List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
The following is a list of fatal shark attacks which have taken place in Australia. The list is organized by state. It includes: attacks where the body was killed and recovered; attacks that were immediately fatal or almost immediately fatal; and attacks where the victim died from wounds sustained some days after the attack. Non-fatal shark attacks are not included in this list.
New South Wales
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1791 | Port Jackson | female, an Australian aboriginal | Female | "bitten in two" | G.P. Whitley; D. Baldridge, p. 162 | [1] | |||||
1837 | 17 January | Macleay River | Bathing | Alfred Australia Howe | Male | 12 | Injured by shark, died of tetanus | Evening | Gazette (Sydney) 1/31/1837; Proc. Royal Aust. Hist. Scty, I, Part 2, 1924; G.P. Whitley, p. 14; Sharpe, p. 87 | [2] | |
1840 | December | Off Domain, Sydney Harbor | Swimming | male | Male | G.P. Whitley, p. 259; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 523 | [3] | ||||
1841 | 27 March | Cockatoo Island, Sydney | Bathing | Andrew Goggin | Male | 14:00 | Sydney Gazette, 4/27/1841 | [4] | |||
1845 | 26 December | Newcastle | Fishing | John Williams | Male | The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 11/18/1893 | [5] | ||||
1849 | 1 December | Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbor (Estuary) | Bathing | a sailor from the steamship Eagle | Male | Afternoon | Moreton Bay Courier, 12/15/1849 | [6] | |||
1849 | 9 December | Sydney Harbor | male | Male | T.H. Huxley's Diary, 1935, pp. 285–286; G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [7] | |||||
1852 | 9 October (reported) | Coalcliff | Fell overboard | James Rogers | Male | Maitland Mercury, 10/09/1852 | [8] | ||||
1863 | 10 January | "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River | Bathing | James Brown | Male | 17 | Evening | G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [9] | ||
1871 | Manning River | male | Male | "caught by legs" | G.P. Whitley, ref E.S. Hill, Sydney Mail, 5/6/1871 | [10] | |||||
1876 | Sydney | boy | Male | "his side was bitten" | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [11] | |||||
1876 | 14 May | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Frederick Brown | Male | Sydney Mail, 6/3/1876 | [12] | ||||
1877 | 12 December | Near Sydney | Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/15/1877 | [13] | ||||
1878 | Balmain, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing in 2 feet of water | boy | Male | 11 | leg severed | G.P. Whitley, ref Dr. Cleland, Med. Journal Australia, 10/4/1924; J. Green, p. 31 | [14] | |||
1882 | 23 January (reported) | Darling Harbor, Sydney | Bathing | George Sinclair | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/24/1882 | [15] | ||||
1882 | 15 April | Lake Macquarie | Fishing | Male | The Mercury, 4/25/1882 | [16] | |||||
1883 | 21 January | Iron Cove, Sydney | Bathing | John Eaton | Male | 37 | 05:30 | Maitland Mercury, 1/23/1883 | [17] | ||
1883 | 19 December | Parramatta River | Swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | Male | 21 | 12:00 | West Australian, 12/22/1883 | [18] | ||
1888 | December | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr. Ryland | Male | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/1888 | [19] | ||||
1888 | 9 December | Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary) | Swimming | Stephen Carter | Male | 11 | 13:00 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/ 1888 | [20] | ||
1887 | 4 December | Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) | Male | 11:30 | 12' to 14' shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [21] | |||
1895 | 27 February | Sydney Harbor | Swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | Male | 14 | I. Donald | [22] | |||
1895 | 16 November | Jervis Bay | Fishing | Edward Bailey | Male | West Australian, 11/19/1895 | [23] | ||||
1895 | 9 December | West Balmain, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas John Terrill | Male | 14 | Brisbane Courier, 12/9/1895 | [24] | |||
1896 | 11 January | Johnstone's Bay, Sydney | Bathing | William Ready | Male | 11 | Afternoon | Brisbane Courier, 1/13/1896 | [25] | ||
1898 | 26 July (reported) | Sydney | Swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | M | Reported but this is a questionable incident | Brisbane Courier, 7/26/1898 | [26] | |||
1900 | 27 December | Middle Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas Houstan | Male | Taranaki Herald, 12/28/1900 | [27] | ||||
1902 | 25 January (reported) | Kerosene Bay | Dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | Male | The Advertiser, 1/25/1902 | [28] | ||||
1903 | circa | Swimming inside string of cedar logs | Arab boy | Male | Said to involve a grey nurse shark that leapt out of the water and seized the boy but species identification is questionable | L. Becke in New York Sun, 9/9/1906; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 523 | [29] | ||||
1903 | 10 January | Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbor (Estuary) | Sydney James | Male | Bull shark | Northern Territory Times & Gazette, 1/12/1903 | [30] | ||||
1903 | 21 June | Georges River | Swimming | William Price | Male | The Advertiser, 6/22/1903 | [31] | ||||
1906 | 28 January | Georges River | Bathing | William Joseph Dobson. | Male | 31 or 33 | 14:10 | J. Green, p. 31 | [32] | ||
1907 | 23 December | Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing | Henry Jones | Male | Bull shark | R.D. Weeks, GSAF; Otago Daily Times, 12/24/1907 | [33] | |||
1909 | 15 December | 20 miles off Sydney | Fell overboard | Mr. Witt | Male | Star, 12/15/1909 | |||||
1910 | 26 January | Newcastle Harbor | Alfred Victor Clulow | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245 | [34] | |||||
1912 | 26 January | Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney | Swimming | James Edward Morgan | Male | 21 | 15:00 | 2.8 m [9 ft 2 in] whaler shark captured 3 days later with his remains in its gut | Argus (Melbourne) 1/27, 28, 29, 30/1912; G.P. Whitley, p. 260; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; A. Sharpe, p. 88 | [35] | |
1915 | 1 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor | Bathing | Warren Tooze | Male | 17 | G.P. Whitley, citing Argus (Melbourne) 1/5/1915; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70 | [36] | |||
