Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Heatwave disasters

The History of disasters of Australia is an outline of natural disasters in Australia and its territories.

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The disasters of Australia category structure is:

Main Category:Disasters in Australia

Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia

Category:Earthquakes in Australia

Category:Fires in Australia

Category:Bushfires in Australia

Category:Mining disasters in Australia

Category:Railway accidents in Australia

Category:Shipwrecks on the Australian coast

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Category:Shipwrecks of NSW

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Resources

• Natural disasters in Australia
• Natural Disasters - facts
• Natural Disasters
• South Australia - Natural Disasters
• List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Guidelines for Writing Natural Disaster Articles

Naming

If a disaster is widely known by a particular name, then the article should use that name as its title. For example:

• Ash Wednesday bushfires
• Thredbo landslide

If a disaster does not have wide recognition with a particular name, then it should be titled in the form {{date}} {{location}} {{disaster type}}.

Examples:

• 2003 Canberra bushfires
• 1974 Brisbane flood
• 1989 Newcastle earthquake

List of heatwave disasters

A great number of the following events are drawn from Events By Category at the Emergency Management Australia - Disasters database.

Major events

These are more than likely to be notable, but please move down to Minor events section if you believe they are not.

• 1895 1895 Southern Regions, Australia Heatwave Dead=437 Injured=5000 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1907 1907 Southern States, Australia Heatwave Dead=246 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1909 1909 Australia Widespread Heatwaves Dead=109 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1911 1911 Australia Widespread Heatwaves Dead=143 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1913 1913 Australia Widespread Heatwaves Dead=122 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1920 1920 Australia Widespread Heatwaves Dead=147 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1926 1926 Southern States, Australia Heatwave Dead=130 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1938 1938 Southern States, Australia Heatwave Dead=438 Injured=5000 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1939 1939 South-Eastern Australia Heatwave Dead=112 Injured=1500 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1958 1958 Australia Widespread Heatwaves Dead=98 Injured=1000 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1972 1972 Southern Australia Heatwave Dead=99 Injured=1000 Affected=100000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1981 1981 South-Eastern Australia Heatwave Dead=15 Injured=200 Affected=50000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1993 1993 South-Eastern Australia Heatwave Dead=17 Injured=500 Affected=50000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1994 1994 Southern New South Wales Heatwave Dead= Injured=34 Affected=1000000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1997 1997 Southern Australia Heatwaves Dead=10 Injured=250 Affected=200000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2000 2000 South-Eastern Queensland Heatwave Dead=22 Injured=350 Affected=20000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2001 2001 Widespread Victoria Heatwave Dead= Injured=20 Affected=100000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

Minor events

These events are more than likely not notable. Please check and move to Major events section above if you believe notability exists. If a non-notable event is listed please do not delete immediately, but use <s></s> to strikethrough the text and add a signature using ~~~~. This way others can also review the event.

• 1923 1923 Marble Bar, Western Australia Heatwave Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1939 1939 Southern Queensland Heatwave Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1960 1960 South-Eastern South Australia Heatwave Dead=1 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1982 1982 Southern states, Victoria/New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Heatwave Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1990 1990 Regional, SA/Victoria Heatwave Dead=5 Injured=100 Affected=150000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1990 1990 Melbourne, Victoria Heatwave Dead=4 Injured=60 Affected=500000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1994 1994 Townsville Region, Queensland Heatwave Dead=5 Injured=150 Affected=100000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1995 1995 Western Sydney, New South Wales Heatwave Dead=1 Injured=100 Affected=500000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1996 1996 South-Western Western Australia Heatwave Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1997 1997 Port Augusta, Adelaide, South Australia Heatwave Dead= Injured=20 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1998 1998 Adelaide, South Australia Heatwave Dead=4 Injured=40 Affected=5000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 1998 1998 Victoria Heatwave Dead= Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

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• 1998 1998 Melbourne, Victoria Heatwave Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2000 2000 Adelaide and Region, South Australia Heatwave Dead=7 Injured=500 Affected=15000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2000 2000 Sydney, New South Wales Heatwave Dead= Injured=200 Affected=10000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2001 2001 Central and Southern Queensland Heatwave Dead=6 Injured=700 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2001 2001 Adelaide and Most of South Australia Heatwave Dead=5 Injured=300 Affected=100000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database

• 2001 2001 Brisbane Region, Queensland Heatwave Dead= Injured=15 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M

resources - EMA Disasters Database