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

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WikiProject Australian history - Disasters of Australia
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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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For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.

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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}}.

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List of criminal act disasters and massacre 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 bottom section if you believe they are not.

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Outside Australia

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These events are included as a reference, and possible Australian related "stand-alone" articles, or for addition into existing articles.

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