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 [1]	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. [2]
Epidemic	Australia-wide	8,000+	1875–1876	Scarlet fever epidemic. [3]
Volcanic eruption	Territory of Papua and New Guinea	2,942	1951 Jan	1951 eruption of Mount Lamington. [4]
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. [5] [6]
Epidemic	Australia-wide	1,013	1946–1955	Polio epidemic. [7]
Epidemic	New South Wales	750 to 2,600	1789	Smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal peoples [8]
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. [9]
Epidemic	Australia-wide	535	1900–1925	Bubonic plague. [10]
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.
Heat wave	Victoria	438	1938 Dec – 1939 Feb	Heat wave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below). [11]
Heat wave	South-eastern Australia	437	1895 Dec – 1896 Jan	Widespread heat wave killed 437, including 47 in Bourke, New South Wales. [12]
Cyclone	Bathurst Bay, Queensland	410	1899 Mar 4	Cyclone Mahina; estimated toll. [13]
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. [14] [15] With 400 dead (another source states 406), it was Australia's worst civil maritime disaster. [16] [15]
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 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 28 January. [17] [18] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave. [19]
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. At least 300 people were killed, but other figures estimate up to 1,000.
Shipwreck	coast near Murchison River, Western Australia	286	1712 Jun	Sinking of Dutch ship Zuytdorp , which was wrecked off the coast near Kalbarri. [20] There has been speculation that there were survivors, who may have been assisted by local Aboriginal Australians. [21] [22]
Sinking	Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland	268	1943 May 14	Centaur memorial Sinking of AHS Centaur. Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. [23] 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	There were 105 deaths in South Australia alone (between 7 December 1907 and 8 February 1908). [24]
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. [25] The toll may have been higher because itinerants and Aboriginal Australians may be under-represented in the official count. [25]
Prison break	Cowra, New South Wales	235–238	1944 Aug 5	Cowra breakout. Japanese prisoners of war Escape by Japanese POWs. [26] [27] 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 [28]
Shipwreck	King Island, Tasmania	224	1835 May 13	The convict ship the Neva, was wrecked on Navarine Reef near King Island in the early hours of 13 May 1835. [29] [30] [31]
Shipwreck	Western Australia	212	1726	Aagtekerke. Possibly WA, but there is some doubt on this. [32]
Massacre	Coniston Station, Northern Territory	200	1928 Aug 14 – Oct 14	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. [33] [34]
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. [35] The final death toll was 173, with over 2000 houses destroyed. [35] [36]
Cyclone/sinking	Western Australia	150+	1912 Mar 21–22	The SS Koombana was lost in a cyclone between Port Hedland and Broome during a cyclone with all on board (around 158 people). [37] [38] The cyclone crossed the Western Australia coast around Balla Balla, early on 22nd. [39] Several other ships and vessels were also wrecked in the cyclone, claiming another 15 lives. [40]
Heat waves	Australia-wide	147	1920–1921	[41]
Heat waves	Australia-wide	143 +	1911–1912	[42]
Cyclone	Broome, Western Australia	141	1935 Mar 26	Pearling fleet devastated. [43]
Cyclone	Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia	140	1884	Pearling fleet sunk. [44]
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. [43] [45]
Shipwreck	D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania	133	1835 Apr 12	George III [46]
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. [47]
Heat wave	Southern states	130	1926 Dec – 1927 Jan	[48]
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. [49] After some of the crew left for help, mutineers murdered at least 125 of the survivors, while 40 drowned when the wreck broke up. [49] [50] 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. [50]
Heat wave	Australia-wide	122 +	1913–1914	[51]
Cyclone/sinking	North-eastern Queensland	122	1911 Mar 16	SS Yongala [52]
Shipwreck	Sydney	121	1857 Aug 20	Dunbar . 1 survivor. [53]
Heat wave	Australia-wide	112	1939–1940	[54]
Heat wave	Australia-wide	109	1909 Dec – 1910 Feb	[55]
Heat wave	Southern regions, Australia	105 +	1959 Jan – Feb	Some sources puts the death toll at 145. [56] [57] [58] [59]
Cyclone/sinking	Ayr, Queensland	102–112	1875 Feb 24	SS Gothenburg. Records of passengers vary. [60] [61] [62]

50 to 99 deaths

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Heat wave	Southern regions Australia	99	1972 Dec – 1973 Feb	[63]
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. [64] A pearling fleet off the coast was damaged, with 75 people reported lost (one source says 99). [60] [64]
Explosion	Mount Kembla, New South Wales	96	1902 Jul 31	Mount Kembla Mine disaster. Coal mine gas explosion [65]
Shipwreck	Montebello Islands, Western Australia	93	1622 May 24	Tryall . Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck. [66]
Flood	Gundagai, New South Wales	89	1852 Jun 24–25	A severe flash flood destroyed the town of Gundagai, which resulted in 89 deaths. [67] [68]
Shipwreck	Near Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia	89	1859 Aug 6	SS Admella. [69] 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	Twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales	82	1964 Feb 10	Melbourne–Voyager collision – HMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne.
