List of fatal shark attacks in Australia explained

This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia.^[1] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.^[2]

New South Wales

Date! Area! Activity! Victim! Sex ! Age! Injury! Time! Species ! Reference

1791		Port Jackson		Aboriginal woman	Female		"bitten in two"	3:00 AM		^[3]
1837	17 January	Macleay River	Bathing	Alfred Australia Howe	Male	12	Killed by shark	Evening		^[4]
1840	December	Off The Domain, Sydney Harbour	Swimming		Male					^[5]
1841	27 March	Cockatoo Island, Sydney	Bathing	Andrew Goggin	Male			14:00		^[6]
1845	26 December	Newcastle	Fishing	John Williams	Male					^[7]
1849	1 December	Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbour (Estuary)	Bathing	Sailor from the steamship Eagle	Male			Afternoon		^[8]
1849	9 December	Sydney Harbour			Male					^[9]
1852	9 October (reported)	Coalcliff	Fell overboard	James Rogers	Male					^[10]
1863	10 January		Bathing	James Brown	Male	17		Evening		^[11]
1871		Manning River			Male		Severed legs			^[12]
1876		Sydney		Unnamed boy	Male		Killed by shark			^[13]
1876	14 May	Sydney Harbour	Swimming	Frederick Brown	Male					^[14]
1877	12 December	Near Sydney	Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady	2 males	Male					^[15]
1878		Balmain, Sydney (Estuary)	Bathing in 2 feet of water		Male	11	Leg severed			^[16]
1882	23 January (reported)	Darling Harbour, Sydney	Bathing	George Sinclair	Male					^[17]
1882	15 April	Lake Macquarie	Fishing		Male					^[18]
1883	21 January	Iron Cove, Sydney	Bathing	John Eaton	Male	37		05:30		^[19]
1883	19 December	Parramatta River	Swimming	Cuthbert Vere Lysaght	Male	21		12:00		^[20]
1888	December	Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney	Working on the bridge when he fell into the river	Mr. Ryland	Male					^[21]
1888	9 December	Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary)	Swimming	Stephen Carter	Male	11		13:00		^[22]
1887	4 December	Ryde, Sydney (Estuary)		Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill)	Male			11:30	12 to 15 foot shark	^[23]
1895	27 February	Sydney Harbour	Swimming	James Edward Clifton Donald	Male	14				^[24]
1895	16 November	Jervis Bay	Fishing	Edward Bailey	Male					^[25]
1895	9 December	West Balmain, Sydney	Bathing	Thomas John Terrill	Male	14				^[26]
1896	11 January	Johnstone's Bay, Sydney	Bathing	William Ready	Male	11		Afternoon		^[27]
1898	26 July (reported)	Sydney	Swimming after their boat capsized	Martin Gunner	Male	20				^[28]
1900	27 December	Middle Harbour, Sydney	Bathing	Thomas Houstan	Male					^[29]
1902	25 January (reported)	Kerosene Bay	Dangling feet in the water	John Ogier	Male					^[30]
1903	circa		Swimming inside string of cedar logs	Arab boy	Male				Grey Nurse Shark	^[31]
1903	10 January	Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbour (Estuary)		Sydney James	Male				Tiger or Bull Shark	^[32]
1903	21 June	Georges River	Swimming	William Price	Male					^[33]
1906	28 January	Georges River	Bathing	William Joseph Dobson.	Male	31 or 33		14:10	Possibly a Bull Shark	^[34]
1907	23 December	Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary)	Bathing	Henry Jones	Male				Bull Shark	^[35]
1909	15 December	20 miles off Sydney	Fell overboard	Mr. Witt	Male
1910	26 January	Newcastle Harbour		Alfred Victor Clulow	Male					^[36]
1912	26 January	Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney	Swimming	James Edward Morgan	Male	21		15:00		^[37]
1915	1 January	Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour	Bathing	Warren Tooze	Male	17				^[38]
1916	25 April (reported)	Manly Beach	Swimming	Thomas Harrington	Male					^[39]
1916	8 December	Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbour, Sydney (Estuary)	Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore	Walter C. German	Male	41	Right arm severed, chest punctured	09:00		^[40]
1919	9 January	Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour	Wading	Richard Simpson	Male	13	Right thigh bitten	07:30		^[41]
1919	7 December	Pelican Island, Macleay River	Swimming	James Ridley	Male	47	Left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated	05:30	Possibly a Bull Shark	^[42]
