Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Shipwreck disasters

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

Major Events
As of Jan-16-2007 this shipwreck list has not been sorted for notability, please move non-notable events down to Minor events section.


 * 1622 Tryall Dead=92 Injured=46 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1656 Vergulde Draeck Dead=186 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1656 1656 'Goede Koop' Crew Loss  Dead=11 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1727 1727 Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia Shipwreck Dead=60 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1791 1791 Great Barrier Reef, QueenslandShipwreck Dead=35 Injured=91 Affected=126 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1798 1798 Wilson's Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=5 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1806 1806 Northern Coast, Tasmania Sunken Ship Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1818 1818 Hunter Island/Bass Strait, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=8 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1826 1826 Coastal region, Sydney, New South Wales Ship Disappearance Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1827 1827 Cape Grim, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1827 1827 Cape Grim, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=8 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1829 1829 Sydney, New South Wales Lost Ship Dead=11 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1830 1830 Cape Hamelin, Western Australia Aground Boat Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1834 1834 Coastal region, New South Wales Lost Schooner Dead=7 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1834 1834 Middle Head, Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1834 1834 Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales Shipwreck in Storm Dead=12 Injured=17 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 Manning River, New South Wales Capsized Schooner Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 Off King Island, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=241 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=133 Injured=161 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 Port Macquarie, New South Wales Capsized Schooner Dead=11 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 Coastal region, New South Wales Lost Sloop Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1835 1835 Coastal region/Sydney, New South Wales Lost Schooner Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1836 1836 Swain Reefs, Queensland Shipwreck Dead=10 Injured=8 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1837 1837 Nobbys Head (Newcastle), New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1837 1837 Rame Head, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1837 1837 Rame Head, Victoria Gale (Shipwreck) Dead=7 Injured=12 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1838 1838 Bass Strait, Tas/Victoria Lost at Sea (Schooner) Dead=20 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1839 1839 Bass Strait, Tas/Victoria Lost Brig Dead= Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1839 1839 Childers Cove, Warrnambool, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=16 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1839 1839 Kingston, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=27 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1841 1841 Broulee, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=46 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1842 1842 Launceston Region, Tasmania Lost Schooner Dead=8 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1842 1842 Sydney, New South Wales Lost Schooner Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1845 1845 King Island, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1845 1845 King Island, Tasmania Shipwreck in Storm Dead=406 Injured=9 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1846 1846 Shoal Lagoon, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1846 1846 Coral Sea, Queensland Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1846 1846 Shoal Lagoon, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale - 4/1846 Dead=14 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1847 1847 Brisbane, Queensland Lost Schooner Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1847 1847 South Coast, New South Wales Lost Schooner Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1848 1848 Point Lonsdale, Victoria Struck Ship Dead=4 Injured=20 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1848 1848 Cape Barren, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1850 1850 Ballina, New South Wales Multiple Shipwrecks Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1850 1850 Ballina, New South Wales Multiple Shipwrecks in Storm Dead=14 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1851 1851 Cape Bridgewater, Victoria Shipwreck  Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1851 1851 Launceston Heads, Tasmania Capsized Schooner Dead=3 Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1851 1851 Cape Bridgewater, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale Dead=25 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Eddystone Point, NE Tasmania Lost Barque Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Cape Howe, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=9 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Hobson's Bay, Victoria Lost Ship Dead=30 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Point Lonsdale, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=14 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Cape Howe, Victoria Shipwreck in Storm Dead=21 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1852 1852 Off Sydney, New South Wales Shipwrecks in Gales Dead=11 Injured=11 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1853 1853 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck  Dead=18 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1853 1853 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1853 1853 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1853 1853 Tulaberga Island, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=37 Injured=30 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1854 1854 Newcastle, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1854 1854 Ocean Grove, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=4 Injured=9 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1854 1854 Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1854 1854 Newcastle, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=6 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1854 1854 Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria Severe Storm (Shipwreck) Dead=5 Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1855 1855 Curdie's Inlet, Western Victoria Clipper Wrecked On Reef Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1856 1856 Corner Inlet, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1856 