List of disasters in Australia by death toll

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

100 or more deaths

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Pandemic	Australia-wide	19,265<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	2020 Jan – 2023 May	COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic	Australia-wide	12,000+	1918–1920	1918 flu pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epidemic	Australia-wide	8,000+	1875–1876	Scarlet fever epidemic.<ref>Curson, P H. Times of Crisis: Epidemics in Sydney 1788–1900. Sydney University Press, 1988. p-74.</ref>
Volcanic eruption	Territory of Papua and New Guinea	2,942	1951 Jan	1951 eruption of Mount Lamington.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Industrial	Wittenoom	2,000+	1940s–1960s	Environmental and public health catastrophe. It involved the mining of blue asbestos at Wittenoom Gorge from the 1940s to the 1960s. Due to inadequate safety measures, workers and residents were exposed to deadly asbestos fibers, leading to widespread cases of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. It is known as the worst industrial catastrophe in Australian history.
Epidemic	Western Australia	2,000+	1891–1910	Australia's worst typhoid epidemic. Worst-affected areas were the WA Goldfields where overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions were rife. Official death toll was close to 2,000 but actual toll much higher.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epidemic	Australia-wide	1,013	1946–1955	Polio epidemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epidemic	New South Wales	750 to 2,600	1789	Smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal peoples<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Epidemic	Sydney, New South Wales	748	1867 Feb–June	Measles epidemic in Sydney city & inner suburbs. Most of the victims were children under the age of 4.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epidemic	Australia-wide	535	1900–1925	Bubonic plague.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfires	Australia-wide	479	2019–2020	The Black Summer bushfires killed 479 people; 34 people from flames, and 445 people from smoke exposure. Future deaths from cardiovascular conditions and cancer are predicted.[1]
Heat wave	Victoria	438	1938 Dec – 1939 Feb	Heat wave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	South-eastern Australia	437	1895 Dec – 1896 Jan	Widespread heat wave killed 437, including 47 in Bourke, New South Wales.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Bathurst Bay, Queensland	410	1899 Mar 4	Cyclone Mahina; estimated toll.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	King Island, Tasmania	406	1845 Aug 4	The 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="EMACataraqui">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> With 400 dead (another source states 406), it was Australia's worst civil maritime disaster.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="EMACataraqui"/>
Heat wave	South-eastern Australia	374	2009 Jan 25 – 9 Feb	A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over Template:Convert, a high of Template:Convert and a record overnight minimum of Template:Convert on 28 January.<ref>75 excess deaths attributed to heat stress were recorded in the Adelaide metropolitan area, 33 in Melbourne and an unknown number in country areas.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massacre	Gippsland Victoria	300+	1840–1850	Gippsland 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. Estimated 300 people were killed.
Shipwreck	Template:Nowrap	286	1712 Jun	Sinking of Dutch ship Zuytdorp, which was wrecked off the coast near Kalbarri.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> There has been speculation that there were survivors, who may have been assisted by local Aboriginal Australians.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland	268	1943 May 14	Centaur memorial Sinking of AHS Centaur. Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Centaur memorial, in Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland, commemorates the sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur in 1943, which claimed 268 lives.
Heat wave	Southern states	246	1907 Dec – 1908 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air raids	Darwin, Northern Territory	243	1942 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 10 am, the second around 11:45 am.<ref name="NNAdarwin"/> The toll may have been higher because itinerants and Aboriginal Australians may be under-represented in the official count.<ref name="NNAdarwin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Prison break	Cowra, New South Wales	235–238	1944 Aug 5	Cowra breakout. Japanese prisoners of war Escape by Japanese POWs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>[2] Template:Webarchive</ref> Japanese prisoners of war practise baseball on the sports ground near their quarters, several weeks before the 1944 Cowra breakout, in which at least 235 people died
Pandemic	Australia-wide	234	1890	1889-90 flu pandemic<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	King Island, Tasmania	224	1835 May 13	The convict ship the Template:Ship, was wrecked on Navarine Reef near King Island in the early hours of 13 May 1835.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Western Australia	212	1726	Aagtekerke. Possibly WA, but there is some doubt on this.<ref>nl:Lijst van rampen buiten Nederland met Nederlandse dodelijke slachtoffers</ref>
Massacre	Coniston Station, Northern Territory	200	Template:Nowrap	Coniston massacre
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 28	The Vergulde Draeck bound for Batavia, was wrecked near Ledge Point on 28 April 1656.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Bushfires	Victoria	173	2009 Feb 7	The Black Saturday bushfires broke out on 7 February 2009, strong winds gusted up to 100 km/h, allowing the fires to spread quickly.<ref name="BlackSat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The final death toll was 173, with over 2000 houses destroyed.<ref name="BlackSat"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone/sinking	Western Australia	150+	1912 Mar 21–22	The Template:SS was lost in a cyclone between Port Hedland and Broome during a cyclone with all on board (around 158 people).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cyclone crossed the Western Australia coast around Balla Balla, early on 22nd.<ref name="bomRoebourne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several other ships and vessels were also wrecked in the cyclone, claiming another 15 lives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat waves	Australia-wide	147	1920–1921	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Heat waves	Australia-wide	143 +	1911–1912	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Cyclone	Broome, Western Australia	141	1935 Mar 26	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia	140	1884	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia	140	1887 Apr 22	A 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.<ref name="BOMbroome"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Shipwreck	D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania	133	1835 Apr 12	George III<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Cape York, Queensland	133	1890 Feb 28	The RMS Quetta, sank in around 3 minutes, with the loss of 134 of her 292 passengers and crew.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Southern states	130	1926 Dec – 1927 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck/mutiny/ massacre	Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia	125+	1629 Jun – Jul	The Dutch ship Batavia was wrecked in the Abrolhos Islands early on 4 June 1629.<ref name="WAmuseum1629">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> After some of the crew left for help, mutineers murdered at least 125 of the survivors, while 40 drowned when the wreck broke up.<ref name="WAmuseum1629"/><ref name="ABCbatavia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="ABCbatavia"/>
Heat wave	Australia-wide	122 +	1913–1914	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Cyclone/sinking	North-eastern Queensland	122	1911 Mar 16	Template:SS<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Sydney	121	1857 Aug 20	Dunbar. 1 survivor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Australia-wide	112	1939–1940	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Australia-wide	109	1909 Dec – 1910 Feb	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Southern regions, Australia	105 +	1959 Jan – Feb	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HeatEvents1844">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Cyclone/sinking	Ayr, Queensland	102–112	1875 Feb 24	Template:SS. Records of passengers vary.<ref name="TCimpactsEcoast">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

50 to 99 deaths

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Heat wave	Southern regions Australia	99	1972 Dec – 1973 Feb	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Northern Queensland	99	1934 Mar 12	A tropical cyclone crossed the North Queensland coast around Cape Tribulation, which generated a 9.1 storm surge.<ref name="EMA1934tc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> A pearling fleet off the coast was damaged, with 75 people reported lost (one source says 99).<ref name="TCimpactsEcoast"/><ref name="EMA1934tc"/>
Explosion	Mount Kembla, New South Wales	96	1902 Jul 31	Mount Kembla Mine disaster. Coal mine gas explosion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Montebello Islands, Western Australia	93	1622 May 24	Tryall. Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Gundagai, New South Wales	89	1852 Jun 24–25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Near Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia	89	1859 Aug 6	Template:SS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> South Australia's worst loss of life.
Air raid	Broome, Western Australia	88	1942 Mar 3	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	84	1977 Jan 18	Granville railway disaster. Derailment followed by bridge collapse.
