Australia has had numerous floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.
Floods that have occurred in the country of Australia:
Date | Location | State(s) | Fatalities | Notes |
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1806 | Melbourne | VIC | 4 | [ citation needed ] |
1820 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1852 | Gundagai | NSW | 89 | [1] |
1863 | Melbourne (December) | VIC | 1 | [2] |
1867 | Hawkesbury River (June) | NSW | 12 | [3] |
1869 | Ballarat | VIC | 2 | [4] |
1891 | Melbourne (July) | VIC | 1 | [5] |
1893 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 11 | [6] [7] |
1893 | Maitland | NSW | 9 | [ citation needed ] |
1900 | Western Australian floods | WA | ||
1909 | Western Victorian floods | VIC | 4 | [ citation needed ] |
1913 | Maitland | NSW | 1 | [8] |
1916 | Clermont | QLD | 65 | [ citation needed ] |
1923 | Adelaide | SA | 3 | [ citation needed ] |
1926 | Southwestern Australia | WA | ||
1927 | Wollombi | NSW | ||
1929 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 22 | [ citation needed ] |
1930 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1931 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1934 | Yarra River | VIC | 35 | [ citation needed ] |
1947 | June 1947 Tasmanian floods | TAS | ||
1949 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1950 | Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland | NSW, VIC, QLD | 1 | [9] |
1951 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1952 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1955 | Maitland flood | NSW | 14 | [ citation needed ] |
1955 | All southern states (August) | WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS | 2 | [ citation needed ] |
1956 | Murray River flood | NSW, VIC, SA | ||
1970 | All eastern states (December) | QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS | 16 | [ citation needed ] |
1971 | Canberra flood | ACT | 7 | [10] |
1971 | Tadpole flood | NSW | ||
1974 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 16 | [ citation needed ] |
1984 Feb | West Dapto | NSW | not known | [11] |
1986 | Sydney | NSW | 6 | [ citation needed ] |
1990 | East Coast | NSW | 7 | [ citation needed ] |
1996 | Queensland and New South Wales | NSW & QLD | 4 | [ citation needed ] |
1998 | Katherine Townsville Wollongong | NT, QLD, NSW | 3 | [12] [13] |
June 2007 | Hunter Valley/Maitland floods | NSW | 10 | [ citation needed ] |
June 2007 | Gippsland Floods | VIC | ||
February 2008 | Mackay floods | QLD | ||
September 2010 | Victorian floods (Sept) | VIC | ||
March 2010 | Queensland floods (March) | QLD | ||
December 2010 | Carnarvon/Gascoyne (December) | WA | ||
December 2010 –January 2011 | Queensland floods (Dec –Jan) | QLD | 35 | [14] |
January 2011 | 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) | VIC | 2 | [15] [16] |
August 2011 | Gippsland (August) | VIC | 1 | [17] |
February –March 2012 | Eastern Australia (Feb –Mar) | NSW, VIC, QLD | 3 | [18] [19] [20] |
March 2012 | Gippsland and Koo wee rup | VIC | 0 | [ citation needed ] |
January –February 2013 | 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) | QLD, NSW | 6 | [ citation needed ] |
April 2015 | 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods | NSW | 8 | [ citation needed ] |
May 2015 | South –East Queensland Flash Floods | QLD | 5 | [21] |
June 2016 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 3 | [22] |
September 2016 | Central West and Riverina Floods | NSW | 1 | [23] |
February 2017 | Western Australian Floods | WA | 2 | [24] |
Late March 2017 | Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie | Southern Queensland, Northern NSW | 12 | [25] |
January –February 2019 | Townsville flood | Queensland | 5 | [26] |
February 2020 | Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha | NSW, WA | 0 | |
March 2021 | Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East Queensland | NSW, South East Queensland | 3 (As of 25 March 2021 [update] ) | [27] [28] |
9-10 June 2021 | Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more. Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley was one of the hardest-hit places with 200 homes evacuated. | Victoria | 2 | [29] [30] [31] [32] |
November 2021 | Central Queensland | Queensland | [33] | |
January 2022 | Wide Bay-Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth | Queensland | 3 | [34] |
February 2022 | Eastern Australia floods | Queensland, NSW | 23, 1 missing | [35] [36] [37] [38] |
March 2022 | Eastern Australia floods | South East Queensland, NSW | 4 | [39] [40] |
July 2022 | New South Wales | NSW | 1 | [41] |
October 2022 | South eastern Australia floods | VIC, TAS, NSW | 7 | [42] |
October 2023 | Gippsland | VIC | [43] [44] [45] | |
December 2023 | Cairns Flood | QLD | [46] | |
January –February 2025 | North Queensland | QLD | 2 | [47] [48] |
May 2025 | New South Wales | NSW | 5 | [49] |
A once-in-50-year rain event battering New South Wales is also impacting south-east Queensland.
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