1916 | 25 April (reported) | Manly Beach | Swimming | Thomas Harrington | Male | Modesto Evening News, 4/25/1916 | [37] | ||||
1916 | 8 December | Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbor, Sydney (Estuary) | Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore | Walter C. German | Male | 41 | right arm severed, chest punctured | 09:00 | G.P. Whitley, ref. Dr. Cleland, 1924; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 79; A. Sharpe, p. 71 | [38] | |
1919 | 9 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor | Wading | Richard Simpson | Male | 13 | right thigh bitten | 07:30 | 12' shark | T. Peake, GSAF; V.M. Coppleson.N1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 70 & 229; A. Sharpe, p. 71 | [39] |
1919 | 7 December | Pelican Island, Macleay River | Swimming | James Ridley | Male | 47 | left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated | 05:30 | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/9/1919; V.M. Coppleson.N.20.(1933 | [40] | |
1920 | 15 January | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | David Miller | Male | 12 | Leg bitten. | 10:00 | V.M. Coppleson.N14. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 229 | [41] | |
1922 | 4 January | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Surfing | John Manning Rowe | Male | 26 | disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore | Evening | The Argus, 1/9/1922; V.M. Coppleson (1933), N15 | [42] | |
1922 | 4 February | Coogee | Swimming | Milton Coughlan | Male | 18 | both arms & shoulder bitten | 15:30 | White shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.4. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 62 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp. 53–55 | [43] |
1922 | 2 March | Coogee | 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 | 2.4 m [8'] white shark | V.M. Coppleson.N5. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 63 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp. 56–57; G.A. Llano, pp. 160–161 | [44] |
1922 | 26 April | Hawkesbury River | Swimming | William A. Munro | Male | Argus, 4/29/1922 | [45] | ||||
1923 | 16 June | Bellambi Reef | After rowing skiff was holed by shark, he was attempting to swim ashore | J. Rigby | Male | taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived | V.M. Coppleson (1933); G. P. Whitley; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 185 | [46] | |||
1923 | 2 November | Bellinger Head | Fishing | male | Male | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | V.M. Coppleson, p. 452; G.P. Whitley | [47] | |||
1923 | 2 December | Urunga, Bellinger Heads | Fishing, standing in waist-deep water | James Elton | Male | disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/5/1923 | [48] | |||
1924 | 9 January | Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Parramatta River | Had just dived into water & was swimming | Charles Brown | Male | 16 | right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated | 16:00 | 3 m [10'] shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.2. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 69 & 230 | [49] |
1924 | 25 April | Kiama | Fishing, fell in water & swimming strongly to shore | Ernest Conroy | Male | 20 | partial remains recovered | Afternoon | V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley, p. 266 | [50] | |
1925 | 12 March | Newcastle Beach | Swimming | Jack Canning | Male | 16 | right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel L | 15:15 | V.M. Coppleson.N16.(1933) V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 76 & 230 | [51] | |
1927 | 15 miles up the Cataract River | Swimming | Anonymous | Male | 10 | shoulder bitten | W.E., pp. 192–193 | [52] | |||
1927 | 3 January | Grey’s Point, Port Hacking | Swimming | Mervwyn Allum | Male | 15 | leg bitten from thigh to ankle | 11:30 | 3.7 m [12'] shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.21.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 230; NYTimes, 1/5/1927 | [53] |
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 | V.M. Coppleson.N18. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 76 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp. 83–84; G.A. Llano, pp. 166–167 | [54] | |
1929 | 12 January | Bondi | Body surfing | Colin James Stewart | Male | 14 | right thigh & hip bitten | 18:10 | 12' shark | V.M. Coppleson.N9. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 64 & 231; A. Sharpe, p. 59-62 | [55] |
1929 | 8 February | Bondi | Swimming | John Gibson | Male | 39 | right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed | 16:00 | V. M. Coppleson.N11. (1933); J. Green, p. 32; A. Sharpe, p. 62 | [56] | |
1929 | 18 February | Maroubra Bay | Body surfing | Allan Butcher | Male | 20 | both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis | 15:30 | V.M. Coppleson.N12. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 64 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp. 63–64 | [57] | |
1929 | 26 December | White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor | 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 | V.M. Coppleson.N3.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 232; G.A. Llano, pp. 170–171 | [58] | |
1930 | December | Parramatta River | male | Male | H.D.Baldridge (1994), SAF Case #506 | ||||||
1930 | 13 December | Sailor Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Fell overboard | Frank Kenny | Male | Northern Standard (Dawin), 12/18/1930 | [59] | ||||
1934 | 12 March | Dee Why, north of Queenscliff | Swimming in hip-deep water | Frank Athol Riley | Male | 17 | leg & buttocks removed | 15:00 | 4 m [13'] shark seen in vicinity | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 66 & 232; A. Sharpe, p. 67 | [60] |
1934 | 1 April | North Steyne | Swimming in waist-deep water | Leon Ritson Hermes | Male | 15 | right leg lacerated | 12:30 | 4.3 m [14'] shark seen in vicinity | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 233 | [61] |
1934 | 23 December | Woy Woy on the Brisbane Waters | Taken as he dived into the water | Roy Inman | Male | 14 | 13:00 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 85–86 & 233; A. MacCormick, p. 172 | [62] | ||
1934 | 31 December | St. George’s River at Moorebank, near Milperra Bridge | Swimming (lead swimmer in race) | Richard George Soden | Male | 19 | left leg bitten | 16:30 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 67 & 233; A. Sharpe, pp. 89–90 | [63] | |
