbourne | 4+ | December 1990 | Likelihood of additional unreported deaths[239] |
Insurrection | Norfolk Island | 4 | 1 July 1846 | Convict Mutiny. One overseer and three constables murdered. 13 convicts were later executed.[240] |
Air accident | Lady Julia Percy Island, Victoria | 4 | 15 February 1944 | RAAF Avro Anson crashed on island near Western Victorian coast. Crew had become disorientated in darkness, mistaking island for the nearby mainland.[241] |
Sinking | Cairns, Queensland | 4 | 13 September 1947 | HMAS Warrnambool. Sunk while clearing minefields after World War II.[242] |
Landslide | Steavensen Falls, Victoria | 4 | 9 January 1968 | Four teenage bushwalkers killed when section of cliff broke away and rolled downhill to group's location. Three others survived with injuries.[190] |
Road accident | Lamington National Park, Queensland | 4 | 21 April 1979 | Brisbane Girls Grammar school bus crash.[190] |
Boating accident | Lake Alexandrina, South Australia | 4 | 22 August 1987 | Canoeists on Scout excursion lost when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters. Two scouts and two adult supervisors drowned.[190] |
Bushfire | Eastern Seaboard, New South Wales | 4 | January 1994 | Over 800 bushfires. 4 of the dead were firefighters[243] |
Road/Sport accident | Stuart Highway, Northern Territory | 4 | 24 May 1994 | 2 checkpoint officials and 2 occupants killed when a competing car lost control at high-speed and ploughed into a checkpoint.[244] |
Flood | Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales | 4 | May 1996 | [245] |
Fire | Indian Ocean | 4 | 5 May 1998 | HMAS Westralia. Unsuitable fuel hose in engine room bursts, spraying diesel which ignites, creating a fireball below deck.[246] |
Mining accident | Parkes, New South Wales | 4 | 25 November 1999 | A 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 accident | Newman, Western Australia | 4 | 26 January 2001 | Fuel starvation on Western Australia Police aircraft.[247] |
Landslide | Cradle Mountain National Park | 4 | 18 February 2001 | 4 people died when landslide causes a bus to fall into a ravine[248] |
Air accident | Toowoomba, Queensland | 4 | 27 November 2001 | Plane hit powerlines[249] |
Rail accident | Salisbury railway station, Adelaide | 4 | 24 October 2002 | The Ghan passenger train hit a car and a bus at a busy level crossing at Salisbury, in Adelaide's north.[250] |
Bushfire | Canberra | 4 | 18 January 2003 | 2003 Canberra bushfires. Bushfire reaches capital city suburbs[251] |
Sinking | Sydney Harbour | 4 | 28 March 2007 | HarbourCat ferry Pam Burridge collides with pleasure cruiser Merinda.[252][253] |
Flood | Sydney, Hunter Region and Central Coast, New South Wales | 4* | 21–24 April 2015 | Flood deaths occurred in Maitland and Dungog. *An additional four deaths occurred in NSW as a result of vehicle accidents on wet roads.[254] |
Bushfire | Esperance, Western Australia | 4 | 17 November 2015 | Three of the dead were foreign nationals.[255] |
Air accident | Barwon Heads, Victoria | 4 | 29 January 2016 | Light aircraft en route to King Island crashed into ocean near Victorian coast.[256] |
Amusement park accident | Coomera, Queensland | 4 | 25 October 2016 | Thunder River Rapids Ride accident at Dreamworld.[257] |
Massacre | Stringybark Creek, Victoria | 3 | 26 October 1878 | Three policemen murdered by outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang.[258] |
Civil unrest | Melbourne CBD, Victoria | 3 | 2–4 November 1923 | Victorian Police Strike. This event prompted widespread looting and rioting in central Melbourne.[259] |
Fire/explosion | Port Adelaide, South Australia | 3 | 26 April 1924 | Three firemen died after the SS City of Singapore, fully loaded with flammable cargo, caught fire and exploded. 10 other people were injured.[260] |
Air accident | Tambo, Queensland | 3 | 24 March 1927 | Qantas de Havilland DH-9C crash[261] |
Serial killing | Melbourne | 3 | May 1942 | Three 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.[262] |
Air accident | Maroochydore, Queensland | 3 | 30 December 1950 | A routine shark patrol during the Christmas holidays, crashed into a crowded beach killing 3 children and injuring 14 others. |
Cyclone | Townsville, Queensland | 3 | December 1971 | Cyclone Althea. Cyclone and storm surge.[40] |
Terrorism | Sydney | 3 | 13 February 1978 | Sydney Hilton bombing. Bomb explosion outside Sydney Hilton Hotel during the CHOGRM[263] |
Cyclone | south of Innisfail, Queensland | 3 | February 1986 | Category 3 Cyclone Winifred in region from Cairns to Ingham.[40][264] |
Drowning | Mount Field National Park, Tasmania | 3 | 3 July 1990 | School outdoor excursion. Two students and one teacher drowned whilst crossing creek.[190] |
Bushfire | Ferny Creek, Victoria, | 3 | 21 January 1997 | 3 dead in bushfire lit by arsonist. |
