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EVENTS THAT CHANGED VICTORIA
1881 - JOLIMONT RAIL ACCIDENT
1882 - PICNIC RAIL ACCIDENT
1882 - NEW AUSTRALASIA GOLD MINE DISASTER
1884 - LITTLE RIVER RAIL ACCIDENT
1887 - WINDSOR RAIL ACCIDENT
1887 - SS CHEVIOT SHIPWRECK
1893 - SS ALERT SHIPWRECK
1896 - HAWKSBURN RAIL ACCIDENT
1901 - SS FEDERAL VANISHED
1908 - SUNSHINE RAIL DISASTER
1910 - RICHMOND RAIL ACCIDENT
1912 - WEST MELBOURNE RAIL ACCIDENT
1925 - HIGHETT RAIL ACCIDENT
1926 - CAULFIELD RAIL ACCIDENT
1934 - MELBOURNE FLOODS
1935 - SS PARINGA SHIPWRECK
1938 - KYEEMA PLANE CRASH
1939 - BLACK FRIDAY BUSHFIRES
1943 - AVRO ANSON PLANE CRASH
1943-44 - BUSHFIRES
1946 - SEAFORD RAIL ACCIDENT
1951 - HORSHAM TRAIN & BUS COLLISION
1952 - MORIAC RAIL ACCIDENT
1960 - TRARALGON RAIL ACCIDENT
1962 - RAAF VAMPIRE JETS CRASH
1966 - WILLIAM BOOTH MEMORIAL HOME FIRE
1969 - SOUTHERN VICTORIA BUSHFIRES
1970 - WEST GATE BRIDGE COLLAPSE
1976 - LAVERTON RAIL ACCIDENT
1979 - CESSNA PLANE CRASH SHEPPARTON
1982 - LANG LANG PLANE CRASH
1986 - AIR AMBULANCE CRASH ESSENDON
1991 - RAAF BOEING CRASH EAST SALE
1993 - WANGARATTA ROAD ACCIDENT
1997 - FERNY CREEK BUSHFIRE
1998 - ESSO EXPLOSION LONGFORD
2003 - QANTAS FLIGHT 1737 EMERGENCY
2004 - MACKENZIE FALLS DROWNING
2006 - CARDROSS ROAD ACCIDENT
2006 - LISMORE RAIL ACCIDENT
2007 - KERANG RAIL ACCIDENT
2008 - DANDENONG RAIL ACCIDENT
2009 - EMIRATES FLIGHT 407 EMERGENCY
2011 - CLAYTON RAIL ACCIDENT
2012 - WERRIBEE RAIL ACCIDENT
2012 - DANDENONG SOUTH RAIL ACCIDENT
2016 - BARWON HEADS PLANE CRASH
2017 - ESSENDON AIRPORT PLANE CRASH
1892 - PROCESS BOAT SINKING
1895 - SPOTSWOOD SEWER DISASTER
1898 - RED TUESDAY BUSHFIRES
1907 - KURKURUE CREEK RAIL ACCIDENT
1910 - BEAUFORT RAIL ACCIDENT
1910 - KILMORE JUNCTION RAIL ACCIDENT
1921 - NESTOR WARNAMBOOL
1926 - GIPPSLAND BUSHFIRES
1932 - KEON PARK RAIL ACCIDENT
1935 - SEYMORE RAIL ACCIDENT
1937 - DALYSON COLLIERY ACCIDENT
1938-39 - HEATWAVE
1943 - WANGARATTA BUSHFIRES
1943 - RAAF VULTREE VENGENCE CRASH
1945 - ANA STINSON PLANE CRASH
1951 - SERVICETON RAIL ACCIDENT
1952 - BORONIA RAIL ACCIDENT
1956 - DEER PARK RAIL ACCIDENT
1962 - DANDENONG RANGES BUSHFIRES
1962 - LONGWOOD BUSHFIRE
1968 - STEAVENSEN FALLS LANDSLIDE
1969 - VIOLET TOWN RAIL ACCIDENT
1971 - ZIMMLER'S CROSSING RAIL ACCIDENT
1978 - ESSENDON PLANE CRASH
1980 - PLANE & GLIDER COLLISION MOOROODUE
1982 - BARNAWARTHA RAIL ACCIDENT
1987 - PENTRIDGE PRISON RIOT
1992 - PIPER PLANE CRASH MOORMBOOL
1996 - KEW COTTAGES FIRE
1998 - LINTON BUSHFIRE VOLUNTEER DEATHS
2002 - BENALLA RAIL ACCIDENT
2004 - ST ALBANS RAIL ACCIDENT
2005 - HORSHAM RAIL ACCIDENT
2006 - TRAWALLA RAIL ACCIDENT
2007 - BURNLEY TUNNEL FIRE
2008 - CHELTENHAM RAIL ACCIDENT
2009 - BLACK SATURDAY BUSHFIRES
2010 - RAINBOW FATHER & SON ELECTROCUTION
2012 - CHELTENHAM RAIL ACCIDENT
2012 - CLAYTON RAIL ACCIDENT
2013 - WALL COLLAPSE MELBOURNE
2016 - SURREY HILLS RAIL ACCIDENT
2017 - FOOTSCRAY FACTORY FIRE
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