1920	15 January	Throsby Creek, Newcastle	Swimming	David Miller	Male	12	Leg attacked	10:00		^[43]
1922	4 January	Stockton Beach, Newcastle	Surfing	John Manning Rowe	Male	26	Disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore	Evening	Thought to be a shark	^[44]
1922	4 February	Coogee, Sydney	Swimming	Milton Coughlan	Male	18	Both arms & shoulder bitten	15:30	Thought to be a White shark	^[45]
1922	2 March	Coogee, Sydney	Bathing in knee-deep water	Mervyn Gannon	Male	21	Right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene	11:00	8-foot White Shark	^[46]
1922	26 April		Swimming	William A. Munro	Male					^[47]
1923	16 June	Bellambi Reef	Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark	J. Rigby	Male		Taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived			^[48]
1923	2 November	Bellinger Heads	Fishing		Male				Thought to be a Shark	^[49]
1923	2 December	Urunga, Bellinger Heads	Fishing, standing in waist-deep water	James Elton	Male		Disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark			^[50]
1924	9 January	Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Sydney, Parramatta River	Had just dived into water & was swimming	Charles Brown	Male	16	Right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated	16:00	Said to be a 3 m (9.8 ft) grey nurse shark, but likely a Bull Shark	^[51]
1924	25 April	Kiama	Fishing, fell in water & swimming strongly to shore	Ernest Conroy	Male	20	Partial remains recovered	Afternoon		^[52]
1925	12 March	Newcastle Beach	Swimming	Jack Canning	Male	16	Right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel	15:15		^[53]
1927		15 miles up the Cataract River	Swimming		Male	10	Shoulder bitten			^[54]
1927	3 January	Grays Point, Port Hacking, Sydney	Swimming	Mervwyn Allum	Male	15	Leg bitten from thigh to ankle	11:30	3.7 m (12 ft) shark	^[55]
1928	4 April	Cooks Hill, Newcastle	Standing in waist-deep water	Edward Arthur Lane	Male	28	Right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh	18:00		^[56]
1929	12 January	Bondi	Body surfing	Colin James Stewart	Male	14	Right thigh & hip bitten	18:10		^[57]
1929	8 February	Bondi	Swimming	John Gibson	Male	39	Right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed	16:00		^[58]
1929	18 February	Maroubra Bay, Sydney	Body surfing	Allan Butcher	Male	20		15:30		^[59]
1929	26 December	White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbour	Diving by wharf	William Oakley	Male	16	Left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions		Tiger Shark	^[60]
1930	December	Parramatta River			Male
1930	13 December	Sailor Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney	Fell overboard	Frank Kenny	Male					^[61]
1934	12 March	Dee Why, north of Queenscliff	Swimming in hip-deep water	Frank Athol Riley	Male	17	Leg & buttocks removed	15:00	White Shark	^[62]
1934	1 April	North Steyne	Swimming in waist-deep water	Leon Ritson Hermes	Male	15	Right leg lacerated	12:30	White Shark	^[63]
1934	23 December		Taken as he dived into the water	Roy Inman	Male	14		13:00	Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[64]
1934	31 December	Georges River at Moorebank, near Milperra Bridge	Swimming (lead swimmer in race)	Richard George Soden	Male	19	Left leg bitten	16:30		^[65]
1935	2 March	North Narrabeen Beach	Standing	Herbert McFarlane	Male	22	Thigh bitten	17:30	Large White Shark	^[66]
1935	9 March	Maroubra Beach	Swimming	Ernest MacDonald	Male	27	Left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed	12:30	Large White Shark	^[67]
1936	4 February	South Steyne, Manly	Swimming	David Paton	Male	14	Taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches	15:00	White Shark	^[68]
1936	12 December	Throsby Creek, Newcastle	Swimming	George Lundberg	Male	15	Leg severed at knee	11:30	3.7 m (12 ft) shark	^[69]
1937	13 February	Bar Beach, Newcastle	Swimming	John Welsh	Male	32	Buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten	15:20	White shark	^[70]
1938	27 December		Swimming	Daniel Graham	Male	19	Thought to have been taken by a shark			^[71]
1940	23 January		Swimming	Maxwell Farrin	Male	13	Left leg severed	10:40	White Shark	^[72]
