List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
Appearance
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
[edit]Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
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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 | "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River | 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 | Likely a Great White | [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 | Great White | [34] | |
1907 | 23 December | Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing | Henry Jones | Male | white 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 | Whaler Shark | [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 | Likely a white 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 | Hawkesbury River | 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 | Most likely attacked by a great white shark | [51] |
1924 | 25 April | Kiama | Fishing, fell in water | Ernest Conroy | Male | 20 | Partial remains recovered | Afternoon | White Shark | [52] |
1925 | 12 March | Newcastle Beach | Swimming | Jack Canning | Male | 16 | Right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel | 15:15 | White Shark | [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 | White Shark | [57] |
1929 | 8 February | Bondi | Swimming | John Gibson | Male | 39 | Right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed | 16:00 | White Shark | [58] |
1929 | 18 February | Maroubra Bay, Sydney | Body surfing | Allan Butcher | Male | 20 | Both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis | 15:30 | White Shark | [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 | Likely attacked by a Great White | [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 | Woy Woy on the Brisbane Water | Taken as he dived into the water | Roy Inman | Male | 14 | 13:00 | White 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 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 | North Beach, Bellinger River | Swimming | Daniel Graham | Male | 19 | Taken by a shark | [71] | ||
1940 | 23 January | North Brighton, Botany Bay | 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 | Middle Harbour, Sydney | Swimming | Zita Steadman | Female | 28 | Bitten in two | 15:00 | Likely a large Great White | [75] |
1942 | 26 December | Bantry Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Dog paddling or standing | Denise Rosemary Burch | Female | 15 | Legs bitten | 10:50 | White Shark | [76] |
1946 | 5 January | Oatley Bay near Como, George's River | Swimming | Valma Tegel | Female | 14 | Left leg severed, right leg injured | White 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 | Great White | [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 | White Shark | [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 | Wamberal | Body surfing | Noel Langford | Male | 22 | 18:00 | White Shark | [85] | |
1960 | 16 January | Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Free diving | Kenneth William Murray | Male | 13 | Right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later | 15:30 | Great White | [86] |
1963 | 28 January | Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Wading | Marcia Hathaway | Female | 32 | Right femoral artery severed, thigh, calf, buttock & left hand bitten | 13:30 | Great White | [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 | Tallow Beach, Byron Bay | Surfing | Martin Ford | Male | 20 | Legs bitten | 12:00 | Great White | [90] |
1993 | 9 June | Julian Rocks, Byron Bay | Scuba diving | John Ford | Male | 31 | 09:30 | Great White Shark | [91] | |
2008 | 8 April | Lighthouse Beach, Ballina | Body boarding | Peter Edmonds | Male | 16 | Re investigation required. | 08:05 | Great White | [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 identified 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 | Salt Beach, Kingscliff | 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 | Tuncurry Beach, Tuncurry | Surfing | Mark Sanguinetti | Male | 59 | Bitten on upper thigh | Great White | [101] | |
2021 | 5 September | Shelly Beach, Emerald Beach | Surfing | Timothy Thompson | Male | 31 | Significant arm injuries | 11:45 | Great White | [102] |
2022 | 16 February | Buchan Point, Little Bay | Swimming | Simon Nellist | Male | 35 | Injuries described as "catastrophic." | 16:35 | Great White Shark | [103][104] |
Northern Territory
[edit]Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
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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
[edit]- Includes Torres Strait
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
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1853 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | [108] | |||||
1862 | 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | 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 | Badu Island | 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 | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | Thigh bitten | [117] | |||
1903 | 12 March | Logan River | 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 | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | [120] | |||
1906 | 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | [121] | ||||
1907 | 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | Morning | [122] | ||
1907 | 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | 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] | |||
pre–1909 | 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 | Townsville | 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 | Great Barrier Reef | 3 Japanese divers | Male | [133] | ||||||
1921 | 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | 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 | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | 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) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | [139] | ||||
1927 | 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | [140] | ||||
1928 | 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | [141] | |||
1928 | 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | 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 | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | Male | [145] | ||||
1929 | 4 April | Badu Island | 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 | Near Mabuiag Island | 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 | Port Douglas | 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 | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | 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 | At Flat Top, near Mackay | 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 | Nepean Island | 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 | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Norman Girvan | Male | 18 | 17:30 | A 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in], 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 | Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay | 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 | King's Beach, Caloundra | 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 | 3.3 m [10 ft 10 in] 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) | Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton | 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 | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | 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 | Surfers Paradise | 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 | Noosa Heads | 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 | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | 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 | Gladstone | 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 | Buddina Beach, south of Noosa | 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 | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | 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 | Burleigh Lake, Gold Coast | 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 | Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island | Swimming | Sarah Whiley | Female | 21 | Attacked by multiple sharks, arms severed before she died. | 17:15 | Multiple Bull Sharks | [203] |
2014 | 15 December | Rudder Reef, north-east of Port Douglas | Spearfishing | Daniel Smith | Male | 18 | Devastating injuries to whole right side. | 11:30 | Requires further
investigation.|| | |
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 | Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Islands | Swimming | Daniel Christidis | Male | 33 | 17:30 | [205][206] | ||
2020 | 6 April | North West Island | Swimming | Zachary Robba | Male | 23 | [207] | |||
2020 | 4 July | Fraser Island | 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
[edit]Year | 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 | Port Pirie, 230 km north of Adelaide | 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
[edit]Year | 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
[edit]Year | 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
[edit]Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pre–1903 | Pearl diving | Ahmun | Male | [269] | ||||||
pre–1903 | Roebuck Bay | Diving | Male | [270] | ||||||
mid–1870s | Circa | Shark Bay | 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 | Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont | 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 | 4.5 m [14 ft 9 in] 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 | White Shark | [311][312] |
See also
[edit]- 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
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External links
[edit]- "Australian Shark Incident Database". Taronga Conservation Society Australia.