Explosion	Bulli, New South Wales	81	1887 Mar 23	Bulli Colliery coal mine gas explosion. [70]
Shipwreck	King Island, Tasmania	79	1874 May 23	British Admiral [71]
Cyclone	Queensland coast, particularly Innisfail	77+	1918 Mar 10	Cyclone and storm surge with death toll estimated between 77 and 100. [72]
Storms	New South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney	77	1866 Jul 12	60 lives lost on SS Cawarra alone. [73]
Explosion	Mount Mulligan, Queensland	75	1921 Sep 19	Mount Mulligan mine disaster caused by coal dust explosion. [74]
Bushfire	Victoria and South Australia	75	1983 Feb 16	Ash Wednesday bushfires [75]
Shipwreck	Green Cape, New South Wales	71	1886 May 30	The steamship Ly-Ee-Moon was wrecked during a violent gale on 30 May 1886 near Green Cape, resulting in around 71 deaths. [76] [77]
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 217 kilometres per hour (135 mph). [78] On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71. [79]
Flood	Clermont, Queensland	65	1916 Dec 27	[80]
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. [81] [82]
Cyclone	Near Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia	61–71	1894 Jan	Estimated toll includes those lost at sea and those killed in flooding at Geraldton. [83]
Shipwreck	Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia	60	1727	Zeewyk. Approximate death toll [84]
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. [85]
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. [86] Houses and buildings were destroyed in many places including Erica and Belgrave. [87] The town of Noojee was destroyed, with only the hotel left standing. [88] [89] In all, over the two-month period, 60 people died and 1,000 buildings were destroyed. [90] [91]
Cyclone	Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia	59–69	1875 Dec – 1876 Jan	Most casualties were at sea. [92] [93]
Shipwreck	Mutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria	53	1878 Jun 1	Loch Ard . Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors). [94] [95]
Epidemic	Southern States	51	1881–1885	Smallpox epidemic. [96]
Bushfire	Victoria	51	1943 Dec 22 – 1944 Feb 15	Bushfires broke out in various parts of Victoria from late December 1943 to mid February 1944, resulting in 51 deaths, and destroying 500 buildings. [97] [98]
Shipwreck	Brisbane, Queensland	50	1896 Feb 13	Capsize of the ferry Pearl [99]
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. [100] [101]

20 to 49 deaths

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Shipwreck	Christmas Island	48	2010 Dec 15	2010 Christmas Island boat disaster
Cyclone/Flood	Cairns and Cardwell , Queensland	47	1927 Feb 9	This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns, which weakened into a rain depression, causing extensive flooding, resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland [102]
Cyclonic effects	New South Wales, North Coast	46	1923	[103]
Rail accident	Sunshine, 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 [104] [105]
Fire	Queenstown, 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 [106]
Sinking	Sydney	40–42	1927 Nov 3	Greycliffe disaster [107] [108]
Shipwreck	Near Edithburgh, South Australia	40	1909 Jan 31	SS Clan Ranald [109] [110]
Cyclone	Broome , Western Australia	40	1910 Nov 19	This tropical cyclone was probably Broome's most destructive, with maximum wind gusts estimated to be 175 kilometres per hour (109 mph). There were 40 deaths, and 34 pearling luggers lost with severe damage in the Broome area. [43] [111]
Air disaster	Near Mackay, Queensland	40	1943 Jun 14	Bakers Creek air crash. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off [112]
Flooding	Queensland	38	2010 Dec – 2011 Jan	2010–11 Queensland floods. 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing (presumed dead)
Shipwreck	Cardwell, Queensland	36	1872	Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aboriginal people, other survivors were helped by Aboriginal people [113] [114]
Sinking	Woolgoolga, New South Wales	35–48	1886 Dec 8	Solitary Islands, Keilawarra - Helen Nicoll collision [115]
Shipwreck	Jervis Bay, New South Wales	35	1876 Sep 1	The steamer Dandenong lost during severe storm [116]
Shipwreck	Cheviot Beach, Victoria	35	1887 Oct 20	SS Cheviot
Flood	Melbourne suburbs and southern Victoria	35	1934 Nov 29 – 1 Dec	Torrential rainfall of up to 350 millimetres (14 in). Yarra River becomes raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless [117] [118]
Bridge collapse	Melbourne	35	1970 Oct 15	West Gate Bridge. 35 construction workers died due to a collapse during construction. Australia's worst industrial accident. [119] [120]
Road accident	Kempsey, New South Wales	35	1989 Dec 22	Kempsey bus crash [121]
Shooting	Port Arthur, Tasmania	35	1996 Apr 28	Port Arthur massacre
Bushfire	Australia-wide	34	2019 Oct – 2020 Jan	2019-20 Australian bushfire season. [122] Death toll included 3 US fire-fighters.
