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List of Searches

All lost people on this list were found unless otherwise indicated.

Year	Searches
2020 .	Donna Buang, 28 Nov 2020 – missing person Yarra Junction, 23 Sep 2020 – missing person, found deceased. Langwarrin, 14 Aug 2020 – missing person, not found Neilborough, 25 Jul 2020 – missing person, found deceased Molyullah, 16-17 Jul 2020 – missing person Mt Disappointment 9-10 May 2020 – missing boy, found. Warbuton, 15 May 2020 – missing person, found.
2019	Princetown, 25 Nov 2019 – missing camper, found deceased. Merrijig, 1 Nov 2019 – missing person in Victorian Alps. Taradale, 18 Sep 2019 – missing woman near Taradale. Mount Buller, 1 Aug 2019 – missing person near Mount Buller. Dargo, 20 Jul 2019 – missing person near Dargo, found deceased. Marysville, 14 Jul 2019 – missing person, found deceased. Dom Dom Saddle, 11 May 2019 – cold case search Mt Buffalo, 10 Mar 2019 – two walkers, found alive and well
2018	Bright, 29 Aug 2018 – missing person, found deceased. Toorongo, 1 July 2018 – missing camper near Toorongo, found alive and well. Howqua, 9 May 2018 – missing horse rider, found alive and well. Werribee Gorge, 29 Apr 2018 – missing person, later found deceased. Wonyip, Strzelecki Ranges, 29 Apr 2018 – missing person, found. Halls Gap – 2 Jan 2018, – missing person, found
2017	Werribee Gorge, 11 Dec 2017 – missing person, found deceased. Mt Stirling, 28 Nov 2017 – missing person, found deceased. Tyers Junction, 22 Oct 2017 – missing woman, found. Sugarloaf Reservoir, 10 Oct 2017 – missing person, not found. Aireys Inlet, 5 Oct 2017 – missing person, later found deceased. McLoughlins Beach, 24 Sep 2017 – missing person, found before BSAR team arrived. Mount Bogong, 16-17 Sep 2017 – missing person, found deceased Kancoona, 11 Sep 2017 – missing person, found Willung South, 24 Aug 2017 – missing person, found deceased Tamboritha Saddle, 20 May 2017 – missing deer hunter, found
2016	Grampians, 27 Sep 2016 – missing person, not found Yea, 20 Aug 2016 – missing person, later found deceased Monbulk, 22 May 2016 – missing person, found deceased Merrijig/Sawmill Settlement, 2016 – missing person, found deceased Lederderg State Park, 18 Feb 2016 – search and rescue of missing person
2015	Burrowa, 7 Oct 2015 – missing bushwalker in Burrowa-Pine National Park Mt Erica, 26 Aug 2015 – missing woman Mt Bogong – rescue of injured person from Tadgel Point Lake Eildon National Park – missing boy, found and rescued
2014	Mt Bogong – rescue of injured person from Michell hut Mt Bogong – two missing snowboarders on Eskdale Spur, found dead Mt Bogong – missing party on Staircase Spur, found and rescued South Viking – missing bushwalker, rescued by helicopter
2013	Razorback near Mt Feathertop – rescue of two people on snowshoes caught in bad weather
2012	Wellington Plains – rescue of stranded school group Blue Range – missing deer hunter, found Donna Buang – missing bushwalker, found
2011	Tomahawk cold case – missing deer hunter, not found Tomahawk Creek – missing deer hunter, not found Otways – missing man Mount Erica – missing girl, found by BSAR team and rescued by helicopter Bunninyong – missing child
2010	Combienbar – missing man, found safe by BSAR team and rescued Eagles Peaks – injured bushwalker, rescued by helicopter Lake Mountain – missing woman
2009	Davies Plain – missing man Point Nepean – missing woman Mount Feathertop, missing man Gormandale – missing boy Mount Bogong – injured woman, rescued Cambarville – missing photographer, walked out
2008	Lorne – two missing men Mount Dom Dom – missing man, not found
2007	King River – missing man Mt St Gwinear – missing boy aged 15 Sabine Falls – missing man
2005	Mount William – missing woman
2004	Mount Buffalo – missing man, not found, later found dead Mount Bogong – missing party of three