1856 Corner Inlet, Victoria High Winds (Shipwreck) Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Point Lonsdale, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=4 Injured=20 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Off Cape Otway, Victoria Ships Collision Dead=32 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Sydney, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Moreton Island, Queensland Ship Lost at Sea Dead=16 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Robe, South Australia Barque Lost At Sea Dead=16 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1857 1857 Sydney Harbour Heads, New South Wales Shipwreck in Storm Dead=121 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1858 1858 Western Port Bay, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1858 1858 Otway Coast, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=12 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1858 1858 East of Cape Otway, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=30 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1858 1858 Western Port Bay, Victoria Shipwreck in Storm Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1859 1859 Off Cape Northumberland, South Australia Shipwreck Dead=89 Injured=24 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1860 1860 Port Albert, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=6 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1860 1860 Off Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria Sunken Ship Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1860 1860 Off Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale - 4/1860 Dead=10 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1861 1861 Bruny Island, Tasmania Shipwreck  Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1862 1862 Southern Waters, Victoria Sunken Paddle Steamer Dead=40 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1862 1862 King Island, Tasmania Ship Collision Dead=12 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1862 1862 Coastal Waters, New South Wales Ketch Lost at Sea Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1863 1863 Cape Jaffa, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1863 1863 Cape Jaffa, VictoriaShipwreck in Gale Dead=6 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1864 1864 Ram Head, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1864 1864 Seal Rocks, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1864 1864 Brisbane, Queensland Loss of Barque in Cyclonic WInds Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1864 1864 Ram Head, Victoria Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=6 Injured=4 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1864 1864 Seal Rocks, New South Wales Shipwreck in Storm Dead=7 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1866 1866 Newcastle, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=62 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1866 1866 Cape Howe, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1866 1866 Echuca, Victoria Ship Explosion and Sinking Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1866 1866 Cape Howe, Victoria Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=9 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1870 1870 Cape Liptrap, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1870 1870 Cape Liptrap, Victoria Shipwreck in Severe Storms Dead=7 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1872 1872 Echuca, Victoria Steamer Explosion and Sinking Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1873 1873 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Pilot Boat Mishap Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1874 1874 King Island, Victoria Shipwreck  Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1874 1874 Clonmel Island, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=8 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1874 1874 Coastal Western Australia Ship Disabled Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1874 1874 Echuca, Victoria Steamer Explosion and Sinking Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1874 1874 King Island, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale Dead=79 Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1875 1875 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia Shipwreck Dead=3 Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Wilson Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Jervis Bay, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Rivoli Bay, South Australia Shipwrecked Dead=27 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland Shipwreck  Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Wilson Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=7 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1876 1876 Jervis Bay, New South Wales Shipwreck in Gale Dead=35 Injured=10 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1878 1878 Near Port Campbell, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=49 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1879 1879 Lake Macquarie (Newcastle), New South Wales Collision and Sinking Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1880 1880 Cape Otway, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=10 Injured=17 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1881 1881 South coast, New South Wales Ship Lost at Sea Dead=22 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1886 1886 Solitary Islands (off Coffs Harbour), New South Wales Steamer Collision Dead=40 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1886 1886 Green Cape, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=71 Injured=16 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1887 1887 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=35 Injured=24 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1888 1888 Port Wilunga, South Australia Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1888 1888 Port Wilunga, South Australia Shipwreck in Gale Dead=17 Injured=9 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1890 1890 Off Cape York, Queensland Shipwreck Dead=133 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1891 1891 Sorrento, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=6 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1891 1891 Moonlight Head, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=12 Injured=13 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1891 1891 Unknown Location - Shipwreck Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1892 1892 Jubilee Point, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1892 1892 Jubilee Point, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale Dead=15 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1894 1894 Stradbroke Island, Queensland Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1894 1894 Camden Haven, New South Wales Capsized Ketch Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1896 1896 Snowy River, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=5 Injured=2 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1898 1898 Cape Three