Cyclone Tracy is only one of the many extreme weather events that Australia has suffered. Australia's Natural Disasters tells many stories of the devestation that nature has wreaked on our wild country. From the agonies of droughts and floods to the shocks of earthquakes and bushfires, Australia is a country famed as much for its ferocious natural hazards as for its rich environment.
Freak weather has caused plane crashes and shipwrecks and even been blamed for the disappearance of a Prime Minister.
All this illustrated by on-the-spot photos of Australia's natural disasters and their consequences.