Shipwreck	Near Southend, South Australia	31	1876 Jun 14	Geltwood . Wreck not found for two weeks. No survivors. [123] [124] [125] [126]
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. [127] [128]
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. [129]
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. [130] Memorial at Castle Hill gives a figure of 45 lives lost. [131]
Cyclone	Queensland coast, particularly Mackay	30	1918 Jan	Mackay Cyclone [72] [132]
Fire	Melbourne	30	1966 Aug 13	William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute men. [133]
Air accident	Near York, east of Perth, Western Australia	29	1950 Jun 26	The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash. [134] The plane crashed in bushland near York, burning on impact, with 28 people dying instantly (there was 1 survivor who later died from his injuries. [135]
Air 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. [136] [137]
Massacre	Myall Creek, near Inverell, New South Wales	28	1838 Jun 9	Myall Creek massacre. 28 Aboriginal people killed by white stockmen [138]
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	Darwin , Northern Territory	28	1897 Jan	1897 Darwin cyclone [139] [140]
Shipwreck	Kangaroo Island, South Australia	27	1905 Sep	Loch Vennachar [141]
Rail accident	Murulla, 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. [142] [143]
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	C-47 Dakota plane crash. Plane crashed after takeoff. [144]
Shipwreck/massacre	Coorong, South Australia	26	1840	Maria . Survivors murdered. [145] [146] 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 3 metres (9.8 ft) below the ground when an explosion took place which resulted in Australia's largest military funeral. [147] [148]
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. [149] [150] Extreme rainfall associated with the cyclone produced record totals, including 900mm at Springbrook, Queensland in the 24 hours crossing and 809mm at Dorrigo, New South Wales in 24 hours to 9 am on 21st. [150] There was widespread severe flooding over many areas of NSW and between 26 and 30 people died in the event. [151]
Air accident	Port Hedland , Western Australia	26	1968 Dec 31	In-flight break up of MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 (Vickers Viscount) [152]
Rail accident	Wodonga, Victoria	25	1943	Wodonga level crossing accident. Passenger steam train collided with a bus carrying thirty-four army personnel [153]
Air accident	Seven-Mile Beach, near Hobart, Tasmania	25	1946 Mar	1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crashed into the sea. [56]
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. [154] [155]
Shipwreck	Gosford, New South Wales	24	1898 May 6	Maitland [156]
Cyclone	Onslow , 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. [157] [158] Four luggers and 24–25 crew were lost during the cyclone. [157] [159] [160]
Air accident	Winton, Queensland	24	1966 Sep 22	Ansett-ANA Viscount disaster. Flight 149 en route Mount Isa – Longreach. [161]
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 [162]
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. [163]
Flood	Northern Tasmania	22	1929 Apr	Eight drowned when truck ploughed into river and 14 died when dam collapsed and wall swept into town. [164]
Heat wave	South-east Queensland	22	2000 Jan	[165]
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. [166]
Shipwreck	Off Gabo Island, Victoria	21	1901 Mar 1	SS Federal vanished without trace. All crewmembers lost. [167] [168]
Air accident	Coolangatta, Queensland	21	1949 Mar 10	1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash – aircraft crashed shortly after take-off due to incorrect loading. [169]
Shipwreck	Smokey Cape, New South Wales	21	1969 Aug 25	The Noongah sank.
Road accident	Grafton, New South Wales	21	1989 Oct 20	Grafton bus crash. A head-on collision between a tourist coach and a truck. [170]

Between 10 and 20

Disaster	Location	Deaths	Date	Notes
Air accident	Mossman, 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	[171]
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	19	1981 Aug 25	Rembrandt Hotel [172]
Air accident	Rewan, south of Rolleston, Queensland	19	1943 Nov 16	Rewan air crash of Dakota C-47 of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron crashed, all killed [173]
Shipwreck	Sydney Harbour, New South Wales	19	1938 Feb 13	Capsize of launch Rodney [174]
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 [175]
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 [176]
Road accident	Tumut Pond Dam, New South Wales	18	1973 Sep 1	Brake failure caused bus to plummet into reservoir [177]
Air accident	Townsville, Queensland	18	1996 Jun 12	Two Army Blackhawk helicopters collided [178]
Landslide	Thredbo, New South Wales	18	1997 Jul 30	1997 Thredbo landslide
Rail accident	Brooklyn, New South Wales	17	1944 Jan 20	A mail train ploughed into a bus at Brooklyn Railway Station [179]
Rail accident	Wasleys Crossing, near Gawler, South Australia	17	1970 Apr 12	Wasleys Crossing (Gawler) disaster. Bus collided with a passenger train [180]
Explosion	Ipswich, Queensland	17	1972 Jul 31	Mine gas explosion in the Box Flat Colliery [181]
Heat wave	South-eastern regions	17	1993 Feb 1 – 10	Possibility of additional unreported deaths [182]
Shipwreck	Bass Strait, Victoria	16	1934 Nov 29	SS Coramba left Warrnambool for Melbourne and was never seen again. Believed lost during storm [183] [184]
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	Pacific Nursing Home fire [185]
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. [186]
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 [187]
Shipwreck	Near Cape Schanck, Victoria	15	1893 Dec 28	SS Alert
Boat accident	Sydney Harbour	15	1909 Jan	HMS Encounter v Dunmore [188]
Bombings	Kalgoorlie	15	1942 Feb 1	Pero Raecivich threw gelinite into a house and a hotel [189]
