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Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift Map of Tasmania Australia  Alain Delord, who had spent three days adrift in a life raft in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Tasmania in Australia has been rescued Surfer killed in shark attack off Australian coast   Western Australia: A surfer was killed Saturday in a shark attack off the coast of Australia, at least the fifth such attack in less than a year Scores rescued from water after ship capsizes   Rescuers pulled 130 people from the waters between Australia and Indonesia on Wednesday after a ship capsized Boat sinks off Christmas Island Map of Christmas Island Australia  A boat carrying an estimated 150 people has capsized north of Christmas Island, a week after an asylum-seeker boat sank in the area 110 rescued from capsized boat near Australia   Rescuers have saved 110 people from a ship that capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia and are searching for the many missin...   Search for Australia sinking survivors   Rescuers are continuing to search for dozens of people believed to be missing after a boat sank north of Christmas Island Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia Map of Christmas Island Australia
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1. 05-10 Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers Sydney
2. 05-09 2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast Sydney
3. 01-20 Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift Tasmania, Australia
2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast
Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers

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May. 10
  Sydney: Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company
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  Sydney: Authorities launched a search Thursday after two passengers went missing overnight when the Carnival Cruise ship Spirit docked in Sydney

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  A ship carrying about 200 people capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia. A merchant ship was diverted to the scene

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Dec.28 Anti-whaling boat hulled by wave   A rogue wave has damaged the Brigitte Bardo in the Southern Ocean, breaking a hole in its hull

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Dec.19 Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck Map of Christmas Island Australia  Australian authorities raised the death toll of asylum-seekers killed in a shipwreck to 48, possibly more than half of the passengers on the boat Dec.16 Hanson: PM to blame for boat deaths  Controversial former Australian politician Pauline Hanson says the government's weak policies on asylum seekers are to blame for the deaths of dozens Dec.15 Australia probes asylum shipwreck Map of Christmas Island Australia  Australia is launching a criminal investigation into the Christmas Island shipwreck that killed at least 28 people, under people trafficking laws Dec.14 'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck Map of Christmas Island Australia
  Many people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia's Christmas Island
Nov.2 Man saves woman during shark attack   Western Australia: A quick-thinking man grabbed a shark by the tail as it attacked an Australian woman, causing the shark to release its bite on her Sep.16 Tourists warned after drownings triple  Drownings of international tourists and immigrants have tripled in Australia over the past four years, prompting officials to begin a new ca... Apr.4 Ship aground near Great Reef off course   A Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 that ran aground more than 17 miles off course when it ended up on a shoal in the Great Barrier Reef Apr.3 Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef Map of Great Barrier Reef Australia  The Shen Neng I, a Chinese ship, has run aground off north-eastern Australia, sparking an alert of an oil leak into the Great Barrier Reef Mar.12 32 asylum seekers rescued off coast   The asylum seekers were spotted on two different boats sailing near the Tiwi Islands

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Nov.1 Boat sinks with 39 on board   Eighteen people were rescued after a boat sank in remote seas off Cocos Islands Mar.13 Australia declares oil spill disaster   Queensland: The Pacific Adventurer sustained damage when Cyclone Hamish struck the waters. The ship lost 30 of its 50 containers of ammonium nitrate

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Apr.30 5 killed, 9 injured in boat collision in harbor. Sydney

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Jun.8 Stormy seas push freighter aground Apr.19 'Ghost yacht' found
  Queensland: Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast

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Jan.14 Ghost ship with no crew

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Dec.13 163 boatpeople drowned   Indonesia: 2 vessels sank in stormy seas


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