Sinking	Template:Nowrap	82	1964 Feb 10	Melbourne–Voyager collision – Template:HMAS sank after collision with Template:HMAS.
Explosion	Bulli, New South Wales	81	1887 Mar 23	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	King Island, Tasmania	79	1874 May 23	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Queensland coast, particularly Innisfail	77+	1918 Mar 10	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Storms	New South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney	77	1866 Jul 12	60 lives lost on Template:SS alone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Mount Mulligan, Queensland	75	1921 Sep 19	Mount Mulligan mine disaster caused by coal dust explosion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Victoria and South Australia	75	1983 Feb 16	Ash Wednesday bushfires<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Green Cape, New South Wales	71	1886 May 30	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Victoria	71	1939 Jan 13	Black Friday bushfires.
Cyclone	Darwin	71	1974 Dec 25	Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin on Christmas Day 1974. Top wind gust recorded was Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Clermont, Queensland	65	1916 Dec 27	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Tasmania	64	1967 Feb 7	Now known as Black Tuesday, 64 people died, and 7,000 left homeless as over a hundred fires burned in southern Tasmania.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cyclone	Near Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia	61–71	1894 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia	60	1727	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Shipwreck	Newcastle, New South Wales	60	1866 Jul 12	The paddle steamer SS Cawarra sank during a storm in Newcastle Harbour, there was only one survivor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Victoria	60	1926 Feb–Mar	The worst fires occurred on 14 February (Black Sunday) in the Gippsland region and other areas, where 31 people died at Warburton, Victoria.<ref name="ffm.vic.gov.au">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Houses and buildings were destroyed in many places including Erica and Belgrave.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The town of Noojee was destroyed, with only the hotel left standing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In all, over the two-month period, 60 people died and 1,000 buildings were destroyed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia	59–69	1875 Dec – 1876 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Mutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria	53	1878 Jun 1	Loch Ard. Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epidemic	Southern States	51	1881–1885	Smallpox epidemic.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Bushfire	Victoria	51	Template:Nowrap	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Brisbane, Queensland	50	1896 Feb 13	Capsize of the ferry Pearl<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Around Broome, Western Australia	50	1908 Apr 26–27	A tropical cyclone impacted the Broome region, which wrecked the pearling fleet in the area, and resulted in the loss of 50 lives.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

20 to 49 deaths

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Shipwreck	Christmas Island	48	2010 Dec 15	2010 Christmas Island boat disaster
Cyclone/Flood	Template:Nowrap, Queensland	47	1927 Feb 9	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Nowrap	New South Wales, North Coast	46	1923	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Template:VICcity, Victoria	44	1908 Apr 20	Sunshine 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<ref name="EMAsunshine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Template:TAScity, Tasmania	42+	1912 Oct 12	1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster. Mine fire. True toll may be higher due to subsequent deaths from the effects of the fire<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Sydney	40–42	1927 Nov 3	Greycliffe disaster<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Near Template:SAcity, South Australia	40	1909 Jan 31	Template:SS<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Template:WAcity, Western Australia	40	1910 Nov 19	This tropical cyclone was probably Broome's most destructive, with maximum wind gusts estimated to be Template:Convert. There were 40 deaths, and 34 pearling luggers lost with severe damage in the Broome area.<ref name="BOMbroome"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air disaster	Near Template:QLDcity, Queensland	40	1943 Jun 14	Bakers Creek air crash. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off<ref>Vogel, Steve, "Searching for a Home for a World War II Memorial", The Washington Post, [3]</ref>
Flooding	Queensland	38	2010 Dec – 2011 Jan	2010–11 Queensland floods. 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing (presumed dead)
Shipwreck	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	36	1872	Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aboriginal people, other survivors were helped by Aboriginal people<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	35–48	1886 Dec 8	Solitary Islands, Keilawarra - Helen Nicoll collision<ref>Template:Cite news {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	35	1876 Sep 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Shipwreck	Template:VICcity, Victoria	35	1887 Oct 20	SS Cheviot
Flood	Template:Nowrap	35	1934 Nov 29 – 1 Dec	Torrential rainfall of up to Template:Convert. Yarra River becomes raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bridge collapse	Melbourne	35	1970 Oct 15	West Gate Bridge. 35 construction workers died due to a collapse during construction. Australia's worst industrial accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	35	1989 Dec 22	Kempsey bus crash<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shooting	Template:TAScity, Tasmania	35	1996 Apr 28	Port Arthur massacre
Bushfire	Australia-wide	34	2019 Oct – 2020 Jan	2019-20 Australian bushfire season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Death toll included 3 US fire-fighters.
Shipwreck	Near Template:SAcity, South Australia	31	1876 Jun 14	Geltwood. Wreck not found for two weeks. No survivors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Shipwreck	Off Wilsons Promontory in Bass Strait, Victoria	31	1935 Dec 1	SS Paringa Sunk during storm while towing another vessel. All officers and crew lost.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Canal Creek, Queensland	31	1943 19 Dec	Canal Creek air crash of Dakota C-47 of the 22d Troop Carrier Squadron, all on board killed.<ref name="site">Roberts, Alice; Mackay, Jacquie (22 May 2012) A site to remember: Canal Creek air disaster, ABC Capricornia. Retrieved 27 August 2019.</ref>
Insurrection	Castle Hill, New South Wales	30*	1804 Mar 4–5	Castle Hill convict rebellion. An additional nine convicts were later executed for participating in the rebellion. *Exact death toll unknown, likely to be higher.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Memorial at Castle Hill gives a figure of 45 lives lost.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Queensland coast, particularly Mackay	30	1918 Jan	Mackay Cyclone<ref name="bom.gov.au"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Melbourne	30	1966 Aug 13	William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute men.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near York, east of Perth, Western Australia	29	1950 Jun 26	The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Mackay, Queensland	29	1960 Jun 10	Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed into sea.
Cyclone/sinking.	Western Australia	29	1991 Apr 17–20	Tropical Cyclone Fifi. 27 were lost in shipwreck of Mineral Diamond, off the Western Australia coastline.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Myall Creek, near Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	28	1838 Jun 9	Myall Creek massacre. 28 Aboriginal people killed by white stockmen<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Riot and insurrection	Ballarat, Victoria	28	1854 Dec 3	Eureka Stockade. 28 confirmed, exact death toll remains unknown, could possibly be as high as 80.
Cyclone	Template:NTcity, Northern Territory	28	1897 Jan	1897 Darwin cyclone<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Kangaroo Island, South Australia	27	1905 Sep	Loch Vennachar<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	27	1926 Sep 13	The Murulla rail accident. The North West Mail train collided with five runaway wagons at Murulla, near Murrurundi, which resulted in 27 deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sea battle	Port Jackson, New South Wales	27	1942 May 31 – 1 Jun	Attack on Sydney Harbour. Japanese submarine attack on allied shipping. Death toll includes attackers.
Air accident	Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland	27	1943 Aug 7	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck/massacre	Template:SAcity, South Australia	26	1840	Maria. Survivors murdered.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brutal punitive expedition ordered by Governor Gawler.
