50 To 99 Deaths
| Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heatwave | Southern regions Australia | 99 | December 1972 to February 1973 | |
| Cyclone | Northern Queensland | 99 | March 1934 | Cyclone and 9.1 m storm surge |
| Explosion | Mount Kembla, New South Wales | 96 | 31 July 1902 | Mount Kembla Colliery gas explosion. Coal mine gas explosion |
| Shipwreck | Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia | 93 | 23 April 1622 | Tryall. Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck |
| Flood | Gundagai, New South Wales | 89 | 24 June 1852 | |
| Shipwreck | near Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia | 89 | 6 August 1859 | SS Admella. South Australia's worst loss of life |
| Air raid | Broome, Western Australia | 88 | 3 March 1942 | Air raid on Broome. Japanese fighter planes strafed the town. Official toll; may not include some refugees from the Dutch East Indies. |
| Rail accident | Sydney, New South Wales | 83 | 18 January 1977 | Granville railway disaster. Derailment followed by bridge collapse |
| Sinking | twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales | 82 | 10 February 1964 | Melbourne–Voyager collision - HMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne |
| Explosion | Bulli, New South Wales | 81 | 23 March 1887 | Bulli Colliery coal mine gas explosion |
| Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 79 | 23 May 1874 | British Admiral |
| Cyclone | Queensland coast, particularly Innisfail | 77+ | 10 March 1918 | Cyclone and storm surge with death toll estimated between 77 and 100. |
| Storms | New South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney | 77 | 12 July 1866 | 60 lives lost on SS Cawarra alone. |
| Explosion | Mount Mulligan, Queensland | 76 | 16 September 1921 | Mount Mulligan coal dust explosion |
| Bushfire | Victoria and South Australia | 75 | 16 February 1983 | Ash Wednesday fires |
| Shipwreck | Green Cape | 71 | 31 May 1886 | Ly-Ee-Moon |
| Bushfire | Victoria | 71 | 13 January 1939 | Black Friday bushfires |
| Cyclone | Darwin | 71 | 24 December 1974 | Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin. On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71. |
| Flood | Clermont, Queensland | 65 | 27 December 1916 | |
| Bushfire | Tasmania | 62 | 1967 | 1967 Tasmanian fires |
| Cyclone | near Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia | 61-71 | 1894 | Estimated toll includes those lost at sea and those killed in flooding at Geraldton |
| Shipwreck | Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | 60 | 1727 | Zeewyk. Approximate death toll |
| Shipwreck | Newcastle, New South Wales | 60 | 12 July 1866 | SS Cawarra;; sank during storm in Newcastle Harbour. |
| Bushfire | Victoria | 60 | February–March 1926 | |
| Cyclone | Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia | 59-69 | 1875–1876 | Most casualties were at sea |
| Shipwreck | Mutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria | 53 | 1 June 1878 | Loch Ard. Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors). |
| Bushfire | Victoria | 51 | 1943–1944 | |
| Shipwreck | Brisbane, Queensland | 50 | February 1896 | Pearl |
| Cyclone | Around Broome, Western Australia | 50 | 1908 |
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Cable drums blown 50 feet (15 m) from their foundations after the 1921 Mount Mulligan mine disaster, which claimed 80 lives.
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