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What are some major natural disasters that have happened in Australia?
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* Murrumbidgee River floods the town of Gundagai, June 1852: 89 killed * "Black Friday" bushfires, southern Victoria, January 1939: 71 killed * Hunter Valley floods, February 1955: 25 killed * Darwin hit by Cyclone Tracy, December 1974: 65 "officially" killed * "Ash Wednesday" bushfires, February 1983: 75 killed * Newcastle earthquake, December 1989: 13 killed * Cyclone Wanda and the Brisbane floods, December 1974: 16 killed * NSW bushfires, December 2001 - January 2002: 180 houses and thousands of acreas of National Park destroyed * Canberra bushfires, January 2003: major devastation of suburbs and surrounding areas * Eyre Peninsula bushfires, January 2005: 9 killed * Cyclone Larry hits Innisfail: 1 killed (heart attack) and ,ajor devastation of Queensland's banana crops
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