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List of Searches

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

Year	Searches
2021	Goongerah, 5 July 2021 – missing person, not found. Bendoc, 12 Apr 2021 – missing person, found deceased. Inverloch, 20 Mar 2021 – missing person, not found.
2020 .	Donna Buang, 28 Nov 2020 – missing person, found deceased. Yarra Junction, 23 Sep 2020 – missing person, found deceased. Langwarrin, 14 Aug 2020 – missing person, found later deceased. Neilborough, 25 Jul 2020 – missing person, found deceased. Molyullah, 16-17 Jul 2020 – missing person, found deceased. 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, later found deceased. 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.

Last Updated on July 20, 2021