Explosion	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales	26	1945 May 21	Kapooka Army Base soldiers received instruction of demolition work in a bunker which was Template:Convert below the ground when an explosion took place which resulted in Australia's largest military funeral.<ref>Wagga Wagga City Council Template:Webarchive, 4. Bomb Site at Kapooka</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Gold Coast and northern New South Wales	26–30	1954 Feb 20–21	A tropical cyclone (known as The Gold Coast Cyclone) crossed the coast late evening on 20 February 1954 at Coolangatta.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref name="HardenUpQLD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 9 am on 21st.<ref name="HardenUpQLD"/> There was widespread severe flooding over many areas of NSW and between 26 and 30 people died in the event.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:WAcity, Western Australia	26	1968 Dec 31	In-flight break up of MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 (Vickers Viscount)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Template:VICcity, Victoria	25	1943	Wodonga level crossing accident. Passenger steam train collided with a bus carrying thirty-four army personnel<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Seven-Mile Beach, near Hobart, Tasmania	25	1946 Mar	1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crashed into the sea.<ref name="ema.gov.au"/>
Flood	Hunter Valley, New South Wales	25	1955 Feb	1955 Hunter Valley floods. Most deaths were around Singleton and Maitland, but most other river systems in the state were also in flood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Gosford, New South Wales	24	1898 May 6	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Template:WAcity, Western Australia	24	1909 Apr 5–6	A tropical cyclone crossed the coast near Onslow, causing extensive damage in the town, with the tramline partly washed away.<ref name="nlaOnslow1909">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Four luggers and 24–25 crew were lost during the cyclone.<ref name="nlaOnslow1909"/><ref name="bomTConslow">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	24	1966 Sep 22	Ansett-ANA Viscount disaster. Flight 149 en route Mount Isa – Longreach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Kudjeru Gap, in the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea	24	1972 Aug	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	1969 Jan	280 fires. 17 casualties at Lara<ref name="dse.vic.gov.au">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mine disaster	Creswick, Victoria	22	1882 Dec 12	New Australasia gold mine. 44 miners trapped when a flooded mine shaft is breached. 22 men drown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Northern Tasmania	22	1929 Apr	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	South-east Queensland	22	2000 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Queensland and New South Wales	22	2022 Feb – Mar	2022 eastern Australia floods. Severe flooding across South East Queensland and Northern Rivers in New South Wales resulted in 22 deaths.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Shipwreck	Off Gabo Island, Victoria	21	1901 Mar 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	21	1949 Mar 10	1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash – aircraft crashed shortly after take-off due to incorrect loading.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	21	1969 Aug 25	The Noongah sank.
Road accident	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	21	1989 Oct 20	Grafton bus crash. A head-on collision between a tourist coach and a truck.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Between 10 and 20

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Air accident	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	20	1944 Sep 7	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	1816 Sep	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	19	1981 Aug 25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Rewan, south of Template:QLDcity, Queensland	19	1943 Nov 16	Rewan air crash of Dakota C-47 of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron crashed, all killed<ref name="monument">Dakota C-47 Air Crash Memorial, Monuments Australia website. Accessed 28 August 2019.</ref>
Shipwreck	Sydney Harbour, New South Wales	19	1938 Feb 13	Capsize of launch Rodney<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Shipwreck	Port Willunga, South Australia	18	1888 Jul 13	Star of Greece was driven aground in a storm 200 yards from the beach at Port Willunga, ten survivors<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Dandenong Ranges, Victoria	18	1938 Oct 25	1938 Kyeema crash
Air accident	Perth Airport, Western Australia	18	1949 Jul 2	1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash – aircraft crashed a minute after take-off, killing all 18 people on board<ref>Sunday Times – 3 July 1949 Retrieved 7 October 2011</ref>
Road accident	Tumut Pond Dam, New South Wales	18	1973 Sep 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Air accident	Townsville, Queensland	18	1996 Jun 12	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Landslide	Thredbo, New South Wales	18	1997 Jul 30	1997 Thredbo landslide
Rail accident	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	17	1944 Jan 20	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Wasleys Crossing, near Gawler, South Australia	17	1970 Apr 12	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	17	1972 Jul 31	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Heat wave	South-eastern regions	17	1993 Feb 1 – 10	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Bass Strait, Victoria	16	1934 Nov 29	Template:SS left Warrnambool for Melbourne and was never seen again. Believed lost during storm<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Camp Mountain, Queensland	16	1947 May 5	Camp Mountain train disaster. A crowded picnic train derailed on bend
Fire	Sylvania Heights, New South Wales	16	1981 Apr 29	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Boating accident	Territory of Papua and New Guinea	15+	1959 July 15	The Muniara, owned by Steamships Trading Company, capsized after repeated requests for repairs had been ignored and overloading of timber had been reported, killing 14 crew and an unknown number of passengers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Boating accident	Mornington Peninsula, Victoria	15	1892 May 21	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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Near Cape Schanck, Victoria	15	1893 Dec 28	Template:SS
Boat accident	Sydney Harbour	15	1909 Jan	HMS Encounter v Dunmore<ref>1909 Trove searches</ref>
Bombings	Kalgoorlie	15	1942 Feb 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Botany Bay, New South Wales	15	1961 Nov 30	Ansett-ANA Flight 325 – Vickers Viscount aeroplane crash. All on board died<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Fortitude Valley, Queensland	15	1973 Mar 8	Whiskey Au Go Go fire, caused by arson
Fire	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	15	1975 Dec 25	Savoy Hotel fire caused by arson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone/sinking	Near Template:WAcity, Western Australia	15	1979	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	South-eastern region	15	1981 Feb	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	15	2000 Jun	Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire, caused by arson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	15	2005 May 7	In the Lockhart River air disaster an aeroplane crashed on approach to land, killing all on board<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Townsville and Charters Towers, Queensland	14	1903 Mar 9	Cyclone Leonta killed 12 people in Townsville and 2 in Charters Towers and caused massive property damage across North Queensland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Dandenong Ranges and Template:VICcity, Victoria	14*	1962 Jan 14 – 16	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dse.vic.gov.au"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfires	Template:Nowrap	14*	1968 Jan	*Sources vary on death toll but most say 14<ref name="ema.gov.au"/>
Cyclone	Whitsunday Islands, Queensland	14	1970 Jan 17 – 18	Tropical 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<ref name="TCimpactsEcoast"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Brisbane, Queensland	14	1974 Jan 27	1974 Brisbane flood. Cyclone Wanda<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Explosion	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	14	1979 Jul 24	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone/flood	Queensland and Template:Nowrap	14	2017 Mar 27 – Apr 1	Cyclone Debbie causes severe flooding throughout Queensland and New South Wales, with resultant severe damage<ref name="Aon Benfield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Wonthaggi, Victoria	13	1937 Feb 15	Dalyson Colliery<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Boating accident	Grafton, New South Wales	13	1943 Dec 11	13 Cub scouts drowned crossing the Clarence River when their punt capsized.<ref>13 Dec 1943 – 13 BOYS DROWNED IN CLARENCE RIVER TRAGEDY – Trove</ref>
Air accident	Nundle, New South Wales	13	1948 Sep	DC3 Lutana near Tamworth<ref>Trove search for many results 1948 Sep</ref>
Explosion	Kianga, near Template:QLDcity, Queensland	13	1975 Sep 20	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Sydney Airport, New South Wales	13	1980 Feb 21	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Alice Springs, Northern Territory	13	1989 Aug 13	1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Earthquake	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	13	1989 Dec 28	1989 Newcastle earthquake