1940	4 February	North Brighton, Botany Bay	Wading	John William Eke	Male	55	Injuries to both arms	14:00	White Shark ^	^[73]
1940	28 December	Stockton Beach, Newcastle	Standing on sandbank	Clarence Hammond	Male	23	Injuries to lower back	09:00	White Shark	^[74]
1942	4 January	Egg Rock, Middle Harbour, Sydney	Swimming	Zita Steadman	Female	28	Bitten in two	15:00	Possibly a Bull Shark	^[75]
1942	26 December	Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbour, Sydney	Dog paddling or standing	Denise Rosemary Burch	Female	15	Legs bitten	10:50	Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[76]
1946	5 January	Oatley Bay near Como, George's River	Swimming	Valma Tegel	Female	14	Left leg severed, right leg injured		Said to be a 2.4 m (8 ft) Shark	^[77]
1947	8 November	Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth	Swimming	Edwin Elford	Male	12	Leg severed at knee	16:00	Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[78]
1948	12 February	Stockton Beach, Newcastle	Swimming	Ronald Johnson	Male	16	Right thigh & leg bitten		White Shark	^[79]
1949	23 January	Bar Beach, Newcastle	Lifesaving exhibition	Ray Land	Male	20		15:00	White Shark	^[80]
1951	6 December	Merewether Beach, Newcastle	Treading water	Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion	Male	21		16:00		^[81]
1954	27 February	The Entrance, near Gosford	Swimming	Reg Fabrizius	Male	23	Right thigh bitten	17:15	White Shark	^[82]
1955	18 January	Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Beach, Sydney	Hunting lobsters in 2.4 m of water	John Willis	Male	13	Anterior left leg & right calf bitten, no tissue lost	14:30	Thought to be a Bronze Whaler Shark	^[83]
1955	5 February	Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney	Swimming	Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg	Male	25	Legs bitten	14:35	White Shark	^[84]
1955	9 March			Noel Langford	Male	22		18:00	White Shark	^[85]
1960	16 January	Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbour, Sydney		Kenneth William Murray	Male	13	Right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later	15:30	Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[86]
1963	28 January	Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney	Wading		Female	32	Right femoral artery severed, thigh, calf, buttock & left hand bitten	13:30	Bull Shark	^[87]
1966	20 May	Jervis Bay	Sinking of the dredge World Atlas	Kor Van Helden	Male	40		Night		^[88]
1966	20 May	7 miles offshore on east coast of Australia	Shipwreck	Daniel Mangel, seaman	Male	38	Other human remains bitten by sharks, 13 people missing	Dark	Thought to be a White Shark	^[89]
1982	7 March			Martin Ford	Male	20	Legs bitten	12:00		^[90]
1993	9 June	Julian Rocks, Byron Bay		John Ford	Male	31		09:30	Great White Shark	^[91]
2008	8 April			Peter Edmonds	Male	16	Re investigation required.	08:05	Possibly a Bull Shark	^[92]
2013	30 November	Riecks Point, Campbell's Beach	Body boarding	Zac Young	Male	19	Advice given at beach is a Great White attacked Zac. Shark then ID'd as a Tiger.	14:00	Great White Shark	^[93]
2014	3 April	Tathra Beach	Swimming	Christine Armstrong	Female	63	Eaten Whole	08:50	Great White Shark	^[94]
2014	9 September	Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay	Swimming	Paul Wilcox	Male	50	Right leg attacked femoral artery severed.	10:40	Great White Shark	^[95]
2015	9 February	Shelly Beach, Ballina	Surfing	Tadashi Nakahara	Male	41	Legs taken off completely	9:55	Great White Shark	^[96]
2020	7 June		Surfing	Rob Pedretti	Male	60	Significant injuries to left leg, bitten in back of left thigh	10:00	Great White Shark	^[97] ^[98]
2020	11 July	Wooli Beach, Wilsons Headland	Surfing	Mani Hart-Deville	Male	15	Significant injuries to both legs	14:30	Great White Shark 14ft	^[99] ^[100]
2021	18 May		Surfing	Mark Sanguinetti	Male	59	Bitten on upper thigh			^[101]
2021	5 September	Shelly Beach, Emerald Beach	Surfing	Timothy Thompson	Male	31	Significant arm injuries	11:45		^[102]
2022	16 February		Swimming	Simon Nellist	Male	35	Injuries described as "catastrophic."	16:35	Great White Shark	^[103] ^[104]