2003	Cambarville – missing man, not found, later found dead
2002	Lake Mountain – missing man, found dead Mt Useful – missing woman, not found Noojee – missing man, found dead
2001	Tanjil Bren – intellectually disabled adult, not found Tawonga Gap – para-glider pilot, found dead outside search area Mt Buller – snowboarder
2000	Mt Fainter South – adult walker Mt Hotham – adult skier Mt Hotham – adult skier Powers Lookout, Whitfield – missing woman, not found Mt Feathertop – male tourist Mt Samaria – intellectually disabled boy, evacuated by stretcher
1999	Mt Kosciuszko – four snowboarders, found dead after snow melt, first interstate search
1998	Wilson’s Promontory – intellectually disabled boy, found Mt Hotham – adult skier
1997	Falls Creek – adult skier, found safe
1996	Mt Cobbler – walker found safe at foot of waterfall Mt Hotham – adult snowboarder, found dead after snow melt
1994	Woods Point – deer shooter, found safe
1993	Wongungarra River – solo walker, found safe after seven nights
1992	Mt Stanley – intellectually disabled man – evacuated by stretcher Lake Mountain – three tobogganists, two evacuated by stretcher
1990	Mt Buller – four teenage boys missing overnight Mt Hotham – three adult skiers missing overnight Razorback Ridge – nine Venturer Scouts overdue in blizzard Mt Buller – missing teenage boy, found in Howqua Valley Mt Buller – adult skier missing overnight
1989	Rocky Valley Creek – overdue fishermen Pretty Valley Creek – lost fisherman Dargo Plains – deer shooter Mt Baw Baw – lost male cross country skier
1988	Falls Creek – solo male daywalker Dargo Plains – male four wheel driver, not found
1987	Wilson’s Promontory – intellectually disabled boy lost, not found Falls Creek – man lost from Village at night, died Strathbogie Range – intellectually disabled boy lost
1986	The Razorback (Mt Hotham) – skier slid on ice, died
1985	Mt St Gwinear – two lost skiers, quickly found Mt Stirling – two lost skiers, found dead Mt Feathertop – cornice collapse, man killed
1984	Mt Feathertop – pair missing in snow
1983	Mt Buffalo – lost schoolboy Lake Mountain – lost boy found at conclusion of winter practice Mt Feathertop – fallen climber, died Mt Cope – two teenage girls missing, quickly found
1982	Cathedral Range – evacuation of injured girl Wongungarra River – “bicycle man” found Dargo area – girl found, evacuated by helicopter Mt Murray – lost Scout, quickly found
1981	Mt Bogong – recovered body, winter
1980	Seven Acre Rock – intellectually disabled girl Blackwood – intellectually disabled girl
1979	Mt Buffalo – missing woman Mt Donna Buang – three lost teenagers, quickly found
1978	Mt Hotham – two lost skiers, found dead Lerderderg Gorge – lost man, later found drowned
1976	Humphray River – lost man Mt Baw Baw – lost skier Lerderderg Gorge – evacuation of injured walker
1974	Wellington Plains – school group, many scattered in snow, evacuated Murchison Falls – lost male, not found Steavenson Falls – lost boy, not found
1973	Mt Wills – lost man, not found Baw Baw Plateau – man missing from 4 wheel drive
1972	Toorongo Falls – lost child, 12 days, 100 BSAR searchers, unsuccessful Lake Mountain – lost schoolboys, touring skis used Mt Buffalo – another missing walker
1971	Mt Buffalo – missing walker
1969	Mt Slide and Powelltown – missing aircraft, four dead
1968	Lake Mountain – man lost
1966	Mt Donna Buang – 15 missing teenagers, frostbite
1961	Mt Magdala – woman walker, found dead on cliffs later
1960	Olinda – man, not found
1959	Blackwood – lost woman
1956	Mt St Leonard – two Scouts, found safe
1955	Baw Baw Plateau – walker, 10 days, not found
1953	Mt Donna Buang – “Snowgirl” search, two sightseers
1952	Marysville (Paradise Plains) – six walkers
1950	Warrandyte – elderly woman, not found
1949	1949 Wilson’s Promontory – solo walker, unsuccessful. The first search.