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

This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.

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WikiProject Australian history - Disasters of Australia
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Natural Disasters
Bushfires | Cyclones | Drought | Earthquakes and Landslides | Floods | Storms | Tsunami | Heatwaves | Winter, snow, and cold | Biological
People and Society Disasters
Chemical | Shipwreck | Transport | Urban fire | Criminal act and massacre | War | Industrial

Tagging and Categorising Articles

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Main page categories

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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
Category:Shipwrecks of Western Australia
Category:Shipwrecks of NSW

Talk page Template

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Articles related to disasters in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|history=yes}}

For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.

Rating Articles

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When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.

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The following values may be used for the importance parameter:


Resources

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Guidelines for Writing Natural Disaster Articles

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Naming

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

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:


List of tsunami disasters

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

Major events

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

resources - EMA Disasters Database
resources - EMA Disasters Database
resources - EMA Disasters Database
resources - EMA Disasters Database


Outside Australian Waters

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The 2004 tsunami is included as a reference, and possible Australian article. To what extent was Australia/Australians directly affected? Is there notability for a stand alone article, or material to be added to existing articles?

Current article states "Australians will be asked to observe a minute's silence at 11.59am." - was this a once off request, or an annual event. The tense of the sentence implies that it is yet forthcoming, but was this minutes silence in Jan 2005?

resources - EMA Disasters Database

Minor events

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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.