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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TIMELINE
MAP
MOUNT KEMBLA, NEW SOUTH WALES, 31 JULY 1902: AUSTRALIA’S WORST MINE DISASTER KILLS 96
SUNSHINE STATION, VICTORIA, 20 APRIL 1908: VICTORIA’S WORST RAIL CRASH KILLS 44
OFF DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 26 JULY 1909: AUSTRALIA’S WORST DISASTER: THE WARATAH SHIPWRECK KILLS 211
OFF TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, 23 MARCH 1911: THE YONGALA SINKS IN A CYCLONIC TEMPEST KILLING 122
OFF PORT HEDLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 20 MARCH 1912: THE WRECK OF THE KOOMBANA KILLS 150
MOUNT MULLIGAN, QUEENSLAND, 19 SEPTEMBER 1921: MOUNT MULLIGAN MINE EXPLODES KILLING 75
SYDNEY HARBOUR, 3 NOVEMBER 1927: THE SINKING OF THE FERRY GREYCLIFFE KILLS 40
VICTORIA, NOVEMBER 1934: STORM FLOODS CAUSE DEVASTATION KILLING 35
VICTORIA, 13 JANUARY 1939: THE BLACK FRIDAY BUSHFIRES KILL 71
NEAR MACKAY, QUEENSLAND, 14 JUNE 1943: AUSTRALIA’S WORST PLANE CRASH KILLS 40
OFF JERVIS BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 10 FEBRUARY 1964: HMAS MELBOURNE SINKS THE VOYAGER KILLING 82
TASMANIA, 7 FEBRUARY 1967: THE BLACK TUESDAY BUSHFIRES KILL 62
MELBOURNE, 15 OCTOBER 1970: WEST GATE BRIDGE BUCKLES AND FALLS KILLING 35
DARWIN, 24–25 DECEMBER 1974: CYCLONE TRACY STRIKES KILLING 71
SYDNEY, 18 JANUARY 1977: THE GRANVILLE TRAIN CRASH KILLS 83
VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 16 FEBRUARY 1983: THE ASH WEDNESDAY BUSHFIRES KILL 75
KEMPSEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 22 DECEMBER 1989: AUSTRALIA’S WORST ROAD ACCIDENT KILLS 35
NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, 28 DECEMBER 1989: AUSTRALIA’S WORST EARTHQUAKE KILLS 13
PORT ARTHUR, TASMANIA, 28 APRIL 1996: MARTIN BRYANT’S MURDEROUS SPREE KILLS 35
THREDBO, NEW SOUTH WALES, 30 JULY 1997: AUSTRALIA’S WORST LANDSLIDE KILLS 18
BALI, 12 OCTOBER 2002: TERRORIST ATTACK IN KUTA KILLS 88
VICTORIA, 7 FEBRUARY 2009: THE BLACK SATURDAY BUSHFIRES KILL 173
QUEENSLAND, DECEMBER 2010–JANUARY 2011: FLOODS WREAK HAVOC IN QUEENSLAND KILLING 44
OTHER DISASTERS
GREAT DISASTERS REPORTED IN THIS BOOK RANKED BY DEATH TOLL
SURVIVAL GUIDE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PICTURE CREDITS
SOURCES
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