Northern Territory

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
1883	25 February (reported)	Pearling beds	Diving		Male					^[105]
1934	9 October	Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula	Bathing	Aboriginal woman	Female	38				^[106]
1937	16 July (reported)	Elcho Island	Pearl diving	Japanese hard hat diver	Male					^[107]

Queensland

Includes Torres Strait

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
1853			Fell into the water	James Hexton, pilot	Male					^[108]
1862	19 December (reported)		Trying to catch a wounded bird		Male					^[109]
1863	April	Caloundra Heads	Launching a boat	Mr. Barnsfield	Male				2 sharks	^[110]
1872	26 February	Bramble Reef	Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria				Some were taken by sharks			^[111]
1880	25 November	Petrie Bight, Brisbane River	Swimming	Alexey Drury	Male	12	Feet bitten, surgically amputated	Afternoon		^[112]
1886	17 June	Off Bribie Heads	Swimming after being washed overboard	Lacoon	Male	18				^[113]
1890	30 December	Moreton Bay	Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall	C. Gregory			but death may have been due to drowning			^[114]
1892			Dress diving	Mr. A. Rotaman	Male		Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT			^[115]
1898	28 December (reported)	The Narrows	Fell overboard	James Waters	Male					^[116]
1901	30 January		Bathing	John Thompson	Male		Thigh bitten			^[117]
1903	12 March		Swimming	William Bartlett	Male				Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[118]
1904	7 February	Brisbane	Swimming after his hat	George Grant	Male					^[119]
1906	14 April		Diving for beche-de-mer	Charley	Male	17				^[120]
1906	5 September (reported)	Mabiuag	Swimming	Smith	Male					^[121]
1907	3 February		Bathing	William Williams	Male	18		Morning		^[122]
1907	18 October (reported)		Bathing	male from the lugger Teazer	Male					^[123]
1908	21 September	Thursday Island	Fell from the jetty	Kong Choong Ting	Male				Remains recovered from 3 sharks	^[124]
		Moreton Bay	Fell into the water	Lieutenant Hexton	Male					^[125]
1909	18 June	Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane	1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors sheltered on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently, the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909	Master of the Errol	Male		only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered			^[126]
1912	1 January	Ross Creek	Bathing	Samuel Tristing	Male			Morning		^[127]
1916	9 November	Kissing Point Camp, Townsville	Bathing	Robert Alexander Poultney	Male	27		Evening		^[128]
1916	10 November		Swimming	Walter Gregson	Male			06:00		^[129]
1918	19 September	Townsville	Bathing	Joseph Bartlett	Male	22				^[130]
1919	5 January	Ross River, Townsville	Wading (shrimping)	Jack Hoey	Male	38	Thigh bitten, leg amputated	10:00		^[131]
1920	24 January (reported)	Arlington Reef	Free diving	Japanese diver	Male					^[132]
1920–1923				3 Japanese divers	Male					^[133]
1921	4 October	Barrier Reef		Yoichi Schamok	Male	22	Left thigh bitten	Afternoon		^[134]
1921	27 November	Gay's Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River	Fell from his father's back into the water	George Jack	Male	8	Disappeared, body not recovered	Morning		^[135]
1922	15 January	Ross River, Townsville	Swimming	Robert Milroy	Male	54		17:30		^[136]
1922	5 December		Bathing in 3' to 4' of water	Alfred Gassman	Male	19	Severe injuries to torso		2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark	^[137]
1923	22 May	Great Barrier Reef	Diving?	Keizo Masoyo	Male			Midday		^[138]
1926	2 December (reported)			Norman Skeen	Male					^[139]
1927	9 May (reported)		Walking	Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander	Male					^[140]
1928	27 January		Retrieving meat from a cage in the water	Harry Envoldt	Male	78				^[141]
1928	20 February	Near Barrow Point, Queensland		Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander	Male					^[142]
1928	28 March (reported)			Bob	Male					^[143]
1929	27 January	Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville	Swimming	Harry Weatherall	Male	18	Right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated	17:30		^[144]
1929	12 March		Bathing	Torres Strait Islander schoolboy	Male					^[145]
1929	4 April		Swimming between boats	Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander	Male					^[146]
1929	9 April	Badu Island			Male					^[147]
1929	1 September	Ross River, Townsville	Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately	Edward William Hobbs	Male	42	Severe injuries to both legs			^[148]
1929	3 December (reported)	Townsville			Male	50s				^[149]
1930	4 June			Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander	Male					^[150]
1931	22 March	Ross River, Townsville	Fishing with a cast net	Arthur Tomida	Male	19	Left thigh severely bitten			^[151]
1931	1 August		Fell overboard?	Llewellyn Roberts	Male					^[152]
1932	12 May	Near Warrior Reefs	Pearl diving	Henry Solomon, Cape York native	Male					^[153]
1933	4 January	Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville	Swimming	Stanley Victor Locksley	Male	38	Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark)	17:30		^[154]
1933	20 November	Near Boydong Cay	Free diving for trochus	Bili, a Papuan	Male		Right buttock & thigh bitten		3.4 m [11'] tiger shark	^[155]
1934	26 August		Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately	Robert Steele	Male		Body was not recovered			^[156]
1934	22 October	Warrior Reefs	Freediving for trochus shell (submerged)	David Younger, Torres Strait Islander	Male		Forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards			^[157]
1935	13 August	Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland	Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger	Barani, a Papuan	Male		Right buttock & thigh bitten			^[158]
1935	26 August		Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy	Patrick Quinn	Male	38	His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn	Night	3.7 m [12'] shark	^[159]
1936	26 June		Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface	Willie, an aborigine	Male	16			2.4 m [8'] tiger shark	^[160]
1937	15 May	Ross River, Townsville	Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river	William Tennant	Male	33	Left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee	Night	2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site	^[161]
