592 notable events in Australia — murders, shipwrecks and massacres. Page 2 of 6.
- Hope Forest shooting
Sep 6, 1971 · Murder & homicide
- HMAS Australia (1911)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- HMS Pandora (1779)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Carly Ryan
Feb 20, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- 2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Apr 15, 2024 · Attack (other)
- Disappearance of Tony Jones
Nov 3, 1982 · Disappearance
- PwC tax scandal
Dec 2022 · Scandal & controversy
- 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision
Jan 2, 2023 · Aviation accident
- Eddie Leonski
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Tiahleigh Palmer
Oct 30, 2015 · Murder & homicide
- Antipodean Resistance
date unknown · Terrorism
- Murder of Eurydice Dixon
Jun 13, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Graeme Thorne
date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
- January 2017 Melbourne car attack
Jan 20, 2017 · Murder & homicide
- Tampa affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Leonard Fraser
Dec 28, 1998–Apr 22, 1999 · Attack (other)
- Petrov Affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Western Australian radioactive capsule incident
date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
- Russell Street bombing
Mar 27, 1986 · Bombing & explosion
- 2015 Parramatta shooting
Oct 2, 2015 · Shooting
- Myall Creek massacre
from Jun 10, 1838 · Massacre
- 1940 Canberra air disaster
Aug 13, 1940 · Aviation accident
- Castle Hill convict rebellion
Mar 4, 1804–Mar 5, 1804 · War & armed conflict
- Pinjarra massacre
from Oct 28, 1834 · Massacre
- 2010–2011 Queensland floods
Jan 26, 2011 · Natural disaster
- Shark Arm case
1935 · Murder & homicide
- Queen Street massacre
Dec 8, 1987 · Shooting
- Disappearance of Théo Hayez
May 31, 2019 · Disappearance
- Disappearance and death of Marion Barter
Jun 22, 1997 · Disappearance
- Faraday School kidnapping
Oct 6, 1972 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire
Jun 23, 2000 · Fire
- 2003 Canberra bushfires
Jan 18, 2003 · Fire
- Ash Wednesday bushfires
Feb 16, 1983 · Fire
- 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
from Jul 14, 2017 · Crisis
- Murder of Sheree Beasley
Jun 29, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Stacey Mitchell
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- SS Yongala
Mar 23, 1911 · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Aaron Pajich
Jun 13, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- Crawford family murder
Jul 2, 1970 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Jaidyn Leskie
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Paul Steven Haigh
Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- 1956 Olympic flame hoax
1956 · Scandal & controversy
- Easey Street murders
Jan 10, 1977 · Murder & homicide
- Monash University shooting
Oct 21, 2002 · Shooting
- Bathurst War
Jan 1824–Dec 28, 1824 · War & armed conflict
- Coniston massacre
Aug 1928–Oct 1928 · Massacre
- Whiskey Au Go Go fire
Mar 8, 1973 · Fire
- 2022 eastern Australia floods
date unknown · Natural disaster
- Bogle–Chandler case
Jan 1, 1963 · Crime & justice
- Strathfield massacre
Aug 17, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Greenough family massacre
Feb 1993 · Massacre
- Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing
Feb 13, 1978 · Bombing & explosion
- Australian missing bride incident
date unknown · Disappearance
- Murder of Vivianne Ruiz
Dec 25, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Mount Rennie rape case
Sep 9, 1886 · Crime & justice
- Battle of Broken Hill
Jan 1, 1915 · Terrorism
- George Bass
Feb 5, 1803 · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid
Jul 11, 1990 · Disappearance
- Battle of the Eureka Stockade
Dec 3, 1854 · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash
Apr 22, 2020 · Crime & justice
- 1993 Perth tank rampage
Apr 27, 1993 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Aya Maasarwe
Jan 16, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- 2026 Invasion Day protest bombing attempt
Jan 26, 2026 · Terrorism
- Murder of Charlise Mutten
Jan 11, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed EC-130 crash
Jan 23, 2020 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Leanne Holland
Sep 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer
Jan 12, 1970 · Disappearance
- Murder of Bob Chappell
Jan 26, 2009 · Murder & homicide
- Tom and Eileen Lonergan
date unknown · Death & funeral
- Cape Grim massacre
Feb 10, 1828 · Massacre
- 2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash
Sep 4, 2000 · Aviation accident
- Osmington shooting
May 11, 2018 · Shooting
- Martha Rendell
Jul 28, 1907–Oct 6, 1908 · Murder & homicide
- Australia–Timor-Leste spying scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Waterloo Creek massacre
Mar 1, 1838–Mar 20, 1838 · Massacre
- 2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash
Dec 31, 2017 · Aviation accident
- Killing of Tayla and Murphy Cox
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Caroline Grills
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1953 · Murder & homicide
- QantasLink Flight 1737
May 29, 2003 · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of Niamh Maye
Mar 30, 2002 · Disappearance
- Murchison Murders
Jan 1, 1929–Jan 1, 1930 · Murder & homicide
- Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Trudie Adams
Jun 25, 1978 · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Rhianna Barreau
Oct 7, 1992 · Disappearance
- 2023 Coulson Aviation Boeing 737 crash
Feb 6, 2023 · Aviation accident
- Sharpe family murders
Mar 23, 2004–Mar 27, 2004 · Murder & homicide
- Japanese submarine I-1
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Hunter Valley bus crash
Jun 11, 2023 · Road accident
- MV Sygna
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Gay gang murders
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- SS Maheno
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538
Jun 10, 1960 · Aviation accident
- Black Friday bushfires
Jan 13, 1939 · Fire
- 2016 Home Hill stabbings
Aug 23, 2016 · Attack (other)
- Violence against Indians in Australia controversy
date unknown · Attack (other)
- Murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp
Aug 7, 1984 · Murder & homicide
- 2024 Melbourne synagogue attack
Dec 6, 2024 · Terrorism
- Cairns child killings
Dec 19, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Death of Pheobe Bishop
May 15, 2025 · Disappearance
- Family Court of Australia attacks
Feb 22, 1980–Jul 21, 1985 · Terrorism