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Cyclone Althea, the Glossary

Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas 1971.^[1]

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1971 in Australia
1971–72 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
Category 3 Australian region cyclones
Disasters in Queensland
Tropical cyclones in Queensland

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Anemometer

In meteorology, an anemometer is a device that measures wind speed and direction.

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Anzac Memorial Park, Townsville

Anzac Memorial Park is a heritage-listed memorial and park at The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Arcadia, Queensland

Arcadia is a coastal suburb on Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Australian Army

The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.

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The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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Australian Geographer

Australian Geographer (The Australian Geographer until 1975) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Geographical Society of New South Wales since August 1928.

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Australian Government

The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Balgal Beach, Queensland

Balgal Beach is a coastal suburb and a beach in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Beaufort scale

The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land.

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Bowen, Queensland

Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Building code

A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures.

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Burdekin River

The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park

The Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park is a protected conservation park located north-east of Townsville in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia.

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Castle Hill, Queensland

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Central dense overcast

The central dense overcast, or CDO, of a tropical cyclone or strong subtropical cyclone is the large central area of thunderstorms surrounding its circulation center, caused by the formation of its eyewall.

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Charleville, Queensland

Charleville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.

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Charters Towers City, Queensland

Charters Towers City (formerly Lissner) is the central suburb and central business district of the town of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

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City of Townsville

The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia.

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Cladding (construction)

Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer.

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Climate of Australia

Australia's climate is governed mostly by its size and by the hot, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt (subtropical ridge or Australian High). This moves north-west and north-east with the seasons. The climate is variable, with frequent droughts lasting several seasons, thought to be caused in part by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.

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Coastal erosion

Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Coral Sea

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion.

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Cyclone Ada

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January 1970. Cyclone Althea and cyclone Ada are Category 3 Australian region cyclones, disasters in Queensland, Retired Australian region cyclones and tropical cyclones in Queensland.

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Cyclone Tessi

Severe Tropical Cyclone Tessi was a small but potent tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage along the coast of North Queensland in early April 2000. Cyclone Althea and cyclone Tessi are Category 3 Australian region cyclones, Retired Australian region cyclones and tropical cyclones in Queensland.

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Cyclone Tracy

Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. Cyclone Althea and cyclone Tracy are Retired Australian region cyclones.

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Cyclone Yasi

Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia in early 2011, causing major damage to the affected areas. Cyclone Althea and cyclone Yasi are disasters in Queensland and tropical cyclones in Queensland.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin (Larrakia) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Design load

In a general sense, the design load is the maximum amount of something a system is designed to handle or the maximum amount of something that the system can produce, which are very different meanings.

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Double Island Point

Double Island Point is a coastal headland in Queensland, Australia.

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ESSA-8

ESSA-8 was a weather satellite launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on December 15, 1968, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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Eye (cyclone)

The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of a tropical cyclone.

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Eyewall replacement cycle

In meteorology, eyewall replacement cycles, also called concentric eyewall cycles, naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones, generally with winds greater than, or major hurricanes (Category 3 or above).

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Fibre cement

Fibre cement is a composite building and construction material, used mainly in roofing and facade products because of its strength and durability.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.

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Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and intestine.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Google News

Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google.

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Government of Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia.

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Great Palm Island

Great Palm Island, usually known as Palm Island, is the largest island in the Palm Islands group off Northern Queensland, Australia.

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High-pressure area

A high-pressure area, high, or anticyclone, is an area near the surface of a planet where the atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure in the surrounding regions.

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Honiara

Honiara is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal.

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Horseshoe Bay, Queensland

Horseshoe Bay is a bay, town and suburb on Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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InfoTrac

InfoTrac is a family of full-text databases of content from academic journals and general magazines, of which the majority are targeted to the English-speaking North American market.

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James Cook University

James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia.

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Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (13 January 191123 April 2005) was a conservative Australian politician.

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Landfall

Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water.

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Lavarack Barracks

Lavarack Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in the suburb of Murray in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve

Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is a former marine protected area covering an area of 8440 km2 in the Australian Coral Sea Islands Territory that was incorporated into the new Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve in December 2012.

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Looting

Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.

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Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island (Wulguru: Yunbenun) is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Maximum sustained wind

The maximum sustained wind associated with a tropical cyclone is a common indicator of the intensity of the storm.

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Mitchell Highway

Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia.

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Nelly Bay, Queensland

Nelly Bay is a town on Magnetic Island and a suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland.

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Pallarenda, Queensland

Pallarenda is a northern coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Picnic Bay, Queensland

Picnic Bay (formerly Camoomilli) is a town and suburb of Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Premier of Queensland

The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Price gouging

Price gouging is a pejorative term used to refer to the practice of increasing the prices of goods, services, or commodities to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair by some.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Queensland Housing Commission

The Queensland Housing Commission was a Queensland Government agency which was established in 1945 under the State Housing Act 1945.

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Queensland State Emergency Service

The State Emergency Service (SES) in Queensland, Australila is a volunteer-based organisation of the Queensland Government and forms part of the Queensland Police Service (QPS), assisting with disaster management as an emergency services auxiliary.

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RAAF Base Townsville

RAAF Base Townsville (formerly RAAF Base Garbutt) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air base located in, west of Townsville in Queensland, Australia.

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Radius of maximum wind

The radius of maximum wind (RMW) is the distance between the center of a cyclone and its band of strongest winds.

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Ridge (meteorology)

In meteorology a ridge or barometric ridge is an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure compared to the surrounding environment, without being a closed circulation.

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Rollingstone, Queensland

Rollingstone is a rural town and coastal locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Ross River (Queensland)

The Ross River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.

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Rowes Bay, Queensland

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.

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Saunders Beach, Queensland

Saunders Beach is a coastal town and suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Sea surface temperature

Sea surface temperature (or ocean surface temperature) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface.

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Seawall

A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.

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South West Queensland

South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.

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Storm surge

A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).

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Tarpaulin

A tarpaulin or tarp is a large sheet of strong, flexible, water-resistant or waterproof material, often cloth such as canvas or polyester coated with polyurethane, or made of plastics such as polyethylene.

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Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand.

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Tasmanian Government

The Tasmanian Government or the Government of Tasmania is the executive branch of the Australian state of Tasmania.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organization headquartered in London, England.

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The Strand, Townsville

The Strand is a seaside foreshore located in Townsville, Australia.

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Time in Australia

Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00).

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Toolakea is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Tornado

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.

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Townsville

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Townsville Airport

Townsville Airport is a major Australian regional airport that services the city of Townsville, Queensland.

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Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.

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Trove

Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text documents, digital images, bibliographic and holdings data of items which are not available digitally, and a free faceted-search engine as a discovery tool.

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Warrego Highway

The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia.

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Warrego River

The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Weather radar

Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the intensity of the precipitation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Althea

Also known as Cyclone Althea (1971).

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See also

1971 in Australia

1971–72 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

Category 3 Australian region cyclones

Disasters in Queensland

Tropical cyclones in Queensland

References