Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Disasters

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The History of disasters of Australia is a outline of natural disasters in Australia and it's territories.

This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.

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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

[edit] Tagging and Categorising Articles

[edit] Main page categories

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:Wildfires in Australia
Category:Mining disasters in Australia
Category:Railway accidents in Australia
Category:Shipwrecks on the Australian coast
Category:Shipwrecks of Western Australia

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

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[edit] Guidelines for Writing Natural Disaster Articles

[edit] Naming

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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[edit] List of natural disasters

[edit] Cyclones

see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Cyclone disasters

[edit] Floods

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Flood disasters

[edit] Fires

see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Bushfire disasters

[edit] Earthquakes and Landslides

[edit] Droughts

[edit] Tornados

  • Bucca tornado of 1992 see - link for details

alot of peple were having sex during the disaster.

[edit] Heat Waves

  • Heatwave of 1896 see - link for details
  • Heatwave of 1939 see - this link for details
  • Heatwave of 1923 see - this link for details

[edit] Dust storms

  • Duststorms of 1944 to 1945 see - this link for details

during this particular disaster, a woman was performing oral sexx 4 her husband and suddenly she got a mouthful of dust. not a pretty thing!

[edit] Plagues

  • Spanish flu in Australia, 1918-1919 see Spanish flu
  • Bubonic Plague in Australia, 1900-1905 see Third Pandemic
  • Polio epidemic in Australia, 1946-1955 (?)