The Australian Bureau of Meteorology

• Surviving Cyclones
• Living with Drought
• Bushfires

The Great Australian Weather and Climate Events of the Twentieth Century

  Australian Disaster Database

New Zealand Disasters

The Disaster Area - Information on floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, thunderstorms, earthquakes, wildfires & winter storms. (FEMA for kids)

Disasters - select your disaster  from FEMA site for Detailed information.

Forces of Nature  - comprehensive Thinkquest site. Need to be a good reader for this one.

Natural Disasters - Thinkquest site

Australian Disasters 

• Cyclone Tracy Dec 25 1974 - a clickable worksheet

• Black Saturday - Feb 7, 2009

• Newcastle Earthquake - Dec 28 1989

Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Earth's Active Volcanoes

Earthquakes for Kids - from the USGS site.

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami (Wikipedia)

9-11 Attacks

September 11,2001 Attacks - from Wikipedia

War 

Australians at War

Titanic

The RMS Titanic - Thinkquest site

Titanic - Frequently Asked Questions

Titanic Collides with an Iceberg follow related links on this site for the sinking & aftermath.

Heroism in Action - My Hero - Thinkquest site - students chose their 20th Century hero & share them with other kids around the globe. Heroes come from a variety of field & countries. This page has a great table which shows the qualities that each hero has demonstrated.

Royal Flying Doctor Service

Not Only a Hero - the story of Simpson & his donkey at Gallipoli

Survivors

Four True Stories of Survival in Antarctica

Hiroshima - a Survivor's Story -from Scholastic Teachers Online activities

Stuart Diver & the Thredbo Landslide; Australian Landslide : Rescue at Thredbo Ski Resort

Survival stories from the Sea

Kay Cottee - first woman to sail solo around the world unassisted.

Jesse Martin- youngest person to sail solo around the world unassisted.

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1998 - helicopter rescue of survivors.

Titanic Survivors - Dr Washington Dodge,

Rescue of the Titanic Survivors by Carpathia,

NSW Rural Fire Service

Salvation Army

Australian Red Cross

The Smith Family

Volunteer Rescue Association

St John Ambulance

Natural Disasters - another one - a NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 3, Science & Technology

What a disaster!  Thinking Skills Contract Click on the link to the document.

Community Groups - a NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 2, HSIE

Australian Heroes - a NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 3, HSIE

Bushfire Survival - a NSW CAP Online Research Module for Stage 3, Science & Technology

Survival Stories to Read - a guide to literature from Neutral Bay Public School

Cyclone Tracy - clickable worksheet