1937	27 October		Swimming	Norman Girvan	Male	18		17:30	A 3.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on, 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains	^[162]
1937	27 October	Kirra Beach, Coolangatta	Swimming	Jack Brinkley	Male	25		17:30	Tiger shark	^[163]
1937	11 November	Ota Reef	Diving for trochus	Nelan Kris	Male	17			12' shark	^[164]
1938	12 July	Off Bathurst Island	Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru	Okada	Male	25	Dragged out of diving helmet			^[165]
1939	14 December		Swimming	Frank Gurran	Male	20	Left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated	12:15	2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later	^[166]
1943	14 May	Off Brisbane	Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177		Male			After 04:00		^[167]
1945	15 June	Trinity Beach, Cairns	Swimming	E. J. McHugh	Male			16:00		^[168]
1946	19 April	Trinity Beach, Cairns	Swimming	Robert McAuliffe	Male	17		13:30		^[169]
1946	18 August	Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns	Swimming after a tennis ball	Phillip South Collin	Male	30	Body not recovered	15:20	4.3 m [14'] shark	^[170]
1946	20 November	40 miles off Thursday Island	Pearl diving from lugger	Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander	Male	30	Right arm severed			^[171]
1947	November	Moreton Bay		D. Smith		78				^[172]
1948	26 December		Treading water, waiting for a wave	Eric Keys	Male	28	Left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee	11:30		^[173]
1949	17 April	Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns	Bathing in water 0.9 m deep	Richard Joseph Maguire	Male	13	Left leg severed	13:30	3.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on shark	^[174]
1949	28 August	Yorkeys Knob	Swimming	James Howard	Male	34	Right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated	13:20		^[175]
1950	9 April	Cooper's Point	Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis	John McDonald	Male	50				^[176]
1950	16 December	Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane	Treading water	Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver	Male	20	Lower abdomen severely bitten, left leg severed	16:15		^[177]
1951	4 September (reported)		Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38' Christine	Dr. E. Al Joske	Male	56	Abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip			^[178]
1951	22 October	Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach	Swimming	Arthur James Kenealey	Male	42	Leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net	19:10		^[179]
1954	4 September		Spearfishing, hunting crayfish	Kapua Gutchen	Male	35	After being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died		9' shark	^[180]
1954	14 September (reported)	Darnley Island, Torres Strait	Spear fishing	male	Male					^[181]
1956	26 February	Pioneer River, near Mackay	Diving into water	Barry Keith Antonini	Male	15	Large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed	11:00	1.8 m [6'] shark	^[182]
1958	23 November		Swimming	Peter Gerard Spronk	Male	21		15:15	12' shark	^[183]
1959	19 December	Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane	Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas	Stanley Arthur Mullen	Male	29		06:00		^[184]
1961	18 December		Surfing, pushing board ashore	John Grayson Andrews	Male	22	Right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee	06:15	Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut	^[185]
1961	28 December	Lambert's Beach, Mackay	Standing	Margaret Hobbs	Female	18	Right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack	16:15	3 m [10'] shark	^[186]
1964	18 November		Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty	Glenthorne Prior	Male	29		13:30		^[187]
1965	21 November	Near Brisbane	Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark	Gordon Hobrook	Male	43			4.6 m [15'] shark	^[188]
1971	5 December			Gregory Carroll	Male	20				^[189]
1977	13 March	Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay	Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days	John Hayes	Male	45				^[190]
1977	13 March	Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay	Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days	Victor Beaver	Male	74				^[191]
1977	23 August		Floating on an inflatable raft	George Walter	Male	25	Left arm severed, legs bitten			^[192]
1983	25 July	Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville	Swimming from the New Venture	Dennis Patrick Murphy	Male	24	Shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater	Night	5 m [16.5'] tiger shark	^[193]
1983	26 July	Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville	Swimming from the New Venture	Linda Ann Horton	Female	21	Shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater	04:00	5 m [16.5'] tiger shark	^[194]
1984	30 November	1 km off Black's Beach	Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water	Nicholas Bos	Male	16		12:33		^[195]
1988	7 November		The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy	Cedric Coucom	Male	62		Nightfall		^[196]
1988	8 November	Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon	The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy	Bruce Coucom	Male	17	When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy"	Early morning		^[197]
1990	8 April	Dingo Reef, 80 nm off Townsville	Free diving for trochus	Robert Bullen	Male	37	Presumed fatal			^[198]
1992	1 October	North Point Beach, Moreton Island	Surfing	Michael Docherty	Male	28		14:30	Great White Shark	^[199]
2002	16 December	Lake Heron, Miami Lakes	Swimming	Beau Martin	Male	23		02:30	Thought to be a Bull Shark	^[200]
2003	8 February		Swimming	Bob Purcell	Male	84		Morning		^[201]
2004	11 December	Opal Reef	Spearfishing	Mark Thompson	Male	38	Leg bitten	13:00		^[202]
2006	7 January		Swimming	Sarah Whiley	Female	21	Attacked by multiple sharks, arms severed before she died.	17:15	Multiple Bull Sharks	^[203]
2014	15 December		Spearfishing	Daniel Smith	Male	18	Devastating injuries to whole right side.	11:30	Requires furtherinvestigation.
2016	16 February	near Kennedy Shoal	Scuba diving	Steven Foster	Male	54	Went missing 16 February. Clothing and diving equipment belonging to Foster were recovered, suggesting he was taken by a shark.			^[204]
2018	5 November		Swimming	Daniel Christidis	Male	33		17:30		^[205] ^[206]
2020	6 April	North West Island	Swimming	Zachary Robba	Male	23				^[207]
2020	4 July		Spearfishing	Matthew Tratt	Male	36		14:00		^[208]
2020	8 September	Greenmount Beach, Coolangatta	Surfing	Nick Slater	Male	46		17:00		^[209] ^[210]

