List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Columns: Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes
Bushfire | Victoria and South Australia | 75 | 1983 Feb 16 | Ash Wednesday bushfires | Shipwreck | Green Cape , New South Wales | 71 | 1886 May 30 | The steamship Ly-Ee-Moon was wrecked during a violent gale on 30 May 1886 near Green Cape , resulting in around 71 deaths | Bushfire | Victoria | 71 | 1939 Jan 13 | Black Friday bushfires | Cyclone | Darwin | 71 | 1974 Dec 25 | Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin on Christmas Day 1974 . Top wind gust recorded was 217 kilometres per hour ( 135 mph ) . On 17 March 2005 , a Northern Territory Coroner 's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71 | Flood | Clermont , Queensland | 65 | 1916 Dec 27 | Bushfire | Tasmania | 62 | 1967 Feb 7 | Now known as Black Tuesday , 62 people lost their lives , and 7,000 left homeless as over a hundred fires burned in southern Tasmania

Example questions:
Which strait contains the Australian island of King Island where 79 were killed by a sinking ship ? | What is the altitude of the Australian mountain of Kembla where 96 were killed by an explosion ? | Which river flows by the Australian town of Gundagai where 89 were killed by flooding ? | How many lived in the Australian town of Broome where 88 were killed by aerial bombardment ? | How far south is Barrow Island from the Australian islands of Monte Bello where 93 were killed by a ship sinking ?

Answers:
Bass Strait | 534 metres | Murrumbidgee | 14,445 | 20 kilometres