1935 | 2 March | North Narrabeen Beach | Standing | Herbert McFarlane | Male | 22 | thigh bitten | 17:30 | 3.5 to 4 m [11 to 13 ft] white shark | Amarillo Globe, 6/21/1935, p. 3; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 66–67 & 233; John West | [64] |
1935 | 9 March | Maroubra Beach | Swimming | Ernest MacDonald | Male | 27 | left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed | 12:30 | 4 m [13'] white shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 65, 233 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 64–65, G.P. Whitley, p. 14; J. West, ASAF | [65] |
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 | Unknown; speculated to be a White shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 67 & 234; A. Sharpe, p. 68; A. MacCormick, p. 169; J. West, ASAF | [66] |
1936 | 12 December | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | George Lundberg | Male | 15 | leg severed at knee | 11:30 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 234 | [67] | |
1937 | 13 February | Bar Beach, Newcastle | Swimming | John Welsh | Male | 32 | buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten | 15:20 | White shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 234; A. Sharpe, p. 84; J.West, ASAF | [68] |
1938 | 27 December | North Beach, Bellingen River | Swimming | Daniel Graham | Male | 19 | thought to have been taken by a shark | G.P. Whitley, p. 264 | [69] | ||
1940 | 23 January | North Brighton, Botany Bay | Swimming | Maxwell Farrin | Male | 13 | left leg severed | 10:40 | 3 m [10'] shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, pp. 65–66 | [70] |
1940 | 4 February | North Brighton, Botany Bay | Wading | John William Eke | Male | 55 | injuries to both arms | 14:00 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, p. 66 | [71] | |
1940 | 28 December | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Standing on sandbank | Clarence Hammond | Male | 23 | injuries to lower back | 09:00 | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 235; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [72] | |
1942 | 4 January | Egg Rock, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Swimming | Zita Steadman | Female | 28 | bitten in two | 15:00 | 4 m [13'] bull shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70; A. Sharpe, p. 72; A. MacCormick, pp. 34–35 | [73] |
1942 | 26 December | Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Dog paddling or standing | Denise Rosemary Burch | Female | 15 | legs bitten | 10:50 | Bull shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70; A. Sharpe, pp. 72–73; A. MacCormick, pp. 34–35 | [74] |
1946 | 5 January | Oatley Bay near Como, George’s River | Swimming | Valma Tegel | Female | 14 | left leg severed, right leg injured | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, pp. 91–92 | [75] | ||
1947 | 8 November | Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth | Swimming | Edwin Elford | Male | 12 | leg severed at knee | 16:00 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 86; A. Sharpe, p. 86 | [76] | |
1948 | 12 February | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Swimming | Ronald Johnson | Male | 16 | right thigh & leg bitten | 3.7 m [12'] shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958); A. Sharpe, p. 83 | [77] | |
1949 | 23 January | Bar Beach, Newcastle | Lifesaving exhibition | Ray Land | Male | 20 | 15:00 | 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in] white shark | G.P. Whitley (1951); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 78; A. Sharpe, pp. 84–85 | [78] | |
1951 | 6 December | Merewether Beach, Newcastle | Treading water | Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion | Male | 21 | 16:00 | 2.4 m [8'] shark | New York Times, 12/7/1941; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 79; A. Sharpe, p. 85 | [79] | |
1954 | 27 February | The Entrance, near Gosford | Swimming | Reg Fabrizius | Male | 23 | right thigh bitten | 17:15 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 84 & 236 | [80] | |
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 | 3.7 m [12'] bronze whaler shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 71, 174-175 & 236; A. Sharpe, p. 74 | [81] |
1955 | 5 February | Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Swimming | Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg | Male | 25 | legs bitten | 14:35 | 3.6 m white shark (or bronze whaler) | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 71, 175 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp. 74–75 | [82] |
1955 | 9 March | Wamberal | Body surfing | Noel Langford | Male | 22 | 18:00 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 84–85 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp. 82–83 | [83] | ||
1960 | 16 January | Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Free diving | Kenneth William Murray | Male | 13 | right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later | 15:30 | Bull shark | T.W. Brown, pp. 1 –6; H.D. Baldridge, p. 196; A. Sharpe, pp76–77; H. Edwards, pp. 100 & 108 | [84] |
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 | Tooth fragments of "whaler" shark were recovered, a bull shark, according to Edwards | Dr. P.R. Coyne; A. Sharpe, pp. 7–12; A. MacCormick, pp. 15–18; H. Edwards, pp. 102 & 108 | [85] |
1966 | 20 May | Jervis Bay | Sinking of the dredge World Atlas | Kor Van Helden | Male | 40 | Night | J. Green, p. 35 | [86] | ||
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 | Believed white shark and other smaller species of sharks involved. | Barker & Ritson | [87] |
1982 | 7 March | Tallow Beach, Byron Bay | Surfing | Martin Ford | Male | 20 | Legs bitten | 12:00 | A. Sharpe, pp. 4, 86-87 | [88] | |
1993 | 9 June | Julian Rocks, Byron Bay | Scuba diving | John Ford | Male | 31 | 09:30 | Remains recovered from 5.5 m [18'] white shark | A. MacCormick, p. 56; H. Edwards, pp. 11 & 159 | [89] | |
2008 | 8 April | Lighthouse Beach, Ballina | Body boarding | Peter Edmonds | Male | 16 | 08:05 | Bull shark | T. Peake, GSAF; NSW Police Force | [90] | |
2013 | 30 November | Riecks Point, Campbell’s Beach | Body boarding | Zac Young | Male | 19 | 14:00 | 3 m tiger shark | The Sydney Morning Herald, 11/30/2013 | [91] | |
2014 | 3 April | Tathra Beach | Swimming | Christine Armstrong | Female | 63 | 08:50 | 3 - 4m Bronze Whaler | Sydney Morning Herald, 5/04/2014 | [92] | |
2014 | 9 September | Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay | Swimming | Paul Wilcox | Male | 50 | thigh bitten | 10:40 | unknown | Sydney Morning Herald, 9/09/2014 | [93] |