Bushfire	Template:VICcity, Plenty Ranges, Westernport Wimmera and Dandenong districts, Victoria	12*	1851 Feb 6	"Black Thursday" bushfires. *Approximately 12 fatalities, one million sheep, thousands of cattle, Template:Convert burnt<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Template:Nowrap	Hawkesbury River, New South Wales	12	1936 Oct 18	Wedding party boat foundered during wind squall<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Flood	Template:NSWcity, New South Wales	12	1867 Jun 21	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Calgardup Bay, Western Australia	12	1876 Dec 1	Template:SS<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Wollongong, New South Wales	12	1949 Feb 22	Template:SS<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bushfire	Gippsland, Victoria	12	1898 Feb 1	"Red Tuesday" bushfires. Template:Convert burnt, 12 people killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed<ref name="ReferenceA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bridge collapse	Hobart, Tasmania	12	1975 Jan 5	Tasman 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 accident	Adavale, Queensland	12	1983 Aug 28	A charter flight from Windorah to Toowoomba broke up in flight and crashed on the evening of 28 August 1983, near Adavale<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	12	1986 Jul 16	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Dungog, New South Wales	12	1991 Aug 2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Serial killing	Snowtown, South Australia	12	1992–1999	Snowtown murders<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Boondall, Queensland	12	1994 Oct 24	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shipwreck	Fraser Island, Queensland	11	1864 Mar 19	The 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)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="PanamaWreck">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Near Template:VICcity, Victoria	11	1951 Feb 24	A train collides with a bus at a level crossing<ref name="The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Near Laverton, Western Australia	11	1985 Dec 16	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Cairns, Queensland	11	1975 Oct 23	A de Havilland Heron DH114 aircraft crash landed near Cairns Airport on the night of 23 October, killing all eleven occupants<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	11	1990 May 11	Cessna 500 jet aircraft collided with terrain Template:Convert south of Mareeba Airfield<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident	Tamborine Mountain, Queensland	11	1990 Sep 25	Bus carrying mostly senior citizens from Newcastle, New South Wales overturned and rolled down mountain slope<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Template:QLDcity, Queensland	11	1994 Aug 7	Explosion in Moura No 2 Mine<ref>http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/mines/inspectorate/inquiries/moura2.pdfTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Rail accident	Near Kerang, Victoria	11	2007 May 5	Kerang train crash. A V/Line train collides with a truck at a level crossing<ref name="The Daily Telegraph"/>
Fire	Slacks Creek, Queensland	11	2011 Aug 24	House fire<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Fire	Quakers Hill, New South Wales	11*	2011 Nov 18	Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire. Template:As of, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Shipwreck	Warrnambool, Victoria	10	1921 Jan 9	Motorlaunch 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
Rail accident	Template:Nowrap	10	1925 Jun 9	citation	CitationClass=web }} Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 9 June 2006.</ref>
Rail accident	Near Boronia, Victoria	10	1926 Apr 26	A train collides with a van at a level crossing<ref>25 May 1926 – BORONIA DISASTER – Trove</ref>
Air accident	Canberra, Template:Nowrap	10	1940 Aug 13	Senior War Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff, and others killed when their plane crashed in fine weather
Air accident	Near Template:VICcity, Victoria	10	1945 Jan 31	Crash of Stinson Tokana caused by fatigue crack in wing spar
Massacre	South Australia	10	1971 Sep 6	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident	Merredin, Western Australia	10	1982 Sep 18	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Template:WAcity, Western Australia	10	1988 Dec 16	Mitsubishi MU-2 accident<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident	Wangaratta, Victoria	10	1993 Nov 2	Crash 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 wave	Template:Nowrap	10+	1997 Jan 1 – 2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Storm/flood	Template:Nowrap, New South Wales	10	2007 Jun 8 – 11	Storm and flooding<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Greta, New South Wales	10	2023 Jun 11	Greta bus crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gallery

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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
Rail accident	Richmond railway station, Melbourne	9	1910 Jul 1	Brighton train collided with stationary train at platform.<ref name=TheAge030952>Boronia lesson must be applied The Age 3 September 1952 page 2</ref>
Bushfire	Gippsland, Victoria	9	1932 Feb 4	Locations affected included Gilderoy, Noojee and Erica in North Gippsland. Worst incident was at Erica where six people were killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Boronia, Victoria	9	1951 Jun 1	Bus collided with suburban train.<ref name=TheAge030952/>
Bushfire	Longwood, Victoria	9	Template:Nowrap	Death toll included seven members of one family who were lost when their car crashed and was engulfed in the fires.<ref>2,000 still fight death blaze Canberra Times 19 January 1965 page 3</ref>
Rail accident	Violet Town, Victoria	9	1969 Feb 7	Violet Town rail accident. Head-on collision after driver died at controls.<ref>Violet Town Collision - 1969 Australian Railway History issue 976 February 2019 page 4</ref>
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	9	1981 Aug	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Melbourne, Victoria	9	1987 Dec 8	Queen Street massacre. Shooting massacre
Air accident	Newcastle–Lord Howe Island	9	1994 Oct 2	Seaview Air Aero Commander 690 crashes between Williamtown, NSW and Lord Howe Island.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}, Williamtown-Lord Howe Island, NSW Light Aircraft Crash. Retrieved 14 March 2006.</ref>
Fire	Kew, Victoria	9	1996 Apr 8	Kew Cottages fire. Fire at a Melbourne home for disabled people 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	1996 Sep 27	5 adults and 4 children died when a cliff face collapsed at Cowaramup Bay near Gracetown (Margaret River)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Eyre Peninsula, South Australia	9	2005 Jan 11	Eyre Peninsula bushfire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Storm	Melbourne, Victoria	9	2016 Nov 21	Nine people died of thunderstorm asthma and approximately 8,500 sought hospital treatment after a storm hit Melbourne.<ref name="BBC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Insurrection	Norfolk Island	8	1834 Jan 15	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Civil unrest	Broome, Western Australia	8	1920 Dec 23–26	Broome Race Riots. Brawling and rioting between Japanese and Koepanger (Malay & Timorese) pearl divers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Snowy Mountains, New South Wales	8	1931 Mar 21	Southern Cloud
Air accident	Jervis Bay, New South Wales	8	1943 Apr 14	Two RAAF Bristol Beauforts collided whilst performing demonstration flight for war correspondents on board a naval vessel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Wandilo, South Australia	8	1958 Apr	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Air accident	Golden Grove, South Australia	8	1972 Jul 13	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo plane crash<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Sandy Bay, Tasmania	8	1974 Sep 5	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Western Victoria	8	1977 Feb	Around Streatham was the worst affected area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident	Near Gordonvale, Queensland	8	1987 Feb 4	Bus 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.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Cyclone	Onslow & Carnarvon, Western Australia	8	1995 Feb 24–26	Cyclone Bobby. Seven of the deaths occurred when two fishing trawlers sank near Onslow.
Air accident	Off Whyalla, South Australia	8	2000 May 31	Whyalla Airlines Disaster. All on board drowned, one body was never recovered.
Explosion	Off Dampier, Western Australia	8	2001 Nov 18	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Manoora, Cairns, Queensland	8	2014 Dec 19	Cairns child killings. Eight children were fatally stabbed in a Murray Street residence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.
Rail accident	Cootamundra, New South Wales	7	1885 Jan 25	Derailment when Salt Clay Creek flooded, destroying culvert
Mine disaster	Collinsville, Queensland	7	1954 Oct 13	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Boating accident	Wilson Inlet, Western Australia	7	1911 Nov 5	Seven members of the same family drowned when a small yacht Little Wonder was hit by a squall.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Boating accident	Lake Hume, New South Wales	7	1963 Aug 15	Canoeists on Outward Bound outdoor education trip drowned when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Flood	Canberra	7	1971 Jan 26	1971 Canberra flood. Seven motorists were killed when their cars were swept into a creek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Alice Springs, Northern Territory	7	1972 Jan 20	Beechcraft 65-80 Queen Air accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Serial killing	Near Truro, South Australia	7	1976–1977	Truro murders. Remains of seven young women found in bushland.