Air accident	Botany Bay, New South Wales	15	1961 Nov 30	Ansett-ANA Flight 325 – Vickers Viscount aeroplane crash. All on board died [190]
Fire	Fortitude Valley, Queensland	15	1973 Mar 8	Whiskey Au Go Go fire, caused by arson
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	15	1975 Dec 25	Savoy Hotel fire caused by arson [191]
Cyclone/sinking	Near Carnarvon , Western Australia	15	1979	Cyclone Hazel [192]
Heat wave	South-eastern region	15	1981 Feb	[193]
Fire	Childers, Queensland	15	2000 Jun	Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire, caused by arson [194] [195]
Air accident	Lockhart River, Queensland	15	2005 May 7	In the Lockhart River air disaster an aeroplane crashed on approach to land, killing all on board [196]
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 [197]
Bushfire	Dandenong Ranges and Lara, Victoria	14*	1962 Jan 14 – 16	Casualty numbers vary between 9,14, and 32 [56] [198] [199] [162] [200]
Bushfires	Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra, New South Wales	14*	1968 Jan	*Sources vary on death toll but most say 14 [56]
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 [60] [201]
Cyclone	Brisbane, Queensland	14	1974 Jan 27	1974 Brisbane flood. Cyclone Wanda [202]
Explosion	Appin, New South Wales	14	1979 Jul 24	Appin Colliery Gas Explosion during a planned ventilation change [203]
Cyclone/flood	Queensland and New South Wales	14	2017 Mar 27 – Apr 1	Cyclone Debbie causes severe flooding throughout Queensland and New South Wales, with resultant severe damage [204]
Explosion	Wonthaggi, Victoria	13	1937 Feb 15	Dalyson Colliery [205]
Boating accident	Grafton, New South Wales	13	1943 Dec 11	13 Cub scouts drowned crossing the Clarence River when their punt capsized. [206]
Air accident	Nundle, New South Wales	13	1948 Sep	DC3 Lutana near Tamworth [207]
Explosion	Kianga, near Moura, Queensland	13	1975 Sep 20	Kianga Mine explosion [208]
Air accident	Sydney Airport, New South Wales	13	1980 Feb 21	Light aircraft suffers engine failure [209]
Air accident	Near Alice Springs, Northern Territory	13	1989 Aug 13	1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash [210]
Earthquake	Newcastle, New South Wales	13	1989 Dec 28	1989 Newcastle earthquake
Bushfire	Portland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport Wimmera and Dandenong districts, Victoria	12*	1851 Feb 6	"Black Thursday" bushfires. *Approximately 12 fatalities, one million sheep, thousands of cattle, 50,000 square kilometres (12,000,000 acres; 5,000,000 ha) burnt [211]
Boating accident	Hawkesbury River, New South Wales	12	1936 Oct 18	Wedding party boat foundered during wind squall [212]
Flood	Windsor, New South Wales	12	1867 Jun 21	The Eather family swept away in flood [213]
Shipwreck	Calgardup Bay, Western Australia	12	1876 Dec 1	SS Georgette [214]
Shipwreck	Wollongong, New South Wales	12	1949 Feb 22	SS Bombo [215]
Bushfire	Gippsland, Victoria	12	1898 Feb 1	"Red Tuesday" bushfires. 2,600 square kilometres (640,000 acres) burnt, 12 people killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed [211]
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 [216]
Explosion	Moura, Queensland	12	1986 Jul 16	Explosion in Moura No 4 Mine [217]
Fire	Dungog, New South Wales	12	1991 Aug 2	Palm Grove Hostel fire [218]
Serial killing	Snowtown, South Australia	12	1992–1999	Snowtown murders [219]
Road accident	Boondall, Queensland	12	1994 Oct 24	Boondall bus crash [220]
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) [221] [222] [223]
Rail accident	Near Horsham, Victoria	11	1951 Feb 24	A train collides with a bus at a level crossing [224]
Road accident	Near Laverton, Western Australia	11	1985 Dec 16	Eight indigenous men and three indigenous women aged between 16 and 40 died when their station wagon collided with a sedan near Laverton, WA. [225]
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 [226]
Air accident	Mount Emerald, Queensland	11	1990 May 11	Cessna 500 jet aircraft collided with terrain 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Mareeba Airfield [227]
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 [228] [229]
Explosion	Moura, Queensland	11	1994 Aug 7	Explosion in Moura No 2 Mine [230]
Rail accident	Near Kerang, Victoria	11	2007 May 5	Kerang train crash. A V/Line train collides with a truck at a level crossing [224]
Fire	Slacks Creek, Queensland	11	2011 Aug 24	House fire [231]
Fire	Quakers Hill, New South Wales	11*	2011 Nov 18	Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire. As of 9 January 2012 [update] , 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. [232] [233]
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	Near Traveston railway station, Queensland	10	1925 Jun 9	10 died and 48 injured when a passenger carriage and luggage van of the Rockhampton Mail plunged off a high trestle bridge [234]
Rail accident	Near Boronia, Victoria	10	1926 Apr 26	A train collides with a van at a level crossing [235]
Air accident	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	10	1940 Aug 13	Senior War Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff, and others killed when their plane crashed in fine weather
Air accident	Near Redesdale, Victoria	10	1945 Jan 31	Crash of Stinson Tokana caused by fatigue crack in wing spar
Massacre	South Australia	10	1971 Sep 6	Clifford Bartholomew kills ten members of his family [236]
Road accident	Merredin, Western Australia	10	1982 Sep 18	Ten people died (one adult, nine children) and 8 injured (four seriously) returning from a football trip to Perth when their bus crashed into a tree. [237]
Air accident	Near Leonora , Western Australia	10	1988 Dec 16	Mitsubishi MU-2 accident [238]
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	Eastern and southern regions	10+	1997 Jan 1 – 2	Strong likelihood of additional unreported deaths [239]
