Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Winter 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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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:
List of winter 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 Minor events section if you believe they are not.
- 1956 1956 Mt Clark, New South Wales Avalanche Dead=1 Injured=8 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1987 1987 Monaro Region/Snowy Mountains/Blue Mountains, New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory Severe Cold Dead= Injured= Affected=2000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1999 1999 Hopes for lost snow four fade Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 2000 2000 Two die as freeze sweeps south east Dead=4 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 2000 2000 South-Eastern Australia Severe Cold Spell (incl Snowfalls) Dead=4 Injured=10 Affected=5000 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 2000 2000 Blue Mountains, New South Wales Exposure Tragedy Dead=2 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- 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.
- 1871 1871 Brisbane, Queensland Severe Cold (and Snow) Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1995 1995 Regional New South Wales Severe Weather (Frost) Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1998 1998 Australian Capital Territory and Southern New South Wales Severe Frost (Crop Damage) Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1998 1998 Wimmera, Victoria Severe Frost (Crop Damage) Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 1998 1998 Central Wheat Belt, Western Australia Severe Frost (Crop Damage) Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database
- 2001 2001 Inland, New South Wales Widespread Severe Frosts - 10-11/2001 Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
- resources - EMA Disasters Database