Major amusement park accidents in Aust

MAJOR AMUSEMENT PARK ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1968:

* April 17, 2017 - Primary school aged boy critically injured after being thrown from the Cha Cha ride at the Rye carnival on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

* October 25, 2016 - Four adults die on the Thunder River Rapids ride after becoming trapped on a conveyor belt when their raft flipped at Dreamworld, Queensland.

* September 12, 2014 - Eight-year-old Adelene Leong dies after being thrown from a high-speed ride at the Royal Adelaide Show.

* May 18, 2013 - Five-year-old boy seriously injured after being flung from the Frizbee ride at a school fete in Highfields, Queensland.

* November 20, 2011 - Thirteen-year-old Brittany Clemente was thrown from the Cha Cha ride in Lilydale in Melbourne's northeast. She still suffers migraines, anxiety and pain.

* March 11, 2001 - Eight-year-old girl dies and 11 people injured when an inflatable carriage breaks free from a ride at a carnival in Kapunda, South Australia.

* September 2, 2000 - Thirty-seven people hurt when the Spin Dragon ride collapses and drops a 4.3 tonne gondola onto queuing riders at the Royal Adelaide Show.

* February 22, 1997 - 11-year-old girl dies and two boys injured when a carriage on the Octopus ride breaks free and falls to the ground at the Rylstone Show near Mudgee, NSW.

* June 9, 1979 - Six children and one adult die when Sydney's Luna Park's Ghost Train catches fire. This occurred two months after 13 people were injured on the Big Dipper when a steel runner came loose on a rollercoaster train on April 16.

* October 24 1968 - High-wire stuntman Adrian Labans, 44, falls to his death during a high wire act at the Royal Hobart Show.