Storm/flood	Hunter and Central Coast regions, New South Wales	10	2007 Jun 8 – 11	Storm and flooding [240]
Road accident	Greta, New South Wales	10	2023 Jun 11	Greta bus crash [241]

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. [242]
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. [243]
Rail accident	Boronia, Victoria	9	1951 Jun 1	Bus collided with suburban train. [242]
Bushfire	Longwood, Victoria	9	1965 Jan 17–19	Death toll included seven members of one family who were lost when their car crashed and was engulfed in the fires. [244]
Rail accident	Violet Town, Victoria	9	1969 Feb 7	Violet Town rail accident. Head-on collision after driver died at controls. [245]
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	9	1981 Aug	Rembrandt Apartments Hostel Fire. Fire. [246]
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. [247]
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) [248] [249]
Bushfire	Eyre Peninsula, South Australia	9	2005 Jan 11	Eyre Peninsula bushfire. [250]
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. [251] [252]
Insurrection	Norfolk Island	8	1834 Jan 15	Convict mutiny. Six convicts and two guards killed. 11 convicts were later executed. [253]
Civil unrest	Broome, Western Australia	8	1920 Dec 23–26	Broome Race Riots. Brawling and rioting between Japanese and Koepanger (Malay & Timorese) pearl divers. [254]
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. [255]
Bushfire	Wandilo, South Australia	8	1958 Apr	8 firefighters died [256]
Air accident	Golden Grove, South Australia	8	1972 Jul 13	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo plane crash [257]
Explosion	Sandy Bay, Tasmania	8	1974 Sep 5	8 died when newly installed boiler at Mt. St. Canice laundry breached after "gags" were not removed from safety valves and boiler was subsequently fired until it exploded whilst commissioning. [258]
Bushfire	Western Victoria	8	1977 Feb	Around Streatham was the worst affected area. [259]
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. [260]
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	Nigo Kim cargo ship explosion. [261]
Massacre	Manoora, Cairns, Queensland	8	2014 Dec 19	Cairns child killings. Eight children were fatally stabbed in a Murray Street residence. [262]
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. [263] The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921. [264]
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. [265]
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. [260]
Flood	Canberra	7	1971 Jan 26	1971 Canberra flood. Seven motorists were killed when their cars were swept into a creek. [266]
Air accident	Near Alice Springs, Northern Territory	7	1972 Jan 20	Beechcraft 65-80 Queen Air accident. [267]
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. [268]
Air accident	Near Charleville, Queensland	7	1981 Sep 19	Cessna U206 accident. [269]
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	Nyngan and Charleville Flood. More than a million square kilometres of flooding. [270]
Air accident	South Stradbroke Island, Queensland	7	1991 Mar 3	Sea World helicopter accident. [271]
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. [272]
Massacre	Hillcrest, Queensland	7	1996 Jan 25	Peter May killed his estranged wife, three children and parents-in-law before committing suicide. [273]
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. [274]
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	[275]
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. [276]
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. [277]
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. [278]
Industrial accident	Spotswood, Victoria	6	1895	Spotswood Sewer Disaster. The drilling of an underground sewer in Melbourne went too close to the Yarra River. [279]
Massacre	Alligator Creek near Mackay, Queensland	6	1911 Nov 17	A mother and five children were murdered in their home. [280]
Battle	Broken Hill, New South Wales	6	1915 Jan 1	Battle of Broken Hill. Two Indian immigrants open fire on a train carrying picnickers. [281]
Landslide	Between Blackwood, South Australia and Belair, South Australia	6	1928 Jan 31	Hills Railway line disaster. A railway embankment collapsed during tunnel demolition, entombing 6 railway workers. [282] [283]
Air Accident	Near Port Pirie, South Australia	6	1943 Aug 27	Two RAAF Fairey Battle aircraft on a training flight collided in mid-air. [284]
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. [285]
Flood	Kempsey, Macleay Valley	6	1949 Aug 26–27	Six people died in the flood, five in Kempsey. [286] The Kempsey Traffic Bridge reached a peak height of 8.42m on the afternoon of 27 August. [287]
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. [288]
Air accident	18 km south of Wilkurra Homestead, New South Wales	6	1974 Apr 2	Cessna 310H accident. [289]
Air accident	Near Merimbula, New South Wales	6	1976 Feb 29	Piper PA-32 accident. [290]
Air accident	Near Kingscote Airport, Kangaroo Island, South Australia	6	1977 May 15	Cessna 210K accident. [291]
Flood	Sydney and Penrith, New South Wales	6	1978 Feb–Mar	[292]
Air accident	Norseman Airport, Norseman, Western Australia	6	1978 Jun 11	Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident. [293]
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. [294]
Air accident	Near Shepparton, Victoria	6	1979 Aug 30	Cessna P206C accident. [295]
Serial killing	Tynong North and Frankston, Victoria	6	1980 Dec	Remains found in bushland. Investigation still open. [296] [297]
Air accident	Koolan Island, Western Australia	6	1984 Dec 23	Cessna 210L accident. [298]
Air accident	Near Bankstown Airport, New South Wales	6	1985 Jun 7	Cessna 210N accident. [299]
Flood	Hawkesbury, New South Wales	6	1986 Aug	Hawkesbury and Georges River Flood. [300]
