Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Disasters
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.
| WikiProject Australian history - Disasters of Australia | |
|---|---|
| Main Page | |
| 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
[edit]Main page categories
[edit]The disasters of Australia category structure is:
- Main Category:Disasters in Australia
Talk page Template
[edit]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
[edit]When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.
- |class= |importance=
Class
[edit]The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Australia articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Australia articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Australia articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Australia articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Australia articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Australia articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Australia pages)
Importance
[edit]The following values may be used for the importance parameter:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Australia articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Australia articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Australia articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Australia articles)
- The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA
Resources
[edit]- 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
[edit]Naming
[edit]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 natural disasters
[edit]Cyclones
[edit]see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Cyclone disasters
Floods
[edit]Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Flood disasters
Fires
[edit]see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Bushfire disasters
Earthquakes and Landslides
[edit]- 1983 Newcastle earthquake see - this link for details
- Thredbo landslide see - this link for details
Droughts
[edit]- Australian drought of 1979 to 1983 see - Natural disasters in Australia for details
- Australian drought of 1991 to 1995 see - Natural disasters in Australia for details
Tornados
[edit]- Bucca tornado of 1992 see - link for details
Heat Waves
[edit]- Heatwave of 1896 see - link for details
- Heatwave of 1939 see - this link for details
- Heatwave of 1923 see - this link for details
Dust storms
[edit]- Duststorms of 1944 to 1945 see - this link for details
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