List of disasters in Australia by death toll

Image:Port arthur outside.jpg|The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryant opened fire in the former penal colony. Image:AA Blackhawk A25-218.jpg|Two Australian Army S-70A Blackhawk helicopters, similar to the one pictured, crashed in 1996 near Townsville, killing 18 Australian soldiers. Image:Eureka Stockade.jpg|A memorial stone to some of those who died during the Eureka Stockade in 1854. Image:SkymasterCrashFuselage.PNG|The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash claimed 29 lives. Image:SevenMileBeach1946 2.png|The 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash claimed 25 lives. ==Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths==

Image:2003CanberraBushfires.jpg|The Canberra bushfires of 2003 claimed 4 lives. File:Cardross memorial 2b.jpg|Roadside memorials at Cardross, Victoria, where 6 teenagers died in a hit-and-run accident on 18 February 2006. Image:SouthernCloudcrash2.png|The crash of the Southern Cloud in 1931 claimed 8 lives. ==Significant incidents of Australians being killed outside Australia==

Excludes deaths attributable to war. ==See also==