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This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in the country of Australia .
Notable floods [ edit ]
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]
2016
2016 Tasmanian Floods
TAS
3[16]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Floods in Australia
Pre-2000
Post-2000