Air accident	Essendon, Victoria	6	1986 Sep 3	Air Ambulance Cessna (call signal RED) crashed on takeoff from Essendon Airport after single engine failure. [301]
Massacre	Canley Vale, New South Wales	6	1987 Oct 10	John Tran killed five members of the Huynh family before committing suicide. [302]
Fire	Kings Cross, New South Wales	6	1989 Sep 17	Downunder Hostel fire. Arson attack. [303]
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. [60] [304]
Rail accident	Brooklyn, New South Wales	6	1990 May 6	Commuter train crashed into a stalled chartered steam train. [305]
Air accident	Tarago, New South Wales	6	1992 Jun 19	Beechcraft Baron accident. [306]
Air accident	Geraldton, Western Australia	6	1992 Aug 25	Beechcraft Baron accident. [307]
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. [308]
Air accident	Weipa Airport, Weipa, Queensland	6	1994 Mar 21	Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander accident. [309]
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. [310]
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. [311]
Road accident	Penshurst, Victoria	6	2011 Nov 11	A car and truck collided and subsequently caught fire at an intersection near Penshurst. Four occupants of the car died at the scene, along with the truck driver, and a fifth occupant of the car died later in hospital. [312]
Air accident	Near Gympie, Queensland	6	2012 Oct 1	De Havilland DH84 Dragon crashed in dense bushland, killing all six on board. [313]
Flood	Tasmania, ACT & New South Wales	6	2016 Jun 5–8	Three deaths occurred in Tasmania at Latrobe, Ouse and Evandale. [314] One death occurred at Cotter Dam in the ACT. Two deaths occurred in NSW, one near Bowral, the other in Leppington. [315]
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 [316]
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. [317]
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. [318] [319]
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. [320]
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	Riverstone landslide. A tramway cutting caves in on workers, at Gordonvale. [321]
Storm	Sydney, New South Wales	5	1937 Jan 25	A tornadic thunderstorm moved through Sydney on the afternoon of 25 January. Five people died. [322]
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. [323]
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. [324]
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. [325]
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. [326]
Air accident	Moorabbin, Victoria	5	1970 Oct 19	Airborne collision between a Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza and a Bell 47G helicopter. [327]
Air accident	Parafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia	5	1975 Mar 3	Beechcraft D-55 Baron accident. [328]
Air accident	Fitzroy Station, Northern Territory	5	1975 Mar 13	A Cessna 310N collided with a radio mast and subsequently crashed. [329]
Air accident	Parafield Airport, Parafield, South Australia	5	1976 Feb 1	Airborne collision between a Rossair Cessna 172M and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee. [330]
Air accident	Near Cloncurry, Queensland	5	1976 Jun 11	Cessna 210 accident. [331]
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. [332]
Air accident	Near Moorooduc, Victoria	5	1980 Sep 28	Airborne collision between a Cessna 172N and a glider. [333]
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. [334]
Air accident	Near Lang Lang, Victoria	5	1982 Jan 7	Bell 206B accident. [335]
Air accident	Near Cairns, Queensland	5	1982 Sep 30	Cessna 210 accident. [336]
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. [337]
Massacre	Wahroonga, New South Wales	5	1984 Apr	John Brandon murdered his wife, three children and mother before committing suicide. [338]
Air accident	33 km West of Peterborough, South Australia	5	1985 Oct 22	Piper PA-32 accident. [339]
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. [340]
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. [341]
Massacre	Near Gunbalanya, Northern Territory	5	1988 Sep 25	Dennis Rostron fatally shot five members of his family. [342]
Air accident	Cravens Peak Station, Queensland	5	1989 Apr 7	Cessna 172 accident. [343]
Air accident	Near Roma, Queensland	5	1989 Sep 28	Beechcraft Baron accident. [344]
Heat wave	Southern South Australia and northern Victoria	5+	1990 Jan	Likelihood of additional unreported deaths. [345]
Air accident	Wondai, Queensland	5	1990 Jul 26	Beechcraft King Air accident. [346]
Massacre	Surry Hills, New South Wales	5	1990 Aug 30	Paul Anthony Evers fatally shot five people in a unit block. [347]
Air accident	Off East Sale, Victoria	5	1991 Oct 29	1991 RAAF Boeing 707 crash. [348]
Air accident	Moormbool West, Victoria	5	1992 Jun 12	Piper PA-32R accident. [349] [350]
Siege	Cangai, New South Wales	5	1993 Mar	1993 Cangai siege
Heat wave	Townsville region	5	1994 Jan	[351]
Flood	Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales	5	1996 May	Heavy flooding in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales, with areas west of Brisbane and the Grafton area worst affected. [352]
Massacre	Richmond, Tasmania	5	1997 Jul 28	Peter Shoobridge murdered his four daughters before taking his own life. [353]
Air accident	Near Katherine, Northern Territory	5	1997 Aug 14	Cessna 210M accident. [354]
Bushfire	Linton, Victoria	5	1998	Linton bushfire. Wildfire engulfs five volunteer firefighters. [355]
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 [356]
Air accident	Willowbank, Queensland	5	2006 Jan 2	Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash. [357]
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. [358]
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. [359]
Flood	Caboolture, Queensland	5	2015 May 2	Cars were swept off roads by floodwaters in Caboolture. [360]
Air accident	Essendon, Victoria	5	2017 Feb 21	2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash
Massacre	Bedford, Western Australia	5	2018 Sep 9	Anthony Harvey killed his three daughters, wife and mother-in-law. [361]
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. [362]
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. [363]
Air accident	Lockhart River, Queensland	5	2020 Mar 11	Cessna 404 Titan accident. [364]
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. [365]
Flood/cyclone	North and Central Coast, Queensland	4–5	1990 Dec & 1991 Jan	Extensive damage from flooding caused by Cyclone Joy [366] [367]
Heat wave	Melbourne, Victoria	4+	1990 Dec	Likelihood of additional unreported deaths [368]
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. [369]
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. [370]
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. [371]
Sinking	Cairns, Queensland	4	1947 Sep 13	HMAS Warrnambool. Sunk while clearing minefields after World War II. [372]
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. [260]
Air accident	Burrendong Dam, New South Wales	4	1969 Jul 31	Cessna 182K accident. [373]
Air accident	Yendon, Victoria	4	1970 Oct 31	Cessna 210A accident. [374]
Air accident	Near Mount Buller, Victoria	4	1971 May 29	Cessna 172F accident. [375]
Air accident	Near Wellington, New South Wales	4	1971 May 31	Beechcraft Bonanza accident. [376]
Air accident	Near Narromine, New South Wales	4	1971 Nov 14	Piper PA-28 Cherokee accident. [377]
Air accident	Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, near Leigh Creek, South Australia	4	1972 Jan 25	Beechcraft Bonanza accident. [378]
Air accident	Barkly Downs Homestead, Queensland	4	1974 Jan 4	Beechcraft Debonair accident. [379]
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. [380]
Air accident	Mount Dom Dom, Victoria	4	1974 Jun 18	Cessna 210H accident. [381]
Air accident	Near Rankins Springs, New South Wales	4	1976 Jul 30	Cessna 182G accident. [382]
Road accident	Lamington National Park, Queensland	4	1979 Apr 21	Brisbane Girls Grammar school bus crash. [260]
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. [383]
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. [260]
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 [384]
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. [385]
Fire	Indian Ocean	4	1998 May 5	HMAS Westralia. Unsuitable fuel hose in engine room bursts, spraying diesel which ignites, creating a fireball below deck. [386]
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. [387]
Landslide	Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania	4	2001 Feb 18	4 people died when landslide causes a bus to fall into a ravine [388]
Air accident	Toowoomba, Queensland	4	2001 Nov 27	Plane hit powerlines [389]
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. [390]
Bushfire	Canberra	4	2003 Jan 18	2003 Canberra bushfires. Bushfire reaches capital city suburbs [391]
Drowning	Mackenzie Falls, Grampians National Park, Victoria	4	2004 Dec 25	Four relatives lost on Christmas Day outing. [392]
Sinking	Sydney Harbour, New South Wales	4	2007 Mar 28	HarbourCat ferry Pam Burridge collides with pleasure cruiser Merinda. [393] [394]
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. [395]
Bushfire	Esperance, Western Australia	4	2015 Nov 17	Three of the dead were foreign nationals. [396]
Air accident	Barwon Heads, Victoria	4	2016 Jan 29	Light aircraft en route to King Island crashed into ocean near Victorian coast. [397]
Amusement park accident	Coomera, Queensland	4	2016 Oct 25	Thunder River Rapids Ride accident at Dreamworld. [398]
Massacre	Darwin, Northern Territory	4	2019 Jun 4	2019 Darwin shooting.
Road accident	Oatlands, New South Wales	4	2020 Feb 1	Four child pedestrians struck and killed by vehicle [399]
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. [400]
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. [401]
Air accident	Deception Bay, near Rothwell, Queensland	4	2021 Dec 19	Rockwell Commander 114 accident. [402]
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. [403]
Air accident	Gundaroo, New South Wales	4	2023 Oct 6	Cirrus SR22 accident. [404]
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. [405]
Massacre	Stringybark Creek, near Tolmie, Victoria	3	1878 Oct 26	Three policemen murdered by outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. [406]
Civil unrest	Melbourne CBD, Victoria	3	1923 Nov 2–4	Victorian Police Strike. This event prompted widespread looting and rioting in central Melbourne. [407]
Fire/explosion	Port Adelaide, South Australia	3	1924 Apr 26	Three firemen died after the SS City of Singapore, fully loaded with flammable cargo, caught fire and exploded. 10 other people were injured. [408]
Air accident	Tambo, Queensland	3	1927 Mar 24	Qantas de Havilland DH-9C crash [409]
Motorsport accident	Penrith, New South Wales	3	1938 Jun 13	During 10-mile car race at Penrith Speedway, the lead car lost control and swerved into spectators. [410]
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. [411]
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. [412]
Cyclone	Townsville, Queensland	3	1971 Dec	Cyclone Althea. Cyclone and storm surge. [56]
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. [413]
Terrorism	Sydney	3	1978 Feb 13	Sydney Hilton bombing. Bomb explosion outside Sydney Hilton Hotel during the CHOGRM [414]
Cyclone	south of Innisfail, Queensland	3	1986 Feb	Category 3 Cyclone Winifred in region from Cairns to Ingham. [56] [415]
Construction Accident	Brisbane, Queensland	3	1988 Aug 4	Concrete slab fell from crane at Commonwealth Bank building construction site, crushing pedestrians. [416]
Drowning	Mount Field National Park, Tasmania	3	1990 Jul 3	School outdoor excursion. Two students and one teacher drowned whilst crossing creek. [260]
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. [260]
Flood	Katherine, Northern Territory	3	1998 Jan	Flooding cause by ex-tropical Cyclone Les. [56]
