04162nam 2200553 450 991079645610332120230126220404.01-74343-574-6(CKB)3810000000019414(EBL)1507508(OCoLC)862049906(SSID)ssj0001554070(PQKBManifestationID)16180618(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554070(PQKBWorkID)14392973(PQKB)10078935(MiAaPQ)EBC5437902(EXLCZ)99381000000001941420180725d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreat disasters in Australian history /Jonathan KingSydney :Allen & Unwin,2013.1 online resource (475 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74331-251-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288).COVER PAGE; 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 150MOUNT 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 62MELBOURNE, 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 35THREDBO, 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; SOURCESA gripping account of the worst disasters to hit Australia since Federation From bushfires to cyclones; sinking ships; train and plane crashes; mine explosions and bridge collapses; the Port Arthur massacre and the Bali bombings; Australia has suffered numerous terrible tragedies. Bestselling author and historian Dr Jonathan King recounts the most extreme disasters to have hit Australia, opening each account with stories of the victims who died or whose lives were irrevocably changed by them, detailing the events and conditions that contributed to them, and telling inspiring tales of heroism aDisastersAustraliaHistoryDisastersSocial aspectsAustraliaDisastersHistory.DisastersSocial aspects363.340994994King Jonathan1942-1489188MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796456103321Great disasters in Australian history3709792UNINA