Floods in Australia
1893 Brisbane flood
Flooding in Newcastle in 2007
Queensland 2010-2011 floods
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in the country of Australia.
Notable floods
| Date | Location Australia all over Australia | State(s) | Fatalities | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | Maitland | NSW | 4 | |
| 1820 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1852 | Gundagai | NSW | 89 | |
| December 1863 | Melbourne (December) | VIC | 1 | [1] |
| 1869 | Ballarat | VIC | 2 | [2] |
| 1891 | Melbourne (July) | VIC | 1 | [3] |
| 1893 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 11 | [4][5] |
| 1893 | Maitland | NSW | 9 | |
| 1900 | Western Australian floods | WA | ||
| 1909 | Western Victorian floods | VIC | 4 | |
| 1913 | Maitland | NSW | 2,760 | |
| 1916 | Clermont | QLD | 65 | |
| 1923 | Adelaide | SA | 3 | |
| 1926 | Southwestern Australia | WA | ||
| 1927 | Wollombi | NSW | ||
| 1929 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 22 | |
| 1930 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1931 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1934 | Yarra River | VIC | 35 | |
| 1947 | June 1947 Tasmanian floods | TAS | ||
| 1949 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1950 | Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland | NSW, VIC, QLD | 1 | [6] |
| 1951 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1952 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1955 | Maitland flood | NSW | 14 | |
| 1955 | All southern states (August) | WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS | 2 | |
| 1956 | Murray River flood | NSW, VIC, SA | ||
| 1970 | All eastern states (December) | QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS | 16 | |
| 1971 | Canberra flood | ACT | 7 | |
| 1971 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1974 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 16 | |
| 1986 | Sydney | NSW | 6 | |
| 1990 | East Coast | NSW | 7 | |
| 1996 | Queensland and New South Wales | NSW & QLD | 4 | |
| 1998 | Katherine Townsville | NT, QLD | 3 | [7] |
| June 2007 | Hunter Valley/Maitland floods | NSW | 10 | |
| 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 | ||
| November 2010 – January 2011 | Queensland floods (Dec – Jan) | QLD | 35 | [8] |
| January 2011 | 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) | VIC | 2 | [9][10] |
| August 2011 | Gippsland (August) | VIC | 1 | [11] |
| February – March 2012 | Eastern Australia (Feb – Mar) | NSW, VIC, QLD | 3 | [12][13][14] |
| March 2012 | Gippsland and Koowerup | VIC | 0 | |
| January – February 2013 | 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) | QLD, NSW | 6 | |
| April 2015 | 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods | NSW | 8 | [15] |
| May 2015 | South – East Queensland Flash Floods | QLD | 5 | [16] |
| June 2016 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 3 | [17] |
| September 2016 | Central West and Riverina Floods | NSW | 1 | [18] |
See also
References
- ↑ The Argus. 28 December 1863
- ↑ The Great Flood of Ballarat. pg 6. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 October 1869
- ↑ The Floods in Australia: Heavy Losses Revealed. Launceston Examiner. 18 July 1891
- ↑ Whitaker (2005), 30.
- ↑ Kenny (n.d.).
- ↑ pg 1. The West Australian. Thursday 6 April 1950
- ↑ "Tropical Cyclone Les", Bureau of Meteorology
- ↑ "Death toll from Queensland Floods". Queensland Police Service. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ "Missing boy's body found". ABC News. Australia. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ↑ "Victoria flash floods claim first victim". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ Heard, Hamish; O'Connell, Brigid (13 August 2011). "Gippsland farmer dies in floodwaters in bid to save cattle". Sunday Herald-Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8413110/thousands-evacuated-from-nsw-floods[]
- ↑ "Two dead in flood crisis gripping parts of Victoria, NSW and Queensland". Herald-Sun. AAP. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Australian flood clean-up begins". Radio Australia. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Storm leaves eight dead". Daily Mail. London. 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Sandeman, George (2 May 2015). "Five die in Queensland floods after downpours in Caboolture". The Guardian. Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Four missing as floods devastate Tasmania; NSW mops up". ABC News. Australia. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ "Body found near Forbes identified as missing Burcher man Robert Linnane". ABC News. Australia. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
Further reading
- Devin, L.B. and D.L. Purcell (1983) Flooding in Australia Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service ISBN 0-644-02627-8 : (Water 2000 : consultants report no. 11)(Department of Resources and Energy).
External links
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- Flood and natural hazard research from Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
- Geosciences Australia overview fact sheets.
- South Australian flood history.
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