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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Intro; 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 |
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MOUNT MULLIGAN, QUEENSLAND, 19 SEPTEMBER 1921: MOUNT MULLIGAN MINE EXPLODES KILLING 75SYDNEY 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 |
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MELBOURNE, 15 OCTOBER 1970: WEST GATE BRIDGE BUCKLES AND FALLS KILLING 35DARWIN, 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 |
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THREDBO, NEW SOUTH WALES, 30 JULY 1997: AUSTRALIA'S WORST LANDSLIDE KILLS 18BALI, 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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From the sinking of the Waratah to the West Gate Bridge collapse to the Granville train disaster to the Black Saturday bushfires, here are twenty-three peacetime disasters that changed Australia forever |
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Print version record |
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Disasters -- Social aspects -- Australia
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Disasters -- Australia -- History
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Disasters
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Disasters -- Social aspects
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Australia
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743435748 |
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1743435746 |
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