List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Columns: Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes
Heat wave | Southern regions Australia | 99 | 1972 Dec - 1973 Feb | Cyclone | Northern Queensland | 99 | 1934 Mar 12 | A tropical cyclone crossed the North Queensland coast around Cape Tribulation , which generated a 9.1 storm surge . A pearling fleet off the coast was damaged , with 75 people reported lost ( one source says 99 ) | Explosion | Mount Kembla , New South Wales | 96 | 1902 Jul 31 | Mount Kembla Mine disaster . Coal mine gas explosion | Shipwreck | Monte Bello Islands , Western Australia | 93 | 1622 May 24 | Tryall . Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck | Flood | Gundagai , New South Wales | 89 | 1852 Jun 24-25 | A severe flash flood destroyed the town of Gundagai , which resulted in 89 deaths | Shipwreck | near Carpenter Rocks , in South East South Australia | 89 | 1859 Aug 6 | SS Admella . South Australia 's worst loss of life | Air raid | Broome , Western Australia | 88 | 1942 Mar 3 | Air raid on Broome . Japanese fighter planes strafed the town . Official toll ; may not include some refugees from the Dutch East Indies

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