Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/War disasters
The History of disasters of Australia is an outline of natural disasters in Australia and its territories.
This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.
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| Natural Disasters | |
| Bushfires | Cyclones | Drought | Earthquakes and Landslides | Floods | Storms | Tsunami | Heatwaves | Winter, snow, and cold | Biological | |
| People and Society Disasters | |
| Chemical | Shipwreck | Transport | Urban fire | Criminal act and massacre | War | Industrial | |
Tagging and Categorising Articles
editMain page categories
editThe disasters of Australia category structure is:
- Main Category:Disasters in Australia
Talk page Template
editArticles related to disasters in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|history=yes}}
For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.
Rating Articles
editWhen tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.
- |class= |importance=
Class
editThe following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Australia articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Australia articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Australia articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Australia articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Australia articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Australia articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Australia pages)
Importance
editThe following values may be used for the importance parameter:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Australia articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Australia articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Australia articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Australia articles)
- The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA
Resources
editGuidelines for Writing Natural Disaster Articles
editNaming
editIf a disaster is widely known by a particular name, then the article should use that name as its title. For example:
If a disaster does not have wide recognition with a particular name, then it should be titled in the form {{date}} {{location}} {{disaster type}}.
Examples:
Additional related project
editThis page is also a subpage of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Australian military history task force.
List of war disasters
editA great number of the following events are drawn from Events By Category at the Emergency Management Australia - Disasters database.
Major events
editThese are more than likely to be notable, but please move down to bottom section if you believe they are not.
Main World War 2 Article - Japanese air attacks on Australia, 1942-43
- 1942 Attack on Sydney Harbour Injured=1 Affected=10000
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1942 Bombing of Darwin (February 1942) Dead=242 Injured=302
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1943 Sinking of the AHS Centaur Dead=268
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1944 Sinking of the American Liberty Ship SS Robert J. Walker Dead=2
- see also listing under List of Liberty ships: R
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1944 Cowra breakout Dead=216
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1945 Sinking of the American Liberty Ship SS Peter Silvester Dead=32
- see also lisint under List of Liberty ships: P
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
Minor events
editThese events are more than likely not notable. Please check and move to Major events section above if you believe notability exists. If a non-notable event is listed please do not delete immediately, but use <s></s> to strikethrough the text and add a signature using ~~~~. This way others can also review the event.