Fire	Milsons Point, New South Wales	7	1979 Jun 9	Fire engulfs the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park Sydney. May have been arson.<ref name="SMHmay-26-07">Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Near Charleville, Queensland	7	1981 Sep 19	Cessna U206 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Milperra, New South Wales	7	1984 Sep 2	Milperra massacre. Shooting massacre
Massacre	Clifton Hill, Victoria	7	1987 Aug 9	Hoddle Street massacre. Shooting massacre
Flood	Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria	7	1990	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	South Stradbroke Island, Queensland	7	1991 Mar 3	Sea World helicopter accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Strathfield, New South Wales	7	1991 Aug 17	Strathfield massacre. Shooting massacre
Massacre	Terrigal, New South Wales	7	1992 Oct 27	Central Coast massacre. Shooting massacre
Air accident	Young, New South Wales	7	1993 Jun 11	Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain plane crash.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Hillcrest, Queensland	7	1996 Jan 25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	Around Cairns, Queensland	7	1997 Mar	Cyclone Justin. 1 death from landslide. There were also 26 deaths from the same cyclone in Papua New Guinea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Glenbrook, New South Wales	7	1999 Dec	Glenbrook train disaster. Collision by a CityRail Intercity train into the rear wagon of an Indian Pacific train after "Stop and Proceed".
Heat wave	Around Adelaide, South Australia	7	2000 Feb	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Rail accident	Waterfall, New South Wales	7	2003 Jan	Waterfall rail accident. Excessive speed resulting in derailment after driver died at the controls and 'dead man' safety device failed to function.<ref>Waterfall train had mind of its own, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 2003</ref>
Massacre	Osmington, Western Australia	7	2018 May 11	Osmington shooting. Three adults and four children were shot dead in an alleged murder-suicide on a rural property.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Bondi Junction, New South Wales	7	2024 Apr 13	2024 Westfield Bondi Junction stabbings. A mass stabbing resulted in the deaths of six people before the assailant was shot dead by police.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Industrial accident	Spotswood, Victoria	6	1895	Spotswood Sewer Disaster. The drilling of an underground sewer in Melbourne went too close to the Yarra River.<ref>Westgate Bridge Memorial Committee Template:Webarchive, Spotswood Sewer Disaster</ref>
Massacre	Alligator Creek near Mackay, Queensland	6	1911 Nov 17	A mother and five children were murdered in their home.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Battle	Broken Hill, New South Wales	6	1915 Jan 1	Battle of Broken Hill. Two Indian immigrants open fire on a train carrying picnickers.<ref>[4] Template:Webarchive, ABC, 23 February 2004</ref>
Landslide	Template:Nowrap	6	1928 Jan 31	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air Accident	Near Port Pirie, South Australia	6	1943 Aug 27	Two RAAF Fairey Battle aircraft on a training flight collided in mid-air.<ref>Virtual War Memorial | Port Pirie RAAF K9380 and L5654 Crash Site</ref>
Air Raid	Drysdale Mission, Northern Territory	6	1943 Sep 26	Missionary Priest & five Aboriginal children killed in Japanese bombing raid on RAAF aerodrome located beside the Mission.<ref>Cooper, Anthony. Darwin Spitfires. New South Press, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, 2011. p-457.</ref>
Flood	Kempsey, Macleay Valley	6	1949 Aug 26–27	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Kempsey Traffic Bridge reached a peak height of 8.42m on the afternoon of 27 August.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	East Sale, Victoria	6	1962 Aug 15	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:Nowrap	6	1974 Apr 2	Cessna 310H accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Merimbula, New South Wales	6	1976 Feb 29	Piper PA-32 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Template:Nowrap	6	1977 May 15	Cessna 210K accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Sydney and Penrith, New South Wales	6	1978 Feb–Mar	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Norseman Airport, Norseman, Western Australia	6	1978 Jun 11	Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Essendon, Victoria	6	1978 Jul 10	Aircraft with a crew of two and one passenger crashed into houses shortly after takeoff from Essendon Airport. 6 members of one family were killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Air accident	Near Shepparton, Victoria	6	1979 Aug 30	Cessna P206C accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Serial killing	Tynong North and Frankston, Victoria	6	1980 Dec	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Koolan Island, Western Australia	6	1984 Dec 23	Cessna 210L accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Bankstown Airport, New South Wales	6	1985 Jun 7	Cessna 210N accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Hawkesbury, New South Wales	6	1986 Aug	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Essendon, Victoria	6	1986 Sep 3	Air Ambulance Cessna (call signal RED) crashed on takeoff from Essendon Airport after single engine failure.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Canley Vale, New South Wales	6	1987 Oct 10	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	6	1989 Sep 17	Downunder Hostel fire. Arson attack.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood/cyclone	Southern Queensland and northern New South Wales	6	1990 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 to flash flooding, with 6 lives lost to drowning.<ref name="TCimpactsEcoast"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Brooklyn, New South Wales	6	1990 May 6	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Tarago, New South Wales	6	1992 Jun 19	Beechcraft Baron accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Geraldton, Western Australia	6	1992 Aug 25	Beechcraft Baron accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Launceston, Tasmania	6	1993 Sep 17	A Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain collided with powerlines and crashed near Launceston Airport, killing six of the ten people on board.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Weipa Airport, Weipa, Queensland	6	1994 Mar 21	Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	2002 Sep 27	Piper Cherokee Six aircraft crashed shortly after take-off. All six occupants, five of which were foreign nationals, perished.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road crash	Cardross, near Mildura, Victoria	6	2006 Feb 18	Cardross road crash. Car ploughs into group of teenagers, driver flees.
Sinking	Sydney Harbour, New South Wales	6	2008 May 1	6 killed and 9 injured when two boats collided.<ref>Five killed in Sydney Harbour boat smash Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May 2008</ref>
Road accident	Penshurst, Victoria	6	2011 Nov 11	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Gympie, Queensland	6	2012 Oct 1	De Havilland DH84 Dragon crashed in dense bushland, killing all six on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Flood	Tasmania, ACT & New South Wales	6	2016 Jun 5–8	Three deaths occurred in Tasmania at Latrobe, Ouse and Evandale.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> One death occurred at Cotter Dam in the ACT. Two deaths occurred in NSW, one near Bowral, the other in Leppington.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Vehicle attack	Melbourne, Victoria	6	2017 Jan 20	January 2017 Melbourne car attack
Sinking	Near 1770, Queensland	6	2017 Oct 16	Sinking of the FV Dianne<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Cottage Point, New South Wales	6	2017 Dec 31	2017 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Recreation accident	Devonport, Tasmania	6	2021 Dec 16	An inflatable castle that was being used for a year-end celebration at Hillcrest Primary School became airborne, resulting in the deaths of six students. A further three students were seriously injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Police siege	Glenrowan, Victoria	5	1880 Jun 28	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	North of Bermagui, New South Wales	5	1880 Oct 9	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	1900 May 31	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Storm	Sydney, New South Wales	5	1937 Jan 25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Lamington National Park, New South Wales	5	1937 Feb 19–20	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Drowning	Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales	5	1938 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Nhill, Victoria	5	1943 May 13	Avro Anson During a training mission from Mt Gambier to Nhill crashed in fog just 8 miles north east of Nhill.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Sydenham, New South Wales	5	1953	Sydenham rail disaster. Wrong-side failure causes rear-end collision of two trains
Air accident	Near Gove Airport, East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory	5	1969 Dec 22	Cessna 402 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Moorabbin, Victoria	5	1970 Oct 19	Airborne collision between a Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza and a Bell 47G helicopter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Parafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia	5	1975 Mar 3	Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Fitzroy Station, Northern Territory	5	1975 Mar 13	A Cessna 310N collided with a radio mast and subsequently crashed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Parafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia	5	1976 Feb 1	Airborne collision between a Rossair Cessna 172M and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Cloncurry, Queensland	5	1976 Jun 11	Cessna 210 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Suicide air attack	Alice Springs Airport, Alice Springs, Northern Territory	5	1977 Jan 5	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.
