Australia has had numerous floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.
The following floods have occurred in Australia since 1806:
Date Location State(s) Fatalities Notes 1806 Melbourne VIC 4 1820 Maitland NSW 1852 Gundagai NSW 89 1863 Melbourne (December) VIC 1 The Argus. 28 December 1863 1867 Hawkesbury River (June) NSW 12 1869 Ballarat VIC 2 The Great Flood of Ballarat. pg 6. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 October 1869 1891 Melbourne (July) VIC 1 The Floods in Australia: Heavy Losses Revealed. Launceston Examiner. 18 July 1891 1893 Brisbane flood QLD 11 Whitaker (2005), 30.Kenny (n.d.). 1893 Maitland NSW 9 1900 Western Australian floods WA 1909 Western Victorian floods VIC 4 1913 Maitland NSW 1 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, Gippsland, West Queensland NSW, VIC, QLD 1 pg 1. The West Australian. Thursday 6 April 1950 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 Tadpole flood NSW 1974 Brisbane flood QLD 16 February 1984 West Dapto NSW not known 1986 Sydney NSW 6 1990 East Coast NSW 7 1996 Queensland and New South Wales NSW & QLD 4 1998 KatherineTownsvilleWollongong NT, QLD, NSW 3 "Tropical Cyclone Les", Bureau of Meteorology June 2007 Hunter Valley/Maitland floods NSW 10 June 2007 Gippsland Floods VIC February 2008 Mackay floods QLD September 2010 Victorian floods (Sept) VIC March 2010 Queensland floods (March) QLD December 2010 Carnarvon/Gascoyne (December) WA December 2010January 2011 Queensland floods (DecJan) QLD 35 January 2011 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) VIC 2 August 2011 Gippsland (August) VIC 1 FebruaryMarch 2012 Eastern Australia (FebMar) NSW, VIC, QLD 3 March 2012 Gippsland and Koo wee rup VIC 0 JanuaryFebruary 2013 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) QLD, NSW 6 April 2015 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods NSW 8 May 2015 SouthEast Queensland Flash Floods QLD 5 June 2016 Tasmanian Floods TAS 3 September 2016 Central West and Riverina Floods NSW 1 February 2017 Western Australian Floods WA 2 Late March 2017 Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie Southern Queensland, Northern NSW 12 JanuaryFebruary 2019Townsville floodQueensland5 February 2020 Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW, caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha NSW, WA 0 March 2021 Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East QueenslandNSW, South East Queensland3 ()9–10 June 2021 Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more. Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley was one of the hardest-hit places with 200 homes evacuated.Victoria2 November 2021Central QueenslandQueenslandJanuary 2022Wide Bay-Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone SethQueensland3February 2022 Eastern Australia floodsQueensland, NSW23, 1 missing March 2022 Eastern Australia floodsSouth East Queensland, NSW4July 2022 New South WalesNSW1October 2022 South eastern Australia floodsVIC, TAS, NSW7October 2023GippslandVICDecember 2023Cairns FloodQLDJanuaryFebruary 2025North QueenslandQLD2May 2025New South WalesNSW5
References
Further reading Devin, L.B. and D.L. Purcell (1983) Flooding in Australia Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service : (Water 2000 : consultants report no. 11)(Department of Resources and Energy).
External links
Flood and natural hazard research from Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Geosciences Australia overview fact sheets. South Australian flood history .