South Australia

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Marine Waters	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
1855	28 March	Port Wakefield	Gulf St. Vincent	Fell overboard from the Sobella	Master Coleman	Male					^[211]
1884	14 January		Spencer Gulf	Fell overboard	Miss Warren	Female				Said to involve 2 sharks	^[212]
1926	17 March	West Beach, Brighton	Gulf St. Vincent	Swimming	Primrose Whyte	Female			15:45	3.7 m [12'] "shovel nose shark" or 7-gill shark	^[213]
1936	22 January	West Beach, near Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek, saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared	Ray Bennett	Male	13		18:00	Great White shark	^[214]
1962	9 December	Carrickalinga Head	Gulf St. Vincent	Spearfishing	Geoffrey Martin Corner	Male	16	Right leg bitten thigh to calf	14:30	Great White Shark	^[215]
1971	5 September	Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Fishing	Leslie Oswald Harris	Male	51	Shark bite was minor injury, but he suffered a heart attack afterwards and died 6 hours later			^[216]
1974	9 January	Streaky Bay	Great Australian Bight	Diving for abalone	Terry Manuel	Male	26	Right leg severed		Great White shark	^[217]
1975	19 January	Coffin Bay	Great Australian Bight	Surfing	David Barrowman	Male	17	Body not recovered			^[218]
1975	10 February	(Point Sinclair) Penong	Great Australian Bight	Swimming underwater from crayfish cage to a fishing bait	Wade Shipard	Male	12	Right leg severed	18:00	Great White Shark	^[219]
1985	3 March	Wiseman's Beach, Peake Bay, Port Lincoln	Spencer Gulf	Free diving for scallops	Shirley Anne Durdin	Female	33	Bitten in half, decapitated and fully consumed.	12:30	Great White Shark 20 ft	^[220]
1987	18 September	Marino Rocks, Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Scuba Diving for scallops	Terrance Gibson	Male	47			Great White shark	^[221]
1989	9 March	Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor	Southern Ocean	Surfing	Matthew Foale	Male	27	Thigh bitten	20:15	Great White Shark	^[222]
1991	8 September	Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Scuba diving	Jonathon Lee	Male	19		15:00	Great White Shark	^[223]
1998	28 June	South Neptune Island	Great Australian Bight	Free diving for abalone	Doug Chesher	Male	26	Left thigh and lower leg severely injured	14:00	Great White Shark	^[224]
1999	29 May	Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula	Spencer Gulf	Windsurfing	Tony Donoghue	Male	22	Body not recovered	14:30	Great White Shark	^[225]
2000	24 September	Cactus Beach near Penong	Great Australian Bight	Surfing	Cameron Bayes	Male	25	fully consumed	07:30	Great White Shark 16 ft	^[226]
2000	25 September	Blackfellows Point, 5 km north of Elliston, Eyre Peninsula	Great Australian Bight	Surfing (a seal was present among surfers)	Jevan Wright	Male	17	fully consumed	13:00	Great White Shark 16 ft	^[227] ^[228] ^[229]
2002	30 April	Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula	Great Australian Bight	Scallop diving (using surface-supplied air & a POD)	Paul Buckland	Male	23		12:40	Great White Shark	^[230]
2004	16 December	West Beach, Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Scurfing (surfboard being towed behind a boat)	Nick Peterson	Male	18	Ripped apart, then consumed	15:15	Two Great White Sharks	^[231]
2005	24 August	Glenelg, Adelaide	Gulf St. Vincent	Scuba diving	Jarrod Stehbens	Male	23		16:10	Great White Shark	^[232]
2011	17 February	Off Perforated Island, near Coffin Bay	Great Australian Bight	Diving for abalone	Peter Clarkson	Male	49		18:20	Two Great White Sharks	^[233]
2014	8 February	Off Goldsmith Beach near Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula	Gulf St. Vincent	Spear-fishing	Sam Kellett	Male	28	Body never recovered.	12:00	Great White Shark	^[234] ^[235]
2023	13 May	Off Walkers Rocks Beach, Eyre Peninsula	Great Australian Bight	Surfing	Simon Baccanello	Male	46	Body never recovered		Great White Shark	^[236] ^[237]
2023	31 October	Off Granites Beach, near Streaky Bay	Great Australian Bight	Surfing	Tod Gendle	Male	55	Body never recovered, fully consumed	10:20	Great White Shark	^[238]
2023	28 December	Off Ethel Beach, Yorke Peninsula	Spencer Gulf	Surfing	Khai Cowley	Male	15	Body recovered	13:30	Great White Shark	^[239] ^[240]

Tasmania

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
1820s	circa	Sweet Water Point, Pittwater		"Amphibious Jack"	Male					^[241]
1831	22 January (reported)	Hobart	Boat capsized, clinging to line	Robert Dudlow	Male					^[242]
1870	late	Derwent River	Canoeing	Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile	Male		Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river			^[243]
1880		St George's Bay			Male					^[244]
1843-1844	Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883.	Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula	Swimming / escaping imprisonment	Owen	Male					^[245]
1893	4 April	Chimney Point, George's Bay	Boat capsized, swimming ashore	Joseph Meredith	Male			16:30		^[246]
1905	25 March	Bridport	Bathing	Charles Taylor						^[247]
1959	17 January	Safety Cove	In deep water about 100 yards from his ship	Brian Derry, a Naval Rating	Male	22		16:30	Multiple White Sharks	^[248]
1975	30 July	Adventure Bay, Bruny Island	Scuba diving for abalone	Robert Slack	Male	37		Afternoon	Great White Shark	^[249]
1982	28 February	South Cape Bay	Skindiving, but swimming on the surface	Geert Talen	Male	32	Body not recovered		Great White Shark	^[250]
1993	5 June	Tenth Island	Scuba diving at seal colony	Therese Cartwright	Female	35		10:55	Great White Shark	^[251]
2015	25 July	Lachlan Point, Maria Island	Scuba diving, collecting scallops	Damian Johnson	Male	46	Body not recovered - Attacked while surfacing as his daughter watched.	7:00	Great White Shark	^[252]

