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
1806	Maitland	nwa	4^{[citation needed]}
1820	Maitland	NSW
1852	Gundagai	NSW	89^{[citation needed]}
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^{[citation needed]}
1900	Western Australian floods	WA
1909	Western Victorian floods	VIC	4^{[citation needed]}
1913	Maitland	NSW	2760^{[citation needed]}
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^[6]
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^{[citation needed]}
1971	Maitland	NSW
1974	Brisbane flood	QLD	16^{[citation needed]}
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	NT, QLD	3^[7]
2007	Hunter Valley/Maitland floods (June)	NSW	10^{[citation needed]}
2007	Gippsland Floods (June)	VIC
2008	Mackay floods (February)	QLD
2010	Victorian floods (Sept)	VIC
2010	Queensland floods (March)	QLD
2010	Carnarvon/Gascoyne (December)	WA
2010-11	Queensland floods (Dec–Jan)	QLD	35^[8]
2011	2011 Victorian Floods (Jan)	VIC	2^[9]^[10]
2011	Gippsland (August)	VIC	1^[11]
2012	Eastern Australia (Feb-Mar)	NSW, VIC, QLD	2^[12]^[13]
2012	Gippsland and Koowerup	VIC	0^{[citation needed]}
2013	2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan)	QLD, NSW	6^{[citation needed]}
2015	2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods	NSW	8^[14]
2015	South-East Queensland Flash Floods	QLD	5^[15]

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
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External links

[1] The Argus. 28 December 1863

[2] The Great Flood of Ballarat. pg 6. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 October 1869

[3] The Floods in Australia: Heavy Losses Revealed. Launceston Examiner. 18 July 1891

[RW30-4] Whitaker (2005), 30.

[Kenny-5] Kenny (n.d.).

[6] 1. The West Australian. Thursday 6 April 1950

[7] "Tropical Cyclone Les", Bureau of Meteorology

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[12] ttp://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8413110/thousands-evacuated-from-nsw-floods

[13] ttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/numurkah-caravan-park-now-an-island-home-as-floods-ravage-town/story-fn7x8me2-1226288801775

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[15] ttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/01/three-die-queensland-floods-downpours-caboolture

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v t e Floods in Australia
Pre-2000	1893 Brisbane flood 1900 Western Australian floods 1909 Western Victorian floods 1929 Tasmanian floods June 1947 Tasmanian floods 1950 Australian rainfall records 1955 Hunter Valley floods 1956 Murray River flood 1971 Canberra flood 1974 Brisbane flood 1998 Katherine floods 1998 Townsville floods
Post-2000	June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms March 2010 Queensland floods 2010 Victorian storms 2010 Victorian floods 2010 Gascoyne River flood 2010–11 Queensland floods Early 2011 Victorian floods 2011 Wollongong floods January 2013 Eastern Australia floods

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