Air accident	Mount Cataract, Queensland	5	1977 May 26	Cessna 310R accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Moorooduc, Victoria	5	1980 Sep 28	Airborne collision between a Cessna 172N and a glider.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Presumed air accident	Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales	5	1981 Aug 9	VH-MDX disappeared
Air accident	Archerfield, Queensland	5	1982 Jan 5	A Cessna 411A crashed into an annex, killing the pilot and four people on the ground.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Lang Lang, Victoria	5	1982 Jan 7	Bell 206B accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Cairns, Queensland	5	1982 Sep 30	Cessna 210 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Inland Motel at the base of Uluru, Northern Territory	5	1983 Aug 18	Douglas Crabbe rammed his 25-ton Mack truck through the wall of the motel's bar.<ref>The Untold Suffering of Victims of Crime Template:Webarchive, Darwin Research Centre</ref>
Massacre	Wahroonga, New South Wales	5	1984 Apr	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	33 km West of Peterborough, South Australia	5	1985 Oct 22	Piper PA-32 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Chipping Norton, New South Wales	5	1986 Aug 17	A Piper PA-32 crashed into the roof of a factory, killing five of the six occupants on board.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Riot	Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, Victoria	5	1987 Oct 29	Five prisoners die in fire in Jika Jika Maximum Security Wing. Fire was started by inmates as a protest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massacre	Near Gunbalanya, Northern Territory	5	1988 Sep 25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Cravens Peak Station, Queensland	5	1989 Apr 7	Cessna 172 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Roma, Queensland	5	1989 Sep 28	Beechcraft Baron accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Southern South Australia and northern Victoria	5+	1990 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Wondai, Queensland	5	1990 Jul 26	Beechcraft King Air accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Surry Hills, New South Wales	5	1990 Aug 30	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Off East Sale, Victoria	5	1991 Oct 29	1991 RAAF Boeing 707 crash.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Moormbool West, Victoria	5	1992 Jun 12	Piper PA-32R accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news Alt URL</ref>
Siege	Cangai, New South Wales	5	1993 Mar	1993 Cangai siege
Heat wave	Townsville region	5	1994 Jan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Flood	Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales	5	1996 May	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Richmond, Tasmania	5	1997 Jul 28	Peter Shoobridge murdered his four daughters before taking his own life.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Near Katherine, Northern Territory	5	1997 Aug 14	Cessna 210M accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Linton, Victoria	5	1998	Linton bushfire. Wildfire engulfs five volunteer firefighters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Marlborough, Queensland	5	2000 Jul 24	Five people were killed when the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service helicopter crashed in a paddock while attempting to land in thick fog<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Willowbank, Queensland	5	2006 Jan 2	Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massacre	North Epping, New South Wales	5	2009 Jul 18	Lin family murders
Air accident	Caboolture Airfield, Caboolture, Queensland	5	2014 Mar 22	Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massacre	Lockhart, New South Wales	5	2014 Sep	Geoff Hunt fatally shot his wife and three children on the family property before committing suicide in a dam.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Flood	Caboolture, Queensland	5	2015 May 2	Cars were swept off roads by floodwaters in Caboolture.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Essendon, Victoria	5	2017 Feb 21	2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash
Massacre	Bedford, Western Australia	5	2018 Sep 9	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Anna Bay, New South Wales	5	2019 Sep 6	Civil-owned Bell UH-1 Helicopter en route from Brisbane to Bankstown went missing off NSW coast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Camp Hill, Queensland	5	2020 Feb 19	Murder 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Lockhart River, Queensland	5	2020 Mar 11	Cessna 404 Titan accident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Mount Disappointment, Victoria	5	2022 Mar 31	A helicopter operating on a private charter flight with another helicopter impacted terrain at Mount Disappointment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Flood/cyclone	North and Central Coast, Queensland	4–5	1990 Dec & 1991 Jan	Extensive damage from flooding caused by Cyclone Joy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heat wave	Melbourne, Victoria	4+	1990 Dec	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Insurrection	Norfolk Island	4	1846 Jul 1	Cooking pot uprising. One overseer and three constables murdered. 17 convicts were later executed, with many wounded in battle.<ref>Ring, Trudy. International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia & Oceania. Taylor & Francis, 1994. p-642</ref>
Drowning	Coogee Beach, Sydney, New South Wales	4	1911 Jan 28	Approximately 13 swimmers were dragged out to sea by the rip tide while regular surf lifesavers were at the lifesaving carnival at Manly. Harald Baker (brother of Snowy Baker) and James Clarken saved many lives.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Lady Julia Percy Island, Victoria	4	1944 Feb 15	RAAF Avro Anson crashed on island near Western Victorian coast. Crew had become disorientated in darkness, mistaking island for the nearby mainland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Cairns, Queensland	4	1947 Sep 13	Template:HMAS. Sunk while clearing minefields after World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Landslide	Steavenson Falls, Victoria	4	1968 Jan 9	Four teenage bushwalkers killed when section of cliff broke away and rolled downhill to group's location. Three others survived with injuries.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Air accident	Burrendong Dam, New South Wales	4	1969 Jul 31	Cessna 182K accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Yendon, Victoria	4	1970 Oct 31	Cessna 210A accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Mount Buller, Victoria	4	1971 May 29	Cessna 172F accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Wellington, New South Wales	4	1971 May 31	Beechcraft Bonanza accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Narromine, New South Wales	4	1971 Nov 14	Piper PA-28 Cherokee accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, near Leigh Creek, South Australia	4	1972 Jan 25	Beechcraft Bonanza accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Barkly Downs Homestead, Queensland	4	1974 Jan 4	Beechcraft Debonair accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, New South Wales	4	1974 Mar 13	Airborne collision between a de Havilland DH.104 Dove and a Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Mount Dom Dom, Victoria	4	1974 Jun 18	Cessna 210H accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Rankins Springs, New South Wales	4	1976 Jul 30	Cessna 182G accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident	Lamington National Park, Queensland	4	1979 Apr 21	Brisbane Girls Grammar school bus crash.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Air accident	Clermont, Queensland	4	1983 Oct 24	Four 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.<ref>Roberts, Alice; Mackay, Jacquie (24 October 2013) The ABC remembers staff killed in plane crash, ABC Capricornia. Retrieved 10 September 2019.</ref>
Boating accident	Lake Alexandrina, South Australia	4	1987 Aug 22	Canoeists on Scout excursion lost when their canoes capsized in rough weather and in cold waters. Two scouts and two adult supervisors drowned.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Massacre	Greenough, Western Australia	4	1993 Feb 21	Greenough family massacre
Bushfire	Eastern Seaboard, New South Wales	4	1994 Jan	Over 800 bushfires. 4 of the dead were firefighters<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road/sport accident	Stuart Highway, Northern Territory	4	1994 May 24	2 checkpoint officials and 2 occupants killed when a competing car lost control at high-speed and ploughed into a checkpoint.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Fire	Indian Ocean	4	1998 May 5	Template:HMAS. Unsuitable fuel hose in engine room bursts, spraying diesel which ignites, creating a fireball below deck.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mining accident	Parkes, New South Wales	4	1999 Nov 25	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	2001 Jan 26	Fuel starvation on Western Australia Police aircraft.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Landslide	Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania	4	2001 Feb 18	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Toowoomba, Queensland	4	2001 Nov 27	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rail accident	Salisbury Railway Station, Salisbury, South Australia	4	2002 Oct 24	The Ghan passenger train hit a car and a bus at a busy level crossing at Salisbury, in Adelaide's north.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Canberra	4	2003 Jan 18	2003 Canberra bushfires. Bushfire reaches capital city suburbs<ref>Firestorm truth buried in the ashes, The Age, 6 February 2005</ref>
Drowning	Mackenzie Falls, Grampians National Park, Victoria	4	2004 Dec 25	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Sydney Harbour, New South Wales	4	2007 Mar 28	HarbourCat ferry Pam Burridge collides with pleasure cruiser Merinda.<ref>"Warning that failed to stop death in the dark" – Vallejo, Justin and Gee, Steven Daily Telegraph 30 March 2007</ref><ref>"A nightmare of blood, terror and shattered lives" – Watson, Rhett, Chesterton, Andrew and Yamine, Evelyn Daily Telegraph 30 March 2007</ref>
Flood	Sydney, Hunter Valley and Central Coast, New South Wales	4*	2015 Apr 21–24	Flood deaths occurred in Maitland and Dungog. *An additional four deaths occurred in NSW as a result of vehicle accidents on wet roads.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bushfire	Esperance, Western Australia	4	2015 Nov 17	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Barwon Heads, Victoria	4	2016 Jan 29	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Amusement park accident	Coomera, Queensland	4	2016 Oct 25	Thunder River Rapids Ride accident at Dreamworld.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Darwin, Northern Territory	4	2019 Jun 4	2019 Darwin shooting.
