List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Columns: Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes
Shipwreck | Christmas Island , Christmas Island | 48 | 2010 Dec 15 | 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster | Cyclone/Flood | Northern Queensland , including Cairns , Cardwell | 47 | 1927 Feb 9 | This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns , which weakened into a rain depression , causing extensive flooding , resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland | Cyclonic effects | North coast , New South Wales | 46 | 1923 | Rail accident | Sunshine , Victoria | 44 | 1908 Apr 20 | Sunshine rail disaster . A passenger train ran into the back of stationary train at Sunshine , near Melbourne . This resulted in 44 people dead and 413 people were injured | Fire | Queenstown , Tasmania | 42+ | 1912 Oct 12 | 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster . Mine fire . True toll may be higher due to subsequent deaths from the effects of the fire | Sinking | Sydney | 40-42 | 1927 Nov 3 | Greycliffe disaster | Shipwreck | near Edithburgh , South Australia | 40 | 1909 Jan 31 | SS Clan Ranald

Example questions:
Who named the Australian island that was the site of a shipwreck in 2010 ? | What is the capital of the Australian state that experienced cyclonic effects that killed 46 people ? | What Australian government leader disappeared in 1967 from the area that was the site of an 1887 shipwreck ? | In what year was the Australian city established that was the site of a cyclone that killed 47 people ? | How many people , in 2018 , lived in the Australian city that was the site of a 1989 street accident ?

Answers:
Captain William Mynors | Sydney | Harold Holt | 1876 | 15,309