2015 | 9 February | Shelly Beach, Ballina | Surfing | Tadashi Nakahara | Male | 41 | legs bitten | 9:55 | Believed white shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 9/02/2015 | [94] |
Northern Territory
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1883 | 25 February (reported) | the pearling beds | Diving | male | Male | The Queenslander, 3/3/1883 | [95] | ||||
1934 | 9 October | Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula | Bathing | aboriginal woman | Female | 38 | The Age, 10/27/1934; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 240 | [96] | |||
1937 | 16 July (reported) | Elcho Island | Pearl diving | A Japanese hard hat diver | Male | Mansfield News-Journal, 7/16/1937, p. 11 | [97] |
Queensland
- Includes Torres Strait
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1853 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/28/1909 | [98] | |||||
1862 | 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | Trying to catch a wounded bird | male | Male | Courier, 12/19/1862 | [99] | ||||
1863 | April | Caloundra Heads | Launching a boat | Mr. Barnsfield | Male | 2 sharks | Brisbane Courier, 6/12/1889, p. 9 | [100] | |||
1872 | 26 February | Bramble Reef | Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria | some were taken by sharks | coralsea-wrecks.com | [101] | |||||
1880 | 25 November | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | Swimming | Alexey Drury | Male | 12 | Feet bitten, surgically amputated | Afternoon | Bull shark | Bucks County Gazette, 2/10/1881, Sunday Mail (QLD), 3/27/1994, p. 107 | [102] |
1886 | 17 June | Off Bribie Heads | Swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | Male | 18 | Brisbane Courier, 6/21/1886 | [103] | |||
1890 | 30 December | Moreton Bay | Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | but death may have been due to drowning | The Argus, 21/2/1891 | [104] | ||||
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 | G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [105] | ||||
1898 | 28 December (reported) | The Narrows | Fell oveboard | James Waters | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/28/1898 | [106] | ||||
1901 | 30 January | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | Thigh bitten | Otago Witness, 2/6/1901 | [107] | |||
1903 | 12 March | Logan River | Swimming | William Bartlett | Male | Sydney Morning Herald, 3/16/1903 | [108] | ||||
1904 | 7 February | Brisbane | Swimming after his hat | George Grant | Male | Grey River Argus, 2/26/1904 | [109] | ||||
1906 | 14 April | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | Morning Post, 4/20/1906 | [110] | |||
1906 | 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | Wanganui Herald, 9/12/1906 | [111] | ||||
1907 | 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | Morning | The Queenslander, 2/9/1907 | [112] | ||
1907 | 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | Bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | Male | The Queenslander, 10/26/1907 | [113] | ||||
1908 | 21 September | Thursday Island | Fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | Male | Remains recovered from 3 sharks | Northern Territory Times & Gazette, 9/25/1908 | [114] | |||
pre-1909 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/28/1909 | [115] | |||||
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 shelterd 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 | Australian Zoologist, viii., 1937, p. 207 | [116] | |||
1912 | 1 January | Ross Creek | Bathing | Samuel Tristing | Male | Morning | Argus, 1/2/1912 | [117] | |||
1916 | 9 November | Kissing Point Camp, Townsville | Bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | Male | 27 | Evening | Brisbane Courier, 11/10/1916 | [118] | ||
1916 | 10 November | Townsville | Swimming | Walter Gregson | Male | 06:00 | Cairns Post, 11/11/1916 | [119] | |||
1918 | 19 September | Townsville | Bathing | Joseph Bartlett | Male | 22 | Cairns Post, 9/24/1918 | [120] | |||
1919 | 5 January | Ross River, Townsville | Wading (shrimping) | Jack Hoey | Male | 38 | thigh bitten, leg amputated | 10:00 | V.M. Coppleson.Q1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237 | [121] | |
1920 | 24 January (reported) | Arlington Reef | Free diving | Japanese diver | Male | The Argus, 1/24/1920 | [122] | ||||
1920-1923 | Great Barrier Reef | 3 Japanese divers | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 241 | [123] | ||||||
1921 | 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | Male | 22 | Left thigh bitten | Afternoon | Cairns Post, 10/17/1921 | [124] | |
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 92 & 237 | [125] | |
1922 | 15 January | Ross River, Townsville | Swimming | Robert Milroy | Male | 54 | 17:30 | V.M. Coppleson.Q5. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 229 | [126] | ||
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 | Coppleson.Q4.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 92 & 237 | [127] | |
1923 | 22 May | Great Barrier Reef | Diving? | Keizo Masoyo | Male | Midday | Northern Miner, 5/27/1923 | [128] | |||
1926 | 2 December (reported) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/3/1926 | [129] | ||||
1927 | 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | Brisbane Courier, 5/10/1927; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [130] | ||||
1928 | 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | Portland Guardian, 12/10/1934 | [131] | |||
1928 | 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 2/28/1928 | [132] | ||||
1928 | 28 March (reported) | Bob | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3/28/1928 | [133] | ||||||
1929 | 27 January | Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville | Swimming | Harry Weatherall | Male | right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated | 17:30 | V.M. Coppleson.Q.6. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237; G.A. Llano, pp. 169–170 | [134] | ||
1929 | 12 March | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | schoolboy, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | G.P. Whitley; J. Green, p. 32; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [135] | ||||
1929 | 4 April | Badu Island | Swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [136] | ||||
1929 | 9 April | Badu Island | diver | Male | G.P. Whitley, citing R.S.M.A.C. | [137] | |||||
