List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Columns: Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes
Cyclone | Broome , Western Australia | 40 | 1910 Nov 19 | This tropical cyclone was probably Broome 's most destructive , with maximum wind gusts estimated to be 175 kilometres per hour ( 109 mph ) . There were 40 deaths , and 34 pearling luggers lost with severe damage in the Broome area | Air disaster | near Mackay , Queensland | 40 | 1943 Jun 14 | Bakers Creek air crash . USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off | Flooding | Queensland | 38 | 2010 Dec-Jan 2011 | 2010-11 Queensland floods . 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing ( presumed dead ) | Shipwreck | Cardwell , Queensland | 36 | 1872 | Shipwreck Maria . Some of the survivors were killed by Aborigines although others were helped | Shipwreck | Jervis Bay , New South Wales , | 35 | 1876 Sep 1 | The steamer Dandenong lost during severe storm | Shipwreck | Cheviot Beach , Victoria | 35 | 1887 Oct 20 | SS Cheviot | Flood | Melbourne suburbs and Southern Victoria | 35 | 1934 Nov 29 - Dec 1 | Torrential rainfall of up to 350 mm . Yarra River becomes raging torrent . Extensive damage with 35 dead , 250 injured , and 3,000 homeless

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