Floods in Australia

1893 Brisbane flood
Flooding in Newcastle in 2007
Queensland 2010-2011 floods

Australia has had over 160,708 floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.

Floods that have occurred in the country of Australia:

Date Location State(s) Fatalities Notes
1806 Melbourne VIC 4 [citation needed]
1820 Maitland NSW
1852 Gundagai NSW 89 [1]
1863 Melbourne (December) VIC 1 [2]
1867 Hawkesbury River (June) NSW 12 [3]
1869 Ballarat VIC 2 [4]
1891 Melbourne (July) VIC 1 [5]
1893 Brisbane flood QLD 11 [6][7]
1893 Maitland NSW 9 [citation needed]
1900 Western Australian floods WA
1909 Western Victorian floods VIC 4 [citation needed]
1913 Maitland NSW 1 [8]
1916 Clermont QLD 65 [citation needed]
1923 Adelaide SA 3 [citation needed]
1926 Southwestern Australia WA
1927 Wollombi NSW
1929 Tasmanian Floods TAS 22 [citation needed]
1930 Maitland NSW
1931 Maitland NSW
1934 Yarra River VIC 35 [citation needed]
1947 June 1947 Tasmanian floods TAS
1949 Maitland NSW
1950 Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland NSW, VIC, QLD 1 [9]
1951 Maitland NSW
1952 Maitland NSW
1955 Maitland flood NSW 14 [citation needed]
1955 All southern states (August) WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS 2 [citation needed]
1956 Murray River flood NSW, VIC, SA
1970 All eastern states (December) QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS 16 [citation needed]
1971 Canberra flood ACT 7 [10]
1971 Tadpole flood NSW
1974 Brisbane flood QLD 16 [citation needed]
1984 Feb West Dapto NSW not known [11]
1986 Sydney NSW 6 [citation needed]
1990 East Coast NSW 7 [citation needed]
1996 Queensland and New South Wales NSW & QLD 4 [citation needed]
1998 Katherine
Townsville
Wollongong		 NT, QLD, NSW 3 [12][13]
June 2007 Hunter Valley/Maitland floods NSW 10 [citation needed]
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 2010 – January 2011 Queensland floods (Dec – Jan) QLD 35 [14]
January 2011 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) VIC 2 [15][16]
August 2011 Gippsland (August) VIC 1 [17]
February – March 2012 Eastern Australia (Feb – Mar) NSW, VIC, QLD 3 [18][19][20]
March 2012 Gippsland and Koo wee rup VIC 0 [citation needed]
January – February 2013 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) QLD, NSW 6 [citation needed]
April 2015 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods NSW 8 [citation needed]
May 2015 South – East Queensland Flash Floods QLD 5 [21]
June 2016 Tasmanian Floods TAS 3 [22]
September 2016 Central West and Riverina Floods NSW 1 [23]
February 2017 Western Australian Floods WA 2 [24]
Late March 2017 Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie Southern Queensland, Northern NSW 12 [25]
January – February 2019 Townsville flood Queensland 5 [26]
February 2020 Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding 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 Queensland NSW, South East Queensland 3
(As of 25 March 2021) 		[27][28]
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. Victoria 2 [29][30][31][32]
November 2021 Central Queensland Queensland [33]
January 2022 Wide Bay-Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth Queensland 3 [34]
February 2022 Eastern Australia floods Queensland, NSW 23, 1 missing [35][36][37][38]
March 2022 Eastern Australia floods South East Queensland, NSW 4 [39][40]
July 2022 New South Wales NSW 1 [41]
October 2022 South eastern Australia floods VIC, TAS, NSW 7 [42]
October 2023 Gippsland VIC [43][44][45]
December 2023 Cairns Flood QLD [46]
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  26. ^ "Townsville flooding continues as hundreds wait for waters to recede". ABC News. 2019-02-05.
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  40. ^ "Police confirm second death in south-east Queensland floods and severe weather as body of man missing at North Branch found". ABC News. 2022-03-29.
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  42. ^ "Thousands under flood evacuation orders across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania". ABC News.
  43. ^ "Victorian towns along Macalister River told to evacuate now as floodwaters continue to flow". ABC News. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  44. ^ "Emergency warning issued for parts of Sale in Victoria's east, as state waits for Gippsland flood peaks". ABC News. 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  45. ^ "Victoria floods: thousands told to evacuate as flood waters rise in Gippsland days after region fought fires". The Guardian. 2023-10-05. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  46. ^ "Live: Cairns enduring largest flood on record as BOM forecasts rainfall will not ease until Tuesday". ABC News. 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-17.