1929 | 1 September | Ross River, Townsville | Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | Male | 42 | severe injuries to both legs | V.M. Coppleson.Q7. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237; A. Sharpe, p. 96 | [138] | ||
1929 | 3 December (reported) | Townsville | male | Male | 50s | Brisbane Courier, 12/3/1929 | [139] | ||||
1930 | 4 June | Near Mabuiag Island | Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [140] | |||||
1931 | 22 March | Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | Male | 19 | left thigh severely bitten | V. M. Coppleson.Q9. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [141] | ||
1931 | 1 August | Port Douglas | Fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 8/4/1931 | [142] | ||||
1932 | 12 May | Near Warrior Reefs | Pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p242 | [143] | ||||
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 | V. M. Coppleson.Q11. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [144] | |
1933 | 20 November | Near Boydong Cay | Free diving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | Male | right buttock & thigh bitten | 3.4 m [11'] tiger shark | Cairns Post, 11/29/1933 | [145] | ||
1934 | 26 August | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | Male | body was not recovered | G.P. Whitley citing Sydney Morning Herald 8/27/1934; Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 11/18/1934; G.P. Whitley, p. 262; J. Green, p. 33;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 238 | [146] | |||
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 102–103 | [147] | |||
1935 | 13 August | Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland | Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | Male | right buttock & thigh bitten | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 243 | [148] | |||
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 22; G. P. Whitley | [149] |
1936 | 26 June | Nepean Island | Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface | Willie, an aboriginal | Male | 16 | 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 7/7/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244 | [150] | ||
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [151] |
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 | V.M. Coppleson, pp. 51, 81-84 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 94–96; H. Edwards, pp. 114–115 | [152] | |
1937 | 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Jack Brinkley | Male | 25 | 17:30 | Tiger shark | J. Green; V.M. Coppleson, pp. 51, 81-84 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 94–9 6; H. Edwards, pp. 114–115 | [153] | |
1937 | 11 November | Ota Reef | Diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | Male | 17 | 12' shark | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244 | [154] | ||
1938 | 12 July | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | Male | 25 | dragged out of diving helmet | G.P. Whitley, p. 264; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244; Sydney Morning Herald, 7/12/1938 | [155] | ||
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 | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/15/1939; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 238 | [156] |
1943 | 14 May | Off Brisbane | Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177 | unknown | Male | F | After 04:00 | The Age, 5/19/1953 | [157] | ||
1945 | 15 June | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | E. J. McHugh | Male | 16:00 | Cairns Post, 6/19/1945 | [158] | |||
1946 | 19 April | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | Robert McAuliffe | Male | 17 | 13:30 | J. Croucher; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 87 | [159] | ||
1945 | 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 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 87–88 & 239; A. Sharpe, p. 97 | [160] |
1946 | 20 November | 40 miles off Thursday Island | Pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander | Male | 30 | right arm severed | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 245 | [161] | ||
1947 | November | Moreton Bay | D. Smith | 78 | J. Green, p. 34 | [162] | |||||
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 | Gilbert P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 239. NOTE: Whitley records location as Coolangatta | [163] | |
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 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 239; A. Sharpe, pp. 38 & 97 | [164] |
1949 | 28 August | Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns | Swimming | James Howard | Male | 34 | right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated | 13:20 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 8/29/1949; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 88 & 239 | [165] | |
1950 | 9 April | Cooper's Point | Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis | John McDonald | Male | 50 | Cairns Post, 7/8/1950 | [166] | |||
1950 | 16 December | Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane | Treading water | Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver | Male | 20 | lower abdomen severely bitten & his left leg was severed | 16:15 | R. A Smith; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 12/17/1950; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 94 & 239] | [167] | |
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 | J. Green, p. 34; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 91–92. Note: A. Sharpe, p. 99-100, lists date as 9-4-1955 and the Christine as a 45' ketch | [168] | ||
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90–91; A. Sharpe, pp. 98–99; A. MacCormick, p. 169 | [169] | |
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 | The Mercury, 9/14/1954 | [170] | |
1954 | 14 September (reported) | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spear fishing | male | Male | The Mercury, 9/14/1954 | [171] | ||||
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 | B. Thompson; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 521 | [172] |
1958 | 23 November | Surfer's Paradise | Swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | Male | 21 | 15:15 | 12' shark | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; A. Sharpe, p. 100; J. Green, p. 35 | [173] | |
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 | P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; T. Peake, GSAF | [174] | ||