Drowning | Sandbar Beach, Pacific Palms, New South Wales | 3 | 15 December 1998 | Young Christian group on beach trip, three drowned when caught in rip current.[190] |
Flood | Katherine, Northern Territory | 3 | January 1998 | Flooding cause by ex-tropical cyclone Les.[40] |
Severe storm | Hunter Region, New South Wales, Sydney and central western regions | 3 | November 2001 | [265] |
Air accident | Near Hamilton Island, Queensland | 3 | 17 October 2003 | CQ Rescue Bell 407 Helicopter on a medical retrieval flight crashed into sea en route to Hamilton Island.[266] |
Explosion | Near Gladstone, South Australia | 3 | 9 May 2006 | Three 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 70km away.[267] |
Road accident/fire | Melbourne | 3 | 23 March 2007 | Burnley Tunnel Fire. Traffic accident resulting in explosion and fire.[268] |
Bushfire | Boorabbin National Park, Western Australia | 3 | 27 December 2009 | Three 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 accident | Lake Eyre, South Australia | 3 | 19 August 2011 | Three men, including journalist Paul Lockyer, were killed when an ABC helicopter crashed whilst filming a documentary on un-usual flooding occurring at Lake Eyre.[269] |
Wall Collapse | Melbourne, Victoria | 3 | 28 March 2013 | Three pedestrians killed when a brick wall collapsed in Swanston St in the CBD of Melbourne.[270] |
Terrorism | Sydney, New South Wales | 3 | 16 December 2014 | 2014 Sydney hostage crisis: The hostage-taker and two hostages were killed.[271] |
Workplace Accident | Oolong, New South Wales | 3 | 16 February 2017 | Three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while cleaning the interior of a water tank on a rural property.[272] |
Fire | Footscray, Victoria | 3 | 1 March 2017 | Three homeless people died in a fire in a dis-used factory.[273] |
Riot | Young, New South Wales | 2* | 30 June 1861 | Lambing 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.[274] |
Air accident | North Melbourne | 2 | 4 September 1943 | An RAAF Vultee Vengeance crashed near Macaulay railway station after giving aerial demonstration over Flemington racecourse. Both crew on board were killed.[275] |
Air accident | Bluff Downs, Queensland | 2 | 9 April 1984 | Two RAAF Mirage fighter jets collided in mid-air.[276] |
Industrial explosion | Longford, Victoria | 2 | 25 September 1998 | a 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.[277] |
Bushfire | Blue Mountains, NSW | 2 | 17 October 2013 | A 43-year-old father water-bomber pilot and a 63-year-old man |
Bushfire | Grampians, Victoria | 2 | 22 January 2006 | A father and son died in a bushfire in Victoria's west |
Rail accident | Trawalla, Victoria | 2 | 28 April 2006 | 2 people killed in level-crossing train accident at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria[278] |
Electrocution | Rainbow, Victoria | 2 | 16 March 2010 | Father and son killed on their farm whilst moving a windmill which touched overhead power lines. Two other people badly injured.[279] |
Avalanche | Mt Bogong, Victoria | 2 | 10 July 2014 | Two snowboarders buried in avalanche.[280] |
Workplace accident | Wetherill Park, New South Wales | 2 | 23 April 2015 | Two workers crushed by falling timber inside a shipping container at a truck body manufacturing centre.[281] |
Bushfire | Yarloop, Western Australia | 2 | 8 January 2016 | [282] |
Riot | Brisbane, Queensland | 1 | 26–27 November 1942 | Battle 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.[283] |
Building implosion | Canberra, ACT. | 1 | 13 July 1997 | Royal Canberra Hospital Implosion. Spectator killed by falling debris.[284] |
Hailstorm | Sydney, New South Wales | 1 | 14 April 1999 | 1999 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). |
Asphyxiation | Sydney, New South Wales | 1 | 26 January 2001 | Big Day Out Concert. Teenage girl crushed in mosh pit.[285] |
Cyclone | Queensland | 1 | 20 March 2006 | Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry |
Mine disaster | Beaconsfield, Tasmania | 1 | 25 April 2006 | Beaconsfield Mine collapse |
Flood | Mackay, Queensland | 1 | 16 February 2008 | Multiple 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.[citation needed] |
Cyclone | Queensland | 1 | 3 February 2011 | Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi |
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The Canberra bushfires of 2003 claimed 4 lives.
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Roadside memorials at Cardross, Victoria, where 6 teenagers lost their lives in a hit-and-run accident on 18 February 2006.
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The crash of the Southern Cloud in 1931 claimed 8 lives.
Significant incidents of Australians being killed overseas
Excludes deaths attributable to war.