Road accident	Oatlands, New South Wales	4	2020 Feb 1	News.com.au]</ref>
Air accident	Mangalore, Victoria	4	2020 Feb 19	A midair collision between a Piper PA-44 Seminole and a Beechcraft D95A killed the two occupants of both aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Kew East, Victoria	4	2020 Apr 22	2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash. The 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Deception Bay, near Rothwell, Queensland	4	2021 Dec 19	Rockwell Commander 114 accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Gold Coast Seaway, near Main Beach, Queensland	4	2023 Jan 2	2023 Gold Coast helicopter crash. Midair collision involving two Sea World helicopters.
Air accident	Near Lindeman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland	4	2023 Jul 28	Australian Army MRH90 helicopter crash during Exercise Talisman Sabre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Gundaroo, New South Wales	4	2023 Oct 6	Cirrus SR22 accident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Drowning	Phillip Island, Victoria	4	2024 Jan 24	Three people drowned at an unpatrolled beach. A fourth person was taken to hospital in a critical condition where they died the following day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Massacre	Stringybark Creek, near Tolmie, Victoria	3	1878 Oct 26	Three policemen murdered by outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Civil unrest	Melbourne CBD, Victoria	3	1923 Nov 2–4	Victorian Police Strike. This event prompted widespread looting and rioting in central Melbourne.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire/explosion	Port Adelaide, South Australia	3	1924 Apr 26	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Tambo, Queensland	3	1927 Mar 24	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Motorsport accident	Penrith, New South Wales	3	1938 Jun 13	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Serial killing	Melbourne	3	1942 May	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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Air accident	Maroochydore, Queensland	3	1950 Dec 30	A routine shark patrol during the Christmas holidays, crashed into a crowded beach killing 3 children and injuring 14 others.
Air accident	Near Sandy Hollow, New South Wales	3	1952 Jan 26	An Auster aircraft crashes four miles from Sandy Hollow, killing three.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cyclone	Townsville, Queensland	3	1971 Dec	Cyclone Althea. Cyclone and storm surge.<ref name="ema.gov.au"/>
Explosion	Near Taroom, Queensland	3	1972 Aug 30	Three people were killed when a burning truck carrying ammonium nitrate exploded on the Fitzroy Developmental Road at Stonecroft Station, north of Taroom.<ref name=chemical>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terrorism	Sydney	3	1978 Feb 13	Sydney Hilton bombing. Bomb explosion outside Sydney Hilton Hotel during the CHOGRM<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cyclone	south of Innisfail, Queensland	3	1986 Feb	Category 3 Cyclone Winifred in region from Cairns to Ingham.<ref name="ema.gov.au"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Construction Accident	Brisbane, Queensland	3	1988 Aug 4	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Drowning	Mount Field National Park, Tasmania	3	1990 Jul 3	School outdoor excursion. Two students and one teacher drowned whilst crossing creek.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Bushfire	Ferny Creek, Victoria	3	1997 Jan 21	3 dead in bushfire lit by arsonist.
Drowning	Sandbar Beach, Pacific Palms, New South Wales	3	1998 Dec 15	Young Christian group on beach trip, three drowned when caught in rip current.<ref name="latrobe.edu.au"/>
Flood	Katherine, Northern Territory	3	1998 Jan	Flooding cause by ex-tropical Cyclone Les.<ref name="ema.gov.au"/>
Severe storm	Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Sydney and central western regions	3	2001 Nov	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Hamilton Island, Queensland	3	2003 Oct 17	CQ Rescue Bell 407 Helicopter on a medical retrieval flight crashed into sea en route to Hamilton Island.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Explosion	Near Gladstone, South Australia	3	2006 May 9	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 metres and the explosion was heard up to 70 km away.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Road accident/fire	Melbourne	3	2007 Mar 23	Burnley Tunnel Fire. Traffic accident resulting in explosion and fire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bushfire	Boorabbin National Park, Western Australia	3	2007 Dec 27	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	2011 Aug 19	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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Wall Collapse	Melbourne, Victoria	3	2013 Mar 28	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Terrorism	Sydney	3	2014 Dec 16	2014 Sydney hostage crisis: The hostage-taker and two hostages were killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Workplace accident	Oolong, New South Wales	3	2017 Feb 16	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	Footscray, Victoria	3	2017 Mar 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Renmark, South Australia	3	2017 May 30	Three killed in light aircraft crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Mission Beach, Queensland	3	2017 Oct 13	Three skydivers killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Flood	Townsville, Queensland	3*	2019 Feb 4–8	2019 Townsville flood<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> *At least one additional death occurred after the floods due to flood-borne disease.
Storm	Victoria	3	2020 Aug 27	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 101 suburbs were placed under a boil water advisory that was lifted 4 days later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Rottnest Island, Western Australia	3	2025 Jan 7	Cessna 208 Caravan accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Shellharbour Airport, Albion Park Rail, New South Wales	3	2025 Oct 11	Piper PA-32R accident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Riot	Young, New South Wales	2*	1861 Jun 30	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	North Melbourne	2	1943 Sep 4	An RAAF Vultee Vengeance crashed near Macaulay railway station after giving aerial demonstration over Flemington Racecourse. Both crew on board were killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Bluff Downs, Queensland	2	1984 Apr 9	Two RAAF Mirage fighter jets collided in mid-air.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Landslide	Coledale, New South Wales	2	1988 Apr 30	20-metre railway embankment collapsed after being undermined by blocked drains following heavy rainfall, destroying a house located below, killing both occupants.<ref>Emergency Management Australia. Hazards, Disasters and Survival. EMA Publishing, ACT 1997. p-33.</ref>
Industrial explosion	Longford, Victoria	2	1998 Sep 25	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.<ref>Longford, Victoria</ref>
Road accident	Longwood exit, Hume Highway, Victoria	2	2001 Dec 10	A 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> In adulthood, Spalding is a senior information technology manager at Glenunga International High School.
