Floods in Australia


This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in the country of Australia.

Australia

DateLocationStateFatalitiesNotes
1806MelbournebNSW4
1820MaitlandNSW
1852GundagaiNSW89
December 1863Melbourne VIC1
1869BallaratVIC2
1891Melbourne VIC1
1893Brisbane floodQLD11
1893MaitlandNSW9
1900Western Australian floodsWA
1909Western Victorian floodsVIC4
1913MaitlandNSW1
1916ClermontQLD65
1923AdelaideSA3
1926Southwestern AustraliaWA
1927WollombiNSW
1929Tasmanian FloodsTAS22
1930MaitlandNSW
1931MaitlandNSW
1934Yarra RiverVIC35
1947June 1947 Tasmanian floodsTAS
1949MaitlandNSW
1950Maitland, Gippsland, West QueenslandNSW, VIC, QLD1
1951MaitlandNSW
1952MaitlandNSW
1955Maitland floodNSW14
1955All southern states WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS2
1956Murray River floodNSW, VIC, SA
1970All eastern states QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS16
1971Canberra floodACT7
1971MaitlandNSW
1974Brisbane floodQLD16
1984 FebWest DaptoNSWnot known
1986SydneyNSW6
1990East CoastNSW7
1996Queensland and New South WalesNSW & QLD4
1998Katherine
Townsville
Wollongong
NT, QLD, NSW3
June 2007Hunter Valley/Maitland floodsNSW10
June 2007Gippsland FloodsVIC
February 2008Mackay floodsQLD
September 2010Victorian floods VIC
March 2010Queensland floods QLD
December 2010Carnarvon/Gascoyne WA
December 2010January 2011Queensland floods QLD35
January 20112011 Victorian Floods VIC2
August 2011Gippsland VIC1
FebruaryMarch 2012Eastern Australia NSW, VIC, QLD3
March 2012Gippsland and KoowerupVIC0
JanuaryFebruary 20132013 Eastern Australia Floods QLD, NSW6
April 20152015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney FloodsNSW8
May 2015SouthEast Queensland Flash FloodsQLD5
September 2016Central West and Riverina FloodsNSW1
February 2017Western Australian FloodsWA2
Late March 2017Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone DebbieSouthern Queensland, Northern NSW 12
February 2020Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in KarrathaNSW, WA0