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 | Natal Daily News, 12/19/1961; Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20/1961; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 246; H.D. Baldridge, p. 172; A. Sharpe, pp. 100–101 | [175] |
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 246; A. MacCormick, pp. 19–21; A. Sharpe, p. 101 | [176] |
1964 | 18 November | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | Male | 29 | 13:30 | Daily Mirror (Sydney), 11/19/1964 | [177] | ||
1965 | 21 November | Near Brisbane | Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | Male | 43 | PROVOKED INCIDENT | 4.6 m [15'] shark | Evening Press (Dublin, Ireland) 11/22/1965 | [178] | |
1971 | 5 December | Gladstone | Gregory Carroll | Male | 20 | The Age, 12/9/1971 | [179] | ||||
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 | Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p. 109; A. Sharpe, pp. 103–104 | [180] | |||
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 | Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p. 109; A. Sharpe, pp. 103–104 | [181] | |||
1977 | 23 August | Buddina Beach, south of Noosa | Floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | Male | 25 | left arm severed, legs bitten | The Age, 9/1/1977; A. Sharpe, p. 104 | [182] | ||
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 | H. Edwards, pp. 103–104; A. MacCormick, pp. 110–112 | [183] |
1983 | 26 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Linda Ann Norton | Female | 21 | shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater | 04:00 | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark | H. Edwards, pp. 103–104; A. MacCormick, pp. 110–112 | [184] |
1984 | 30 November | 1 km off Black's Beach | Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water | Nicholas Bos | Male | 16 | 12:33 | 4 m tiger shark | Courier-Mail, 12/1/1984, p. 1; A. Sharpe, p. 106 | [185] | |
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 | H. Edwards, pp. 115–116 | [186] | ||
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 | H. Edwards, pp. 115–116 | [187] | |
1990 | 8 April | Dingo Reef, 80 nm off Townsville | Free diving for trochus | Robert Bullen | Male | 37 | Presumed fatal | Courier-Mail, 4/12/1990, p. 5 | [188] | ||
1992 | 1 October | North Point Beach, Moreton Island | Surfing | Michael Docherty | Male | 28 | 14:30 | 4.2 m white shark | Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 10/2/1992 ; Orlando Sentinel, 10/2/1992, p.A3; A. Sharpe, p. 108; A. MacCormick, p. 197 | [189] | |
2002 | 16 December | Lake Heron in the Miami Lakes | Swimming | Beau Martin | Male | 23 | 02:30 | Unknown, though speculated to be a Bull shark | T. Peake, GSAF; Northern Territory News, 12/20/2002, p. 9 | [190] | |
2003 | 8 February | Burleigh Lake on the Gold Coast | Swimming | Bob Purcell | Male | 84 | Morning | Thought to involve a >2 m [6.75'] bull shark | T. Peake, GSAF; Sunday Territorian, 2/9/2003, p. 9 | [191] | |
2004 | 11 December | Opal Reef | Spearfishing | Mark Thompson | Male | 38 | leg bitten | 13:00 | Bull shark | Weekend Australian, 2/17/2005, et al. | [192] |
2006 | 7 January | Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island | Swimming | Sarah Whiley | Female | 21 | 17:15 | Bull shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [193] | |
2011 | 28 August | Fantome Island | Swimming | Rooster | Male | 48 | 19:30 | Shark involvement prior to death not confirmed | Courier Pigeon, 8/30/2011 | [194] | |
2014 | 15 December | Rudder Reef, north-east of Port Douglas | Spearfishing | Daniel Smith | Male | 18 | "massive injuries to his right upper leg, right groin and right arm" | 11:30 | Unknown; speculated to be a species of whaler shark | ABC News, 18/12/2014; Sydney Morning Herald, 15/12/2014 | [195][196] |
South Australia
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1855 | 28 March | Port Wakefield | Fell overboard from the Sobella | Master Coleman | Male | The Register, 4/20/1926 | [197] | ||||
1884 | 14 January | Port Pirie, Spencer Gulf, 230 km north of Adelaide | Fell overboard | Miss Warren | Female | Said to involve 2 sharks | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing the Register (S.A.), 12/9/1925; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 107; A. Sharpe, p. 119 | [198] | |||
1926 | 17 March | West Beach, Brighton | Swimming | Primrose Whyte | Female | 15:45 | 3.7 m [12'] "shovel nose shark" or 7-gill shark | V.M. Coppleson.S1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 107 & 240; A. Sharpe, pp. 119–120 | [199] | ||
1936 | 22 January | West Beach, near Adelaide | Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek, saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared | Ray Bennett | Male | 13 | 18:00 | White shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 1/23/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 107 & 240; A. Sharpe, p. 120; J. West, ASAF | [200] | |
1962 | 9 December | Carrickalinga Head | Spearfishing | Geoffrey Martin Corner | Male | 16 | right leg bitten thigh to calf | 14:30 | 4.3 m [14'] white shark (or bronze whaler) | H. Edwards, p. 63; H.D. Baldridge, p. 197; A. MacCormick, pp. 91–93; A. Sharpe, p. 124; J. West | [201] |
1971 | 5 September | Adelaide | Fishing | Leslie Oswald Harris | Male | 51 | Shark bite was minor injury, but he suffered a heart attack afterwards and died 6 hours later | J. West, Adelaide Advertiser, 9/7/1971, p. 10; P. Kemp, GSAF | [202] | ||
1974 | 9 January | Streaky Bay | Diving for abalone | Terry Manuel | Male | 26 | right leg severed | White shark | H. Hall; A. Sharpe, p. 124; | [203] | |
1975 | 19 January | Coffin Bay | Surfing | David Barrowman | Male | 17 | body not recovered | J. West; Adelaide Advertiser, 1/20/1975; P. Kemp, GSAF | [204] | ||
1975 | 10 February | (Point Sinclair) Penong | Swimming underwater from crayfish cage to a fishing bait | Wade Shipard | Male | 12 | Right leg severed | 18:00 | 3 m [10'] white shark | A. Sharpe, pp. 124–125; Sydney Morning Herald, 2/3/2001 ed. | [205] |
1985 | 3 March | Wiseman’s Beach, Peake Bay, Port Lincoln | Free diving for scallops | Shirley Anne Durdin | Female | 33 | 12:30 | 6 m [20'] white shark | A. MacCormick, pp. 76–79; H. Edwards, p. 155; A. Sharpe, pp. 126–127; J. West, ASAF | [206] | |
1987 | 18 September | Marino Rocks, Adelaide | Scuba Diving for scallops | Terrance Gibson | Male | 47 | White shark | A. Sharpe, p. 127; J. West, ASAF | [207] | ||
