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On 13 September 1926, the north-west Moree Mail train was travelling from Moree to Sydney when it was struck by five runaway carriages from a goods train near the Murulla Crossing. The disaster ...

Information about emergencies, disasters and disaster resilience comes from many sources. If you have information you would like to contribute (documents, data and images), please click the button on ...

From its beginnings as a civil defence school to its evolution as Australia's national emergency management institute, the Mount Macedon site spent nearly 70 years helping build the capability, ...

Explore collections on the Knowledge Hub to find trusted evidence, guidance and tools that support disaster risk reduction and resilience across Australia and apply them to real world decision‑making, ...

When bushfires ripped through the heart of Victoria on a scorching Saturday a decade ago, the impact was likened to 1500 Hiroshima-style bombs exploding across the state. In one of the world’s worst ...

The Handbook Collection brings together Australia’s national guidance on disaster resilience. Providing an authoritative, trusted and freely available source of knowledge about disaster resilience ...

During the summer between 1974 and 1975, Australia experienced its worst bushfire season in 30 years. Approximately 15 per cent of Australia's physical land mass sustained extensive fire damage. This ...

In the aftermath of a disaster up to 20 per cent of people affected can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While response times vary across countries and across disasters, the ...

The Federation Drought began in 1895 and reached its peak in 1901 and 1902. During the drought river systems across the nation suffered, notably the Darling River which virtually ran dry at Bourke, ...

The Incident Management Handbook presents nationally agreed principles for good practice in incident management. It draws on and complements current good practice and provides guidance to entities in ...