Severe storm	Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Sydney and central western regions	3	2001 Nov	[417]
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. [418]
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. [419]
Road accident/fire	Melbourne	3	2007 Mar 23	Burnley Tunnel Fire. Traffic accident resulting in explosion and fire. [420]
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. [421]
Wall Collapse	Melbourne, Victoria	3	2013 Mar 28	Three pedestrians killed when a brick wall collapsed in Swanston St in the CBD of Melbourne. [422]
Terrorism	Sydney	3	2014 Dec 16	2014 Sydney hostage crisis: The hostage-taker and two hostages were killed. [423]
Workplace accident	Oolong, New South Wales	3	2017 Feb 16	Three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while cleaning the interior of a water tank on a rural property. [424]
Fire	Footscray, Victoria	3	2017 Mar 1	Three homeless people died in a fire in a dis-used factory. [425]
Air accident	Renmark, South Australia	3	2017 May 30	Three killed in light aircraft crash. [426]
Air accident	Mission Beach, Queensland	3	2017 Oct 13	Three skydivers killed. [427]
Flood	Townsville, Queensland	3*	2019 Feb 4–8	2019 Townsville flood [428] [429] *At least one additional death occurred after the floods due to flood-borne disease.
Storm	Victoria	3	2020 Aug 27	Winds reaching 158 km/h cause severe damage across Victoria, killing 3 people including a 4-year-old boy. Over 120,000 houses lost power [430] and 101 suburbs were placed under a boil water advisory that was lifted 4 days later. [431]
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. [432]
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. [433]
Air accident	Bluff Downs, Queensland	2	1984 Apr 9	Two RAAF Mirage fighter jets collided in mid-air. [434]
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. [435]
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. [436]
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. [437]
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 [438]
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. [439]
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	Two snowboarders buried in avalanche. [440]
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. [441]
Bushfire	Yarloop, Western Australia	2	2016 Jan 8	[442]
Air accident	Wilton, New South Wales	2	2017 Jul 15	Two skydivers killed. [443]
Air Accident	Leigh Creek, South Australia	2	2019 Jul 6	Light aircraft crash. [444]
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. [445]
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. [446]
Building implosion	Canberra, ACT.	1	1997 Jul 13	Royal Canberra Hospital implosion. Spectator killed by falling debris. [447]
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. [448]
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.[ 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) [449]
Missile strike	Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	38	2014 Jul 17	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 [450] [451]
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. [452]
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	New York City and Arlington County, United States	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 [453]
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. [454] [455]
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. [456]
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. [457]
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	1993 Feb 28 – 19 Apr	Waco Siege. [458] 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. [459]
Earthquake	Turkey and Syria	3	2023 Feb 6	2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake [460]
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 [461]
Air accident	near Qazvin, Iran	2	2009 Jul 15	Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Typhoon	The Philippines	2	2013 Nov 8	Typhoon Haiyan [462]
Road accident	Narok, Kenya	2	2014 Sep 7	Tourist bus crash. [463]
Air accident	Southern Alps, France	2	2015 Mar 24	Germanwings Flight 9525 [464]
Murder	Sinaloa, Mexico	2	2015 Nov 20–21	Two Australian surfers murdered. [465]
Terrorism	London, Great Britain	2	2017 Jun 3	2017 London Bridge attack [466]
Fire	North Kensington, London, United Kingdom	2	2017 Jun 14	Grenfell Tower fire [467]
Road accident	Near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe	2	2017 Dec 23	Two Australian tourists killed in car crash. [468]
Crowd crush	Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea	2	2022 Oct 29	Seoul Halloween crowd crush [469] [470]
Sinking	Zeebrugge, Belgium	1	1987 Mar 6	Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. [471]
Terrorism	Lockerbie, Scotland	1	1988 Dec 21	Pan Am Flight 103. Although a resident of South Africa, the victim was an Australian national. [472]
Terrorism	Nairobi, Kenya	1	2013 Sep 21-24	Westgate shopping mall attack. [473]
Avalanche	Mount Everest, Himalayas	1	2013 Oct 16	Australian tourist killed in avalanche. [474]
Terrorism	Tunis, Tunisia	1	2015 Mar 18	Bardo National Museum attack [475]
Earthquake	Nepal	1	2015 Apr 25	April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Australian killed below Mt Everest in avalanche triggered by quake. [476]
Shooting	Minneapolis, United States	1	2017 Jul 15	Australian murdered by US police officer. [477]
Terrorism	Barcelona, Spain	1	2017 Aug 17	2017 Barcelona attacks [478]
Avalanche	Tyrol, Austria	1	2019 Jan 10	Teenage boy killed in avalanche in Austrian Alps while skiing. [479]
Explosion	Beirut, Lebanon	1	2020 Aug 4	2020 Beirut explosion [480]
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 [481]

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

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External links

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