Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Biological disasters

List of biological disasters
A great number of the following events are drawn from Events By Category at the Emergency Management Australia - Disasters database.

Major events
These are more than likely to be notable, but please move down to bottom section if you believe they are not.


 * 1788 1788 Widespread, Australia, Rabbit Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1892 1892 Lismore, New South Wales Typhoid Outbreak Dead=5 Injured=47 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1900 1900 New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory Bubonic Plague Epidemic Dead=550 Injured=650 Affected=1200 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1900 1900 Sydney, New South Wales Black Rat Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1917 1917 Widespread, Victoria Mouse Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1918 1918 Australia-Wide (mainly New South Wales) Influenza Epidemic/Pandemic Dead=12000 Injured=100000 Affected= the don is here Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1920 1920 NSW and Qld, Prickly Pear Infestation Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1946 1946 Australia Polio Epidemic Dead=1013 Injured=10000 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1952 1952 Western New South Wales and Northern Victoria Locust Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1979 1979 Widespread, Victoria Mouse Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1984 1984 New South Wales Locust Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1984 1984 New South Wales-Victoria Mouse plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1984 1984 Widespread, South Australia Locust Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1985 1985 Adelaide, South Australia Legionella outbreak Dead=3 Injured=16 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1988 1988 Adelaide, South Australia Legionella Outbreak Dead=2 Injured=9 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1990 1990 Wheatbelt, Western Australia Locust Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1992 1992 Far North Queensland Dengue Fever Outbreak Dead= Injured=850 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1993 1993 South-Eastern Australia Mouse Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1994 1994 SE Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales) Food Poisoning Outbreak Dead=1 Injured=170 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1997 1997 Tatura - Stanhope Region, Victoria Anthrax Outbreak  Dead= Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1998 1998 Sydney, New South Wales Water Supply Contamination Dead= Injured= Affected=4000000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1998 1998 Melbourne, Victoria Legionella Outbreak Dead= Injured=18 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1998 1998 Sydney, New South Wales Mystery Disease Outbreak Dead=2 Injured=6 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 South-Eastern, South Australia Salmonella Food Poisoning Dead= Injured=500 Affected=10000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 Sydney, New South Wales Influenza Oubreak Dead=4 Injured=115 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 Adelaide, South Australia Salmonella Oubreak  Dead=1 Injured= Affected=507 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 Mangrove Mountain District, New South Wales Disease Outbreak Dead= Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 North-Western Sydney, New South Wales Rabbit Plague Dead= Injured=6 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1999 1999 Western New South Wales Mouse Plague Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2000 2000 Melbourne and Northern Victoriatoria Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Dead=2 Injured=100 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2001 2001 Australia Meningococcal Outbreak Dead=25 Injured=700 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2002 2002 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Gastroenteritis Outbreak Dead=1 Injured=300 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2002 2002 Melbourne, Victoria Food poisoning outbreak Dead= Injured=256 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2003 2003 Cairns, Queensland Dengue Fever Outbreak Dead= Injured=305 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2003 2003 Melbourne, Victoria Food Poisoning Outbreak Dead=1 Injured=106 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2003 2003 Northern Territory Hepititis A Outbreak Dead= Injured=14 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 2005 2005 Launceston Salmonella Outbreak Dead=0 Injured=58 Affected=0 Homeless=0 Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database