1989 | 9 March | Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay | Surfing | Matthew Foale | Male | 27 | Thigh bitten | 20:15 | 2 m [6.75'] white shark | Courier-Mail, 3/11/1989, p. 5; J. West, ASAF | [208] |
1991 | 8 September | Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide | Scuba diving | Jonathon Lee | Male | 19 | 15:00 | 4 m [13'] white shark | Advertiser, 1/31/1992, p. 5; A. Sharpe, pp. 127–128 | [209] | |
1998 | 28 June | South Neptune Island | Free diving for abalone | Doug Chesser | Male | 26 | left thigh and lower leg severely injured | 14:00 | Thought to involve a 5.5 m white shark named Kong | R.W. Byard | [210] |
1999 | 29 May | Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula | Windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | Male | 22 | body not recovered | 14:30 | Thought to involve a white shark | J. Morris | [211] |
2000 | 24 September | Cactus Beach near Penong | Surfing | Cameron Bayes | Male | 25 | 07:30 | 4 to 5 m [13 to 16 ft] white shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [212] | |
2000 | 25 September | Black Point, Eyre Peninsula | Surfing | Jevan Wright | Male | 17 | 13:00 | White shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [213] | |
2002 | 30 April | Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula | Scallop diving (using surface-supplied air & a POD) | Paul Buckland | Male | 23 | torso & leg bitten | 12:40 | 6 m [20'] white shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [214] |
2004 | 16 December | West Beach, Adelaide | Scurfing (surfboard being towed behind a boat) | Nick Peterson | Male | 18 | Peterson was torn in half by two white sharks, and then eaten[215] | 15:15 | 4.5 m & 5 m white shark | T. Peake, GSAF | "Peterson-draft" (PDF). sharkattackfile.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014. |
2005 | 24 August | Glenelg | Scuba diving | Jarrod Stehbens | Male | 23 | 16:10 | White shark | Adelaide Advertiser, 8/26/2005 | [216] | |
2011 | 17 February | Off Perforated Island near Coffin Bay | Diving for abalone | Peter Clarkson | Male | 49 | 18:20 | White shark x 2 | T. Peake, GSAF | [217] | |
2014 | 8 February | Off Goldsmith Beach near Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula | Spear-fishing | Sam Kellett | Male | 28 | His body was not recovered; witnesses say he was eaten alive[218][219] | 12:00 | White shark | ABC News, 2/9/2014 | [220][221] |
Tasmania
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1820s | circa | Sweet Water Point, Pittwater | "Amphibious Jack" male | Male | G.T. Lloyd, pp. 79–81 | [222] | |||||
1831 | 22 January (reported) | Hobart | Boat capsized, clinging to line | Robert Dudlow | Male | Sydney Gazette, 1/22/1831 | [223] | ||||
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958) pp. 104–105 | [224] | |||
1880 | St George's Bay | male | Male | J. Green, p. 31 | [225] | ||||||
1843-1844 | Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. | Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula | Swimming / escaping imprisonment | Owen | Male | Bruce Herald, 9/14/1993 | [226] | ||||
1893 | 4 April | Chimney Point, George’s Bay | Boat capsized, swimming ashore | Joseph Meredith | Male | 16:30 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 105 | [227] | |||
1905 | 25 March | Bridport | Bathing | Charles Taylor | Adelaide Advertiser, 3/27/1905 | [228] | |||||
1959 | 17 January | Safety Cove | In deep water about 100 yards from his ship | Brian Derry, a Naval Rating | Male | 22 | 16:30 | Said to involve 2 sharks: 5.2 m & 6 m [17' & 20'] | Odessa American, 1/19/1959; G.P. Whitley, ref Daily Telegraph & West Australian, 1/19/1959; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960) | [229] | |
1975 | 30 July | Adventure Bay, Bruny Island | Scuba diving for abalone | Robert Slack | Male | 37 | Afternoon | White shark | Times, 8/1/1975, Yuma Daily Sun, 8/1/1975 | [230] | |
1982 | 28 February | South Cape Bay | Skindiving, but swimming on the surface | Geert Talen | Male | 32 | body not recovered | 5 m [16.5'] white shark | J. West, ASAF; A. Sharpe, pp. 117–118 | [231] | |
1993 | 5 June | Tenth Island | Scuba diving at seal colony | Therese Cartwright | Female | 35 | 10:55 | 4.5 m [15'] white shark | Telegraph Mirror (Sydney), 7 June 1993; A. MacCormick, pp. 42–43; A. Sharpe, pp. 1–4; H. Edwards, p. 156 | [232] | |
2015 | 25 July | Lachlan Point, Maria Island | Scuba diving, collecting scallops | Damian Johnson | Male | 46 | 7:00 | The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015; Josh Dye, Emily Baker | [233] |
Victoria
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1849 | 19 September | Warrnambool | Swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | Male | Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 10/10/1849 | [234] | ||||
1855 | 11 November | Melbourne | Swimming | a seaman from the whaling brig Curlew | Male | Maitland Mercury, 11/14/1855 | [235] | ||||
1858 | 14 March | Hobson Bay | Bathing | Adolphe Bollander | Male | 22 | 15:00 | Moreton Bay Courier, 3/31/1858 | [236] | ||
1864 | Corio Bay, Port Phillip | Swimming | Mr. Warren, Jr. | Male | Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed | The Argus, 11/24/1868 | [237] | ||||
1876 | 6 February | Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay | Bathing | Patrick Rooney | Male | rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 110; A. Sharpe, p. 111; Herald (Melbourne), 12/30/1929 & 5/16/1933 | [238] | |||
1877 | 28 January | Emerald Hill | Bathing | William Marks | Male | The Mercury, 2/19/1877 | [239] | ||||
1889 | 8 July | Port Phillip | Fell into the water | male | Male | Brisbane Courier, 7/9/1889 | [240] | ||||
1914 | 10 June | Sandringham | Bathing | Mr. Croxford | Male | 43 | Afternoon | Evening Post, 6/11/1914 | [241] | ||
1916 | 3 April | Carrum | Clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | Male | 17 | Argus, 3/5/1917 | [242] | |||
1930 | 15 February | Middle Brighton, Port Phillip | Diving off pier & treading water | Norman Clark | Male | 18 | 16:30 | 4.9 m [16'] white shark | V.M. Coppleson.V2.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 110 & 241; A. MacCormick, p. 175; J. West, ASAF | [243] | |
1936 | Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne | Swimming | male | Male | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 241 | [244] | |||||
1936 | 1 December | Mordialloc | Fishing | Charles Swan, a returned soldier | Male | 50 | his 2.4 m dinghy was found with 2' x 3' hole in its side & tooth fragments embedded in the planking | Thought to involve a 12' white shark | The Age, 12/4/1936 | [245] | |
