Floods in Australia

1893 Brisbane flood

Aerial view of Nangiloc, Iraak and Colignan during the 1956 Murray River flood.

Belmont Common flood, Belmont, 1952

Flooding in Newcastle

QLD 2010-2011 floods

This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in the country of Australia.

Date	Location	State(s)	Fatalities
1806	Maitland	NSW
1820	Maitland	NSW
1852	Gundagai	NSW	89
1863	Melbourne (December)	VIC	1
1869	Ballarat	VIC	2
1891	Melbourne (July)	VIC	1
1893	Brisbane flood	QLD	11
1893	Maitland	NSW	9
1900	Western Australian floods	WA
1909	Western Victorian floods	VIC	4
1913	Maitland	NSW
1916	Clermont	QLD	65
1923	Adelaide	SA	3
1926	Southwestern Australia	WA
1927	Wollombi	NSW
1929	Tasmanian Floods	TAS	22
1930	Maitland	NSW
1931	Maitland	NSW
1934	Yarra River	VIC	35
1947	June 1947 Tasmanian floods	TAS
1949	Maitland	NSW
1950	Maitland	NSW
1951	Maitland	NSW
1952	Maitland	NSW
1955	Maitland flood	NSW	14
1955	All southern states (August)	WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS	2
1956	Murray River flood	NSW, VIC, SA
1970	All eastern states (December)	QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS	16
1971	Canberra flood	ACT	7
1971	Maitland	NSW
1974	Brisbane flood	QLD	16
1986	Sydney	NSW	6
1990	East Coast	NSW	7
1996	Queensland and New South Wales	NSW & QLD	4
1998	Katherine	NT	3
2007	Hunter Valley/Maitland floods (June)	NSW	10
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
2011	2011 Victorian Floods (Jan)	VIC	1

See also

• Severe storms in Australia

Further reading

• Devin, L.B. and D.L. Purcell (1983) Flooding in Australia Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service ISBN 0644026278 : (Water 2000 : consultants report no. 11)(Department of Resources and Energy).

External links

• Geosciences Australia overview fact sheets.
• South Australian flood history.