Deadliest Disasters in Australian History

Can you name the top 20 disasters in Australian history by death toll?

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Date	Type	Death Toll	Answer
2020-2023	Pandemic	19,250	COVID-19
1918-20	Pandemic	12,000	1918 flu pandemic
1875-76	Epidemic	8,000	Scarlet fever
1951	Volcanic eruption	3,000	Eruption of Mount Lamington
1891-1910	Epidemic	2,000	Typhoid
1946-55	Epidemic	1,000	Polio
1789	Epidemic	750+	Smallpox
1867	Epidemic	748	Measles
1900-25	Epidemic	535	Bubonic plague
1938-39	Heat Wave	438	1938-1939 heatwave

Date	Type	Death Toll	Answer
1895-96	Heat Wave	437	1895-1896 heatwave
1899	Cyclone	410	Cyclone Mahina
1845	Shipwreck	406	Sinking of the Cataraqui
2009	Heatwave	374	2009 heatwave
1840-50	Massacre	300+	Gippsland massacres
1712	Shipwreck	286	Sinking of the Zuytdorp
1943	Shipwreck	268	Sinking of AHS Centaur
1907-08	Heat Wave	246	1907-1908 heatwave
1942	Air Raids	243	First Darwin Bombings
1944	Prison Break	235	Cowra breakout