Floods in Australia
Australia has had numerous floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.
The following floods have occurred in Australia since 1806:
| Date | Location | State(s) | Fatalities | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | Melbourne | VIC | 4 | |
| 1820 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1852 | Gundagai | NSW | 89 | |
| 1863 | Melbourne (December) | VIC | 1 | |
| 1867 | Hawkesbury River (June) | NSW | 12 | |
| 1869 | Ballarat | VIC | 2 | |
| 1891 | Melbourne (July) | VIC | 1 | |
| 1893 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 11 | |
| 1893 | Maitland | NSW | 9 | |
| 1900 | Western Australian floods | WA | ||
| 1909 | Western Victorian floods | VIC | 4 | |
| 1913 | Maitland | NSW | 1 | |
| 1916 | Clermont | QLD | 65 | |
| 1923 | Adelaide | SA | 3 | |
| 1926 | Southwestern Australia | WA | ||
| 1927 | Wollombi | NSW | ||
| 1929 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 22 | |
| 1930 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1931 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1934 | Yarra River | VIC | 35 | |
| 1947 | June 1947 Tasmanian floods | TAS | ||
| 1949 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1950 | Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland | NSW, VIC, QLD | 1 | |
| 1951 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1952 | Maitland | NSW | ||
| 1955 | Maitland flood | NSW | 14 | |
| 1955 | All southern states (August) | WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS | 2 | |
| 1956 | Murray River flood | NSW, VIC, SA | ||
| 1970 | All eastern states (December) | QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS | 16 | |
| 1971 | Canberra flood | ACT | 7 | |
| 1971 | Tadpole flood | NSW | ||
| 1974 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 16 | |
| February 1984 | West Dapto | NSW | not known | |
| 1986 | Sydney | NSW | 6 | |
| 1990 | East Coast | NSW | 7 | |
| 1996 | Queensland and New South Wales | NSW & QLD | 4 | |
| 1998 | Katherine Townsville Wollongong |
NT, QLD, NSW | 3 | |
| June 2007 | Hunter Valley/Maitland floods | NSW | 10 | |
| June 2007 | Gippsland Floods | VIC | ||
| February 2008 | Mackay floods | QLD | ||
| September 2010 | Victorian floods (Sept) | VIC | ||
| March 2010 | Queensland floods (March) | QLD | ||
| December 2010 | Carnarvon/Gascoyne (December) | WA | ||
| December 2010 – January 2011 | Queensland floods (Dec – Jan) | QLD | 35 | |
| January 2011 | 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) | VIC | 2 | |
| August 2011 | Gippsland (August) | VIC | 1 | |
| February – March 2012 | Eastern Australia (Feb – Mar) | NSW, VIC, QLD | 3 | |
| March 2012 | Gippsland and Koo wee rup | VIC | 0 | |
| January – February 2013 | 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) | QLD, NSW | 6 | |
| April 2015 | 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods | NSW | 8 | |
| May 2015 | South – East Queensland Flash Floods | QLD | 5 | |
| June 2016 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 3 | |
| September 2016 | Central West and Riverina Floods | NSW | 1 | |
| February 2017 | Western Australian Floods | WA | 2 | |
| Late March 2017 | Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie | Southern Queensland, Northern NSW | 12 | |
| January – February 2019 | Townsville flood | Queensland | 5 | |
| February 2020 | Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW, caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha | NSW, WA | 0 | |
| March 2021 | Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East Queensland | NSW, South East Queensland | 3 (As of 25 March 2021) |
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| 9–10 June 2021 | Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more. Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley was one of the hardest-hit places with 200 homes evacuated. | Victoria | 2 | |
| November 2021 | Central Queensland | Queensland | ||
| January 2022 | Wide Bay-Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth | Queensland | 3 | |
| February 2022 | Eastern Australia floods | Queensland, NSW | 23, 1 missing | |
| March 2022 | Eastern Australia floods | South East Queensland, NSW | 4 | |
| July 2022 | New South Wales | NSW | 1 | |
| October 2022 | South eastern Australia floods | VIC, TAS, NSW | 7 | |
| October 2023 | Gippsland | VIC | ||
| December 2023 | Cairns Flood | QLD | ||
| January – February 2025 | North Queensland | QLD | 2 | |
| May 2025 | New South Wales | NSW | 5 |