Bushfire	Grampians, Victoria	2	2006 Jan 22	A father and son died in a bushfire in Victoria's west
Rail accident	Trawalla, Victoria	2	2006 Apr 28	2 people killed in level-crossing train accident at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Electrocution	Rainbow, Victoria	2	2010 Mar 16	Father and son killed on their farm whilst moving a windmill which touched overhead power lines. Two other people badly injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bushfire	Blue Mountains, New South Wales	2	2013 Oct 17	A 43-year-old father water-bomber pilot and a 63-year-old man
Avalanche	Mount Bogong, Victoria	2	2014 Jul 10	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Workplace accident	Wetherill Park, New South Wales	2	2015 Apr 23	Two workers crushed by falling timber inside a shipping container at a truck body manufacturing centre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bushfire	Yarloop, Western Australia	2	2016 Jan 8	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Wilton, New South Wales	2	2017 Jul 15	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air Accident	Leigh Creek, South Australia	2	2019 Jul 6	Light aircraft crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Riot	Brisbane, Queensland	1	1942 Nov 26–27	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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gas Explosion	Cairns, Queensland	1	1987 Aug 17	40,000-litre LPG storage unit at Cairns gas works exploded, resulting in a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion). Australia's largest ever LPG explosion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Building implosion	Canberra, ACT.	1	1997 Jul 13	Royal Canberra Hospital implosion. Spectator killed by falling debris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hailstorm	Sydney	1	1999 Apr 14	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	2001 Jan 26	Big Day Out Concert. Teenage girl crushed in mosh pit.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cyclone	Queensland	1	2006 Mar 20	Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry
Mine disaster	Beaconsfield, Tasmania	1	2006 Apr 25	Beaconsfield Mine collapse
Flood	Mackay, Queensland	1	2008 Feb 16	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.Template:Citation needed
Cyclone	Queensland	1	2011 Feb 3	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 died 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 outside Australia

Excludes deaths attributable to war.

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Terrorism	Kuta, Bali, Indonesia	88	2002 Oct 12	2002 Bali bombings
Pandemic	Worldwide	54	2020-21	COVID-19 pandemic (overseas Australian deaths as of August 2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Missile strike	Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	38	2014 Jul 17	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Tsunami	Thailand and Sri Lanka	26	2004 Dec 26	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Air accident	Denpasar, Indonesia	16	1974 Apr 22	Pan Am Flight 812 crashes into a mountain, a total of 107 people were killed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Flood	Saxeten, Switzerland	14	1999 Jul 28	Flash flood hits canyoning expedition
Volcanic eruption	Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand	14	2019 Dec 9	2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption
Terrorism	Template:Nowrap	11	2001 Sep 11	11 September 2001 attacks.
Air accident	Nias Island, Indonesia	9	2005 Apr 2	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	2009 Aug 12	Airlines PNG Flight 4684
Road accident	near Cairo, Egypt	6	2006 Jan 10	Tourist bus crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Republic of the Congo	6	2010 Jun 20	2010 Cameroon Aéro Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash
Air accident	Pakse, Laos	6	2013 Oct 16	Lao Airlines Flight 301
Air accident	Southern Indian Ocean (presumed)	6	2014 Mar 8	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Road accident	Yamuna Highway, Northern India	6	2016 Jan 10	Five members of an Indian-Australian family killed in car accident while travelling between Delhi and Agra, sixth member later died in hospital.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massacre	Balibo, East Timor	5	1975 Oct 16	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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	5	2007 Mar 7	Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
Tsunami	Samoa	5	2009 Sep 30	2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
Sinking	North Atlantic Ocean	4	1912 Apr 15	Sinking of RMS Titanic. Two other Australians survived.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Missile strike	Sea of Japan	4	1983 Sep 1	Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Air accident	near San Francisco	4+	1953 Oct 29	British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304 crashes on approach to San Francisco.
Massacre	Waco, Texas	4	Template:Nowrap	Waco Siege.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 collapse	Ramat Gan, Israel	4	1997 Jul 14	Maccabiah bridge collapse
Terrorism	Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia	4	2005 Oct 1	2005 Bali bombings
Air accident	Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia	3	1977 Dec 4	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653
Fire	Manoharpur, Odisha, India	3	1999 Jan 22	Australian missionary Graham Staines and sons killed in arson attack
Terrorism	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	2009 Jul 17	JW Marriott/Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing
Air accident	Misima Island, Papua New Guinea	3	2010 Aug 31	Cessna Citation crashed on landing. One New Zealander also killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Earthquake	Turkey and Syria	3	2023 Feb 6	2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Air accident	Weybridge, United Kingdom	2	1922 Apr 13	Vickers Viking, piloted by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith, crashed on test flight
Air accident	Bay of Bengal	2	1935 Nov 8	Lady Southern Cross, piloted by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, crashes en route between Allahabad, India and Singapore
Air accident	London, United Kingdom	2	1967 Nov 4	Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed while landing at Heathrow Airport
Air accident	Los Rodeos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain	2	1977 Mar 27	KLM and Pan Am jumbos collide on runway (Tenerife airport disaster)
Air accident	off Mauritius	2	1987 Nov 28	South African Airways Flight 295
Air accident	Near Hawaii, United States	2	1989 Feb 24	United Airlines Flight 811 between Honolulu and Auckland experiences explosive decompression
Terrorism	Roermond, Netherlands	2	1990 May 27	Australian tourists shot by the Provisional IRA, in the mistaken belief they are British military personnel
Terrorism	Mumbai, India	2	2008 Nov 26	2008 Mumbai attacks<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	near Qazvin, Iran	2	2009 Jul 15	Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Typhoon	The Philippines	2	2013 Nov 8	Typhoon Haiyan<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Narok, Kenya	2	2014 Sep 7	Tourist bus crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Air accident	Southern Alps, France	2	2015 Mar 24	Germanwings Flight 9525<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Murder	Sinaloa, Mexico	2	2015 Nov 20–21	Two Australian surfers murdered.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terrorism	London, Great Britain	2	2017 Jun 3	2017 London Bridge attack<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fire	North Kensington, London, United Kingdom	2	2017 Jun 14	Grenfell Tower fire<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Road accident	Near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe	2	2017 Dec 23	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crowd crush	Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea	2	2022 Oct 29	Seoul Halloween crowd crush<ref name="Na-young">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sinking	Zeebrugge, Belgium	1	1987 Mar 6	Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terrorism	Lockerbie, Scotland	1	1988 Dec 21	Pan Am Flight 103. Although a resident of South Africa, the victim was an Australian national.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Terrorism	Nairobi, Kenya	1	2013 Sep 21-24	Westgate shopping mall attack.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Avalanche	Mount Everest, Himalayas	1	2013 Oct 16	Australian tourist killed in avalanche.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terrorism	Tunis, Tunisia	1	2015 Mar 18	Bardo National Museum attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Earthquake	Nepal	1	2015 Apr 25	April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Australian killed below Mt Everest in avalanche triggered by quake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shooting	Minneapolis, United States	1	2017 Jul 15	Australian murdered by US police officer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terrorism	Barcelona, Spain	1	2017 Aug 17	2017 Barcelona attacks<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Avalanche	Tyrol, Austria	1	2019 Jan 10	Teenage boy killed in avalanche in Austrian Alps while skiing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Explosion	Beirut, Lebanon	1	2020 Aug 4	2020 Beirut explosion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Air accident	Near Pokhara International Airport, Pokhara, Nepal	1	2023 Jan 15	Yeti Airlines Flight 691
Landslide	Jatiluwih, Bali, Indonesia	1	2024 March 14	Tourist killed in landslide triggered by heavy rainfall<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Lists of shipwrecks
• Timeline of major crimes in Australia
• List of mass shootings in Australia
• List of massacres of Indigenous Australians
• List of natural disasters in Australia
• 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 Sweden by death toll
• List of disasters in the United States by death toll

External links

• Emergency Management Australia Disasters Database
• Major bushfires in Victoria (PDF)
• The William Booth Memorial Home Fire (Australia's Deadliest Building Fire)