Hazards, Disasters and Survival: A Booklet for Students and the Community

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Emergency Management Australia gratefully acknowledges information or photographs provided by the: Bureau of meteorology, melbourne, VIC; Australian geographical Survey Organisation, Canberra, ACT; Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT; Ministry for Civil Defence, New Zealand; Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, Hawaii, USA; and National Geophysical Data Centre, Colorado, USA.

The contribution provided by the Queensland State Emergency Service in making available some of the cartoon drawings used in this publication is also acknowledged with thanks.

Front cover photographs:             QLD -      Flood inundation Charelville, 1990

                                                   NSW -    Earthquake destruction, Newcastle, 1989

                                                    VIC -     Bushfire rages (Ash Wednesday) Mt Macedon, 1983

                                                    TAS -     Tasman bridge collapse, Hobart, 1975

                                                    SA -        Severe storm approaches, Adelaide, 1986

                                                    WA -       Tornado threatens, Northam, 1977

                                                    NT -        Cyclone Tracy devastation, Darwin, 1974

© Commonwealth of Australia, 1997

Published by Emergency Management Australia
(Disaster Awareness Program)

ISBN 0 642 28053 3

First published 1983 (as 'Disasters: A Booklet for Schools')
Second Edition 1985 (minor revision)
Third Edition 1987 (minor revision)
Fourth Edition 1992 (full revision and title change)
Fifth Edition 1997 (full revision and title amendment)