Victoria

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
1839	7 August	Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory	Swimming from capsized whale boat	Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby	Male	39	'...two wounds made by a shark, one about the middle of the right thigh, and the other, rather above the calf of the left leg.'			^[253]
1849	19 September	Warrnambool	Swimming	a sailor from the schooner Brother	Male					^[254]
1855	11 November	Melbourne	Swimming	Seaman from whaling brig Curlew	Male					^[255]
1858	14 March	Hobson Bay	Bathing	Adolphe Bollander	Male	22		15:00		^[256]
1864		Corio Bay, Port Phillip	Swimming	Mr. Warren, Jr.	Male		Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed			^[257]
1876	6 February	Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay	Bathing	Peter Rooney	Male	18	Rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach			^[258]
1877	28 January	Emerald Hill	Bathing	William Marks	Male	30	"The flesh on each leg, from the knee upwards, was entirely torn out, and there were bite marks of the two jaws of a large fish on one breast, and also on the back."			^[259]
1889	8 July	Port Phillip	Fell into the water		Male					^[260]
1914	10 June	Sandringham	Bathing	Mr. Croxford	Male	43		Afternoon		^[261]
1916	3 April	Carrum	Clinging to overturned rowing boat	Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill	Male	17				^[262]
1930	15 February	Middle Brighton, Port Phillip	Diving off pier & treading water	Norman Clark	Male	18		16:30	White Shark	^[263]
1936		Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne	Swimming		Male					^[264]
1936	1 December	Mordialloc	Fishing	Charles Frederick Swann, a returned soldier	Male	46	Swann's 2.4 m dinghy was found with 2' x 3' hole in its side & tooth fragments embedded in the planking		Grey Nurse Shark	^[265]
1949	12 November	Port Phillip Bay	No details	John W. Smith	Male					^[266]
1954	11 December	Point Lonsdale	Swimming	Lawrence David Burns	Male	23		11:00		^[267]
1956	4 March	Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay	Swimming, attacked at surf carnival	John Patrick Wishart	Male	26		16:45	Unknown species, 3.7 metre shark. Witnesses say there may have been another shark nearby	^[268]

Western Australia

Year	width=150px	Date	Area	Activity	Victim	Sex	Age	Injury	Time	Species	Reference
pre–1903			Pearl diving	Ahmun	Male					^[269]
pre–1903			Diving		Male					^[270]
	Circa		Sitting on gunwale of boat	Andrew Farmer	Male					^[271]
1882	7 February (reported)		Pearl diving	Native diver	Male		Thigh bitten			^[272]
1882	12 May (reported)		Pearl diving	Malay diver	Male		Torso bitten			^[273]
1895	3 June (reported)	Barrow Passage, Barrow Island	Pearl diving	Japanese diver	Male					^[274]
1896	1 November	Esperance	Boat swamped	Louis	Male					^[275]
1896	29 November	Albany	Swimming	Davies	Male					^[276]
1910	23 December (reported)	Fremantle	Shipwrecked pearling schooner	Theodore Anderson's captain & rest of crew taken by sharks	Male					^[277]
1923	27 January		Swimming	Charles Topsail Robertson	Male	13	Back of thigh bitten			^[278]
1923	23 November	Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland	Dry shelling	Selim and Dea Opre, Koepang Islanders	Male		Disappeared, partial remains of Selim was found, there was no trace of Dea Opre			^[279]
1925	22 November	Cottesloe Beach	Floating on his back	Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton	Male	55	Thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat	15:15	4 m [13'] female tiger shark	^[280]
1948	27 December	Lancelin Island	Swimming	Arthur Strahan	Male	17	Disappeared while swimming		His hand was found in a 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 1/5/1949	^[281]
1967	19 August	Jurien Bay	Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line	Robert Bartle	Male	23	"bitten in two"	11:00	Great White shark	^[282]
1993	21 November	A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay	Hookah diving	Richard Peter Bisley	Male	27		15:15	Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver's remains in its gut	^[283]
1995	11 September	Honeymoon Island, near Hopetoun	Abalone diving using Hookah (near calving whales)	David Alan Weir	Male	29	Head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995	15:00	Great White Shark	^[284]
1997	20 January	Geraldton	Windsurfing	Werner Schonhofer	Male	41	Presumed, body not recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered	18:00	4.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on tiger shark	^[285] ^[286]
2000	6 November	Cottesloe Beach, Perth	Swimming	Ken Crew	Male	49	Torso attacked leg torn off.	06:30	Great White Shark	^[287]
2004	10 July	Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River	Surfing	Bradley Adrian Smith	Male	30	Stomach and legs attacked	14:10	Two Great White Sharks	^[288]
2005	19 March	Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands	Snorkeling	Geoffrey Brazier	Male	26		14:00	Great White Shark	^[289]
2008	27 December	Port Kennedy Beach	Snorkeling	Brian Guest	Male	51		07:00	Great White Shark	^[290]
2010	17 August	Cowaramup Bay	Surfing	Nicholas Edwards	Male	31	Leg severed	08:05	Great White Shark	^[291]
2011	4 September	Bunker Bay	Body boarding	Kyle James Burden	Male	21	Eaten in half	13:26	Great White Shark	^[292]
2011	9 October	Cottesloe Beach	Swimming	Bryn Martin	Male	64	Believed to have been eaten whole, only remains found were shredded speedos	08:10	Great White Shark	^[293]
2011	22 October	Rottnest Island	Diving	George Wainwright	Male	32		13:25	Great White Shark	^[294]
2012	31 March	Stratham Beach, Geographe Bay	Scuba diving	Peter Kurmann	Male	33		09:30	Great White Shark	^[295]
2012	14 July	Off Wedge Island	Surfing	Ben Linden	Male	24	Eaten whole. Shark attacked jet ski trying to retrieve Ben's body.	09:05	Great White Shark	^[296]
2013	23 November	Gracetown	Surfing	Chris Boyd	Male	35	Left arm severed, flesh off the right leg.	09:00	Great White Shark	^[297]
2014	30 December	Cheynes Beach, near Albany	Spearfishing	Jay Muscat	Male	17	Attacked at the leg-torso	Midday	Great White Shark	^[298]
2016	31 May	Falcon Beach, Mandurah	Surfing	Ben Gerring	Male	29	Leg torn off. Died days later.	Dusk	Great White Shark	^[299]
2016	5 June	Between One and Three Mile reefs, Mindarie	Diving	Doreen Collyer ^[300]	Female	60	Mauled to death.	Late morning	Great White Shark	^[301]
2017	17 April	Kelp beds, Wylie Bay, Esperance	Surfing	Laeticia Maree Brouwer ^[302]	Female	17	Leg torn off in front of father, mother and 2 sisters. Died at the scene.	16:00	Great White Shark	^[303]
2020	5 January	Cull Island, Esperance	Diving	Gary Johnson^[304]	Male	57	Mauled while scuba diving	13:00	Great White Shark	^[305]
2020	9 October	Kelp beds, Wylie Bay, Esperance	Surfing	Andrew Sharpe	Male	52	Attacked whilst surfing, body never found, witnesses and damage to surfboard confirmed shark attack	16:00	Great White Shark	^[306] ^[307]
2020	22 November	Cable Beach, near Broome	Bodyboarding	Charles Cernobori	Male	55	Bitten on thigh and severed hand	08:45	Tiger Shark	^[308] ^[309]
2021	6 November	Port Beach, Fremantle	Swimming	Paul Millachip	Male	57	Separated in two and consumed	10:00	Great White Shark	^[310]
2023	4 February	Swan River, North Fremantle	Swimming	Stella Berry	Female	16	Injury to legs	15:00	Bull Shark suspected	^[311] ^[312]