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Terrorism | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 88 | 12 October 2002 | 2002 Bali bombings |
Missile strike | Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | 27 | 17 July 2014 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Tsunami | Thailand and Sri Lanka | 26 | 26 December 2004 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
Air accident | Denpasar, Indonesia | 16 | 22 April 1974 | Pan Am Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain, a total of 107 people were killed.[286] |
Flood | Saxeten, Switzerland | 14 | 28 July 1999 | Flash flood hits canyoning expedition |
Terrorism | New York City and Arlington County, United States | 11 | 11 September 2001 | 11 September 2001 attacks. |
Air accident | Nias Island, Indonesia | 9 | 2 April 2005 | 2005 Nias Island Sea King crash crashes while providing relief services to victims of the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake |
Air accident | near Isurava, Papua New Guinea | 9 | 12 August 2009 | Airlines PNG Flight 4684 |
Road accident | near Cairo, Egypt | 6 | 10 January 2006 | Tourist bus crash [287] |
Air accident | Republic of the Congo | 6 | 20 June 2010 | 2010 Cameroon Aéro Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash |
Air accident | Pakse, Laos | 6 | 16 October 2013 | Lao Airlines Flight 301 |
Air accident | Southern Indian Ocean (presumed) | 6 | 8 March 2014 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 |
Road Accident | Yamuna Highway, Northern India | 6 | 10 January 2016 | Five members of an Indian-Australian family killed in car accident while traveling between Delhi and Agra, sixth member later died in hospital.[288][289] |
Massacre | Balibo, East Timor | 5 | 16 October 1975 | Balibo 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.[290] |
Air accident | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 5 | 7 March 2007 | Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 |
Tsunami | Samoa | 5 | 30 September 2009 | 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami |
Sinking | North Atlantic Ocean | 4 | 15 April 1912 | Sinking of RMS Titanic. Two other Australians survived.[291] |
Air accident | near San Francisco | 4+ | 29 October 1953 | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304 crashes on approach to San Francisco. |
Massacre | Waco, Texas | 4* | 28 February-19 April 1993 | Waco Siege.[292] *Two of the Australian victims were also pregnant at the time. At least two other Australians were amongst 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 collapse | Ramat Gan, Israel | 4 | 14 July 1997 | Maccabiah bridge collapse |
Terrorism | Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 4 | 1 October 2005 | 2005 Bali bombings |
Air accident | Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia | 3 | 4 December 1977 | Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 |
Fire | Manoharpur, Odisha, India | 3 | 22 January 1999 | Australian missionary Graham Staines and sons killed in arson attack |
Terrorism | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3 | 17 July 2009 | JW Marriott/Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing |
Air Accident | Misima Island, Papua New Guinea | 3 | 31 August 2010 | Cessna Citation crashed on landing. One New Zealander also killed.[293][294] |
Air Accident | Weybridge, United Kingdom | 2 | 13 April 1922 | Vickers Viking, piloted by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith, crashed on test flight |
Air accident | London, United Kingdom | 2 | 4 November 1967 | Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed while landing at Heathrow Airport |
Terrorism | Mumbai, India | 2 | November 2008 | November 2008 Mumbai attacks |
Air accident | off Mauritius | 2 | 28 November 1987 | South African Airways Flight 295 |
Air accident | near Qazvin, Iran | 2 | 15 July 2009 | Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 |
Air accident | Near Hawaii, United States | 2 | 24 February 1989 | United Airlines Flight 811 between Honolulu and Auckland experiences explosive decompression |
Air accident | Los Rodeos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | 2 | 27 March 1977 | KLM and Pan Am jumbos collide on runway (Tenerife airport disaster) |
Terrorism | Roermond, Netherlands | 2 | 27 May 1990 | Australian tourists shot by the Provisional IRA, in the mistaken belief they are British military personnel |
Air accident | Bay of Bengal | 2 | 8 November 1935 | Lady Southern Cross, piloted by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, crashes en route between Allahabad, India and Singapore |
Typhoon | The Philippines | 2 | 8 November 2013 | Typhoon Haiyan[295] |
Road accident | Narok, Kenya | 2 | 7 September 2014 | Tourist bus crash.[296] |
Air accident | Southern Alps, France | 2 | 24 March 2015 | Germanwings Flight 9525 [297] |
Murder | Sinaloa, Mexico | 2 | 20–21 November 2015 | Two Australian surfers murdered.[298] |
Sinking | Zeebrugge, Belgium | 1 | 6 March 1987 | Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.[299] |
Terrorism | Lockerbie, Scotland | 1 | 21 December 1988 | Pan Am Flight 103. Although a resident of South Africa, the victim was an Australian national.[300] |
Terrorism | Nairobi, Kenya | 1 | 21–24 September 2013 | Westgate Shopping Mall Attack.[301] |
Avalanche | Mt Everest, Himalayas | 1 | 16 October 2013 | Australian tourist killed in avalanche.[302] |
Terrorism | Tunis, Tunisia | 1 | 18 March 2015 | Bardo National Museum attack [303] |
Earthquake | Nepal | 1 | 25 April 2015 | April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Australian killed below Mt Everest in avalanche triggered by quake.[304] |
See also
- Lists of shipwrecks
- Timeline of major crimes in Australia
- List of massacres of Indigenous Australians
- List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
- List of disasters in Canada by death toll
- List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
- List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
- List of disasters in Poland by death toll
- List of disasters in the United States by death toll
References
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