not many
1 million people died
Different regions of Australia experience drought at different times. The drought currently being experienced by the southern regions is the worst on record, and has been going on for 12 years. In Queensland, some areas were drought-declared in August 2002, and are still in drought (October 2008), whereas other regions have had the drought declaration lifted, following good rainfalls earlier in 2008. A similar situation exists in Western Australia, where good farmland has been drought-declared for a number of years, but other areas have received sufficient rain to be taken off the list.
In the 2011 flood in Australia, 22 people died.
since 1920 over 11 million people have died in droughts.
Barbi Taylor died on March 24, 2006, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia of cancer.
Geoffrey Gibbs died on August 17, 2006, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia of cancer.
60 million people died
It is unknown how many people have died total in Australia. Seven deaths for every 1000 people per year is their average.
There is a larger percent of sheep and cattle that died in the drought of 1982. This was due to lack of water.
Cecil Charles Worster-Drought died in 1971.
James William Drought died on 1983-06-02.