1949 | 12 November | Port Phillip Bay | No details | John W. Smith | Male | or drowning or scavenging | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 11/13/1949; SAF Case #613 | [246] | |||
1954 | 11 December | Point Lonsdale | Swimming | Lawrence David Burns | Male | 23 | 11:00 | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/13/1954 | [247] | ||
1956 | 4 March | Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay | Swimming, attacked at surf carnival | John Patrick Wishart | Male | 26 | 16:45 | 3.7 m [12'] shark & may have been another shark nearby | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 110–111 & 241; J. Green, p. 34; A. Sharpe, pp. 112–113 | [248] |
Western Australia
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pre-1903 | Pearl diving | Ahmun | Male | H. Taunton; N. Bartlett, pp. 233–234 | [249] | ||||||
pre-1903 | Roebuck Bay | Diving | male | Male | H. Taunton; N. Bartlett, p. 234 | [250] | |||||
mid-1870s | Circa | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | Male | Western Mail (Perth), 6/27/1919 | [251] | ||||
1882 | 7 February (reported) | Pearl diving | a native diver | Male | Thigh bitten | West Australian, 3/28/1882 | [252] | ||||
1882 | 12 May (reported) | Pearl diving | a Malay diver | Male | Torso bitten | West Australian, 5/12/1882 | [253] | ||||
1895 | 3 June (reported) | Barrow Passage, Barrow Island | Pearl diving | a Japanese diver | Male | The West Australian, 6/3/1895 | [254] | ||||
1896 | 1 November | Esperance | Boat swamped | Louis | Male | West Australian, 11/2/1896 | [255] | ||||
1896 | 29 November | Albany | Swimming | Davies | Male | West Australian, 12/3/1896 | [256] | ||||
1910 | 23 December (reported) | Fremantle | Shipwrecked pearling schooner | Theodore Anderson’s captain & rest of crew taken by sharks | Male | A. MacCormick, p. 139 | [257] | ||||
1923 | 27 January | Freshwater Bay, Claremont in Swan River, 5 miles from river mouth | Swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | Male | 13 | back of thigh bitten | V.M. Coppleson.W1.(1933) V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 111 & 241; A. Sharpe, p. 129 | [258] | ||
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 | Western Mail, 11/29/1923; V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley (1940), p. 260; G.P. Whitley (1951), p 185; A. Sharpe, p. 129 | [259] | |||
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 | V.M. Coppleson.W2, (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 111 & 241; West Australia, 1/5/1967; A. Sharpe, pp. 129–130; H. Edwards, pp. 131–133 | [260] |
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 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 22–23 | [261] | |
1967 | 19 August | Jurien Bay | Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line | Robert Bartle | Male | 23 | "bitten in two" | 11:00 | White shark | H. Edwards, pp. 35–42; H.D. Baldridge, p. 28; A. Sharpe, pp. 132–133; A. MacCormick, p. 86; J. West, ASAF | [262] |
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 | H. Edwards, pp. 135–137 | [263] | |
1995 | 11 September | Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown | 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 | White shark | The Advertiser, 9/13/1995, p. 2; H. Edwards, pp. 1–8 | [264] |
1997 | 20 January | Geraldton | Windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | Male | 41 | Presumed no body recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered | 18:00 | 4.5 m [14 ft 9 in] tiger shark | Daily Telegraph, 1/22/1997, p. 1; H. Edwards, p. 14-15 | [265] |
2000 | 6 November | Cottesloe Beach, Perth | Swimming | Ken Crew | Male | 49 | torso bitten, leg severed | 06:30 | 5 m [16.5'] white shark | B. May, AAP; G. Thiel | [266] |
2004 | 10 July | Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River | Surfing | Bradley Adrian Smith | Male | 30 | abdomen, pelvis & leg bitten | 14:10 | 2 sharks, 4.5 m & 3 m | T. Peake, GSAF | [267] |
2005 | 19 March | Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands | Snorkeling | Geoffrey Brazier | Male | 26 | 14:00 | 6 m [20'] white shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [268] | |
2008 | 27 December | Port Kennedy Beach | Snorkeling | Brian Guest | Male | 51 | 07:00 | 4 to 5m white shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [269] | |
2010 | 17 August | Cowaramup Bay | Surfing | Nicholas Edwards | Male | 31 | 08:05 | White shark | The Australian, 8/17/2010 | [270] | |
2011 | 4 September | Bunker Bay | Body boarding | Kyle James Burden | Male | 21 | 13:26 | White shark | Sunshine Coast Daily, 9/5/2011 | [271] | |
2011 | 9 October | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Bryn Martin | Male | 64 | 08:10 | Perth Now, 10/11/2011 | [272] | ||
2011 | 22 October | Rottnest Island | Diving | George Wainwright | Male | 32 | 13:25 | 10' white shark | Sky News, 10/22/2011 | [273] | |
2012 | 31 March | Stratham Beach, Geographe Bay | Scuba diving | Peter Kurmann | Male | 33 | 09:30 | 4 m white shark | Associated Press, 3/31/2012 | [274] | |
2012 | 14 July | Off Wedge Island | Surfing | Ben Linden | Male | 24 | Body never recovered. Witness stated "...half of him had been taken and the shark was circling,'' | 09:05 | 5 m white shark | WA News, 7/15/2012 | [275] |
2013 | 23 November | Gracetown | Surfing | Chris Boyd | Male | 35 | Left arm severed, flesh off the right leg. | 09:00 | Thought to involve a white shark | J. Baily; Perth Now, 11/23/2013 | [276] |
2014 | 30 December | Cheynes Beach near Albany | Spearfishing | Jay Muscat | Male | 17 | Bitten on the leg. | midday | thought to be a great white up to five-metres long | ABC news, 30/12/2014 | [277] |
2016 | 31 May | Falcon Beach Mandurah | Surfing | Ben Gerring | Male | 29 | Leg bitten off just above the knee. Died from injuries 3 June 2016. | dusk | thought to be a 4.2m great white which was subsequently killed | ABC news, 4/06/2016 | [278] |
2016 | 5 June | Between One and Three Mile reefs, Mindarie | Scuba diving | Doreen Collyer [279] | Female | 60 | late morning | Shark was allegedly longer than the 5.5m boat it was observed from | WAToday.com.au, 5/06/2016 | [280] |
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
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- "Global Shark Attack File". Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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