Points, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1898 1898 Cape Three Points, New South Wales Shipwreck in Gale Dead=21 Injured=42 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1899 1899 Coastal Western Australia Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1899 1899 Perth Region, Western Australia Shipwrecks in Severe Gale Dead=33 Injured=3 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1900 1900 Port Philip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=23 Injured=5 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1901 1901 Gabo Island, Victoria Lost at Sea Dead=21 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1901 1901 Ballina, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1901 1901 Ballina, New South Wales Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1905 1905 Kangaroo Island, South Australia Lost at Sea Dead=26 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1908 1908 Newcastle, New South Wales Lost at Sea Dead=17 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1909 1909 Troubridge Island, South Australia Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1909 1909 Middleton Reef (near Ballina), New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=3 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1909 1909 Troubridge Island, South Australia Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=40 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1911 1911 Off Crowdy Head, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1911 1911 Lakes Entrance, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1911 1911 Cape Bowling Green, Queensland Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1912 1912 Port Hedland, Western Australia Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1912 1912 Lismore, Maritine Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1914 1914 Nullawarre, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=25 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1919 1919 Althorpe Islands, South Australia Shipwreck Dead=11 Injured=7 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1920 1920 Gabo Island, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=12 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1923 1923 Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland and Northern Territory Steamer Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1924 1924 Wilsons Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1924 1924 Port Phillip Heads, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=6 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1924 1924 Wilsons Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck in Severe Storm Dead=1 Injured=3 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1925 1925 Semaphore, South Australia Lost at Sea Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1931 1931 Long Bay (Sydney), New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured=4 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1932 1932 Apollo Bay, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1932 1932 Apollo Bay, Victoria Shipwreck in Storm Dead=10 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1933 1933 Gabo Island, Victoria Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1934 1934 Warrnambool, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1934 1934 Warrnambool, Victoria Shipwreck in Storm Dead=16 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1935 1935 Westernport, Victoria Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1935 1935 Westenport, Victoria Shipwreck in Gale Dead=31 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1937 1937 Hobson's Bay, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=5 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1940 1940 Barwon Heads, Victoria Shipwreck/Fire Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1941 1941 Off Western Australia Wartime Sinking Dead=645 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1941 1941 Off Western Australia Wartime Sinking Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1942 1942 Gabo Island, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=37 Injured=5 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1942 1942 Sydney Harbour, New South Wales Torpedoe Dead=19 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1943 1943 Wollongong, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1945 1945 Cooktown Region, Queensland Cyclone (incl Shipwrecks & Floods) Dead=15 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1956 1956 Wilsons Promontory, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=8 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1959 1959 Double Island Pt, Queensland Foundered Steamer Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1969 1969 Off Kempsey, New South Wales Ship Sinking Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1969 1969 Port Welshpool, Victoria Shipwreck Dead=3 Injured=20 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1970 1970 Darwin, Northern Territory Ship Sinking Dead=9 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1972 1972 Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Collision at Sea Dead=5 Injured=5 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1973 1973 South-West Cape, Tasmania Shipwreck Dead=5 Injured=3 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1973 1973 South-Eastern Tasmania Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1973 1973 South-Eastern Tasmania Shipwreck in Storm Dead=22 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1990 1990 Queensland Yachts Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
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 * 1990 1990 Mallacoota, Victoria Boat Capsized Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1990 1990 Northern Territory Boat capsized Dead=4 Injured=14 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1990 1990 Snapper Isalnd, New South Wales Capsized Boat Dead=5 Injured=45 Affected=100 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1990 1990 Bass Strait, Tas/Victoria Yacht Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1991 1991 Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1991 1991 Southern Coastal Western Australia Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1991 1991 Indian Ocean, Western Australia Lost at Sea Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1991 1991 Esperance, Western Australia Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1991 1991 Southern Coastal Western Australia Shipwreck and Oil Spill in Storm - 7/1991 Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1992 1992 Carnarvon, Western Australia Lost at Sea Dead=5 Injured=8 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1994 1994 Botany Bay, New South Wales Boat and Crew Lost Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1994 1994 Green Cape, New South Wales Shipwreck Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database
 * 1994 1994 Green Cape, New South Wales Shipwreck in Storm Dead=2 Injured=1 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
 * resources - EMA Disasters Database

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