See also

• List of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States
• List of fatal shark attacks in California
• List of shark attacks in South Africa
• List of fatal shark attacks in South Africa
• Western Australian shark cull

References

• Web site: The International Shark Attack File. 14 January 2014.
• Web site: Global Shark Attack File. 14 January 2014.
• Web site: Go Shark . 13 February 2014.
• Web site: Tracking Sharks . 8 November 2021.

Footnotes

External links

• Web site: Taronga Conservation Society Australia . Australian Shark Incident Database .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Shark-Incident Database . 18 April 2018 . Taronga Conservation Society . 1 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903024600/https://taronga.org.au/animals-conservation/conservation-science/australian-shark-attack-file/latest-figures . 3 September 2018 . dead.
2. Web site: Australian Shark-Incident Database. 2020. Taronga Conservation Society. 3 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219131159/https://www.taronga.org.au/conservation-and-science/australian-shark-incident-database. 19 February 2022.
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8. Web site: Sailor . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
9. Web site: SydneyHarbour . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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29. Web site: Houston . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
30. Web site: Ogier . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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35. Web site: Jones . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
36. Web site: Clulow . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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38. Web site: Tooze . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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42. Web site: Ridley . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
43. Web site: Miller . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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46. Web site: Gannon . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
47. Web site: Munro . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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52. Web site: Conroy . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
53. Web site: Canning . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
54. Web site: b-Australia . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
55. Web site: Allum . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
56. Web site: Lane . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
57. Web site: Stewart . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
58. Web site: Gibson . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
59. Web site: Butcher . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
60. Web site: Oakley . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
61. Web site: Kenny . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
62. Web site: Riley . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
63. Web site: a-Hermes . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
64. Web site: a-b-Inman . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
65. Web site: a-Soden . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
66. Web site: McFarlane . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
67. Web site: MacDonald . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
68. Web site: Paton . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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74. Web site: Hammond . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
75. Web site: Steadman . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
76. Web site: Burch . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
77. Web site: Tegel . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
78. Web site: b-EdwinElford . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
79. Web site: Johnson . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
80. Web site: Land . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
81. Web site: Okulich . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
82. Web site: Fabrizius . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
83. Web site: Willis . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
84. Web site: Rautenberg . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
85. Web site: Langford . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
86. Web site: Murray . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
87. Web site: Hathaway . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
88. Web site: c-VanHelden . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
89. Web site: a-Mangel . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
90. Web site: AllenFord . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
91. Web site: JohnFord . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
92. Web site: a-Edmonds . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
93. Web site: ZacYoung . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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95. News: Man attacked by shark at Byron Bay. Sydney Morning Herald. 9 September 2014.
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106. Web site: Coburg . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
107. Web site: R-JapaneseDiver . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
108. Web site: d-Hexton . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
109. Web site: R-Boy-Brisbane . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
110. Web site: Barnsfield . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
111. Web site: MariaShipwreck . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
112. Web site: AlexeyDrury . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
113. Web site: Lacoon . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
114. Web site: Gregory . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
115. Web site: Rotaman . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
116. Web site: R-Waters . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
117. Web site: Thompson . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
118. Web site: Bartlett . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
119. Web site: Grant . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
120. Web site: Charley . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
121. Web site: R-Smith . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
122. Web site: Williams . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
123. Web site: R-male-Teazer . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
124. Web site: KongChoongTing . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
125. Web site: Hexton . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
126. Web site: Errol . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
127. Web site: Tristing . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
128. Web site: Poultney . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
129. Web site: Gregson . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
130. Web site: Bartlett . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
131. Web site: Hoey . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
132. Web site: R.a-JapaneseDiver . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
133. Web site: 3JapaneseDivers . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
134. Web site: Schamok . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
135. Web site: a-b-Jack . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
136. Web site: Milroy . sharkattackfile.net . 29 January 2014.
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