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La Colección de Ataque de Tiburón australiana
El tiburón ataca en las aguas australianas por el estado. Todos grabaron oficialmente y el unprovoked ataca de 1761 a 2007.
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New South Wales

Tweed Heads, 2004
16th February 2004
Police have called off the search for a spear fisherman believed to have been the victim of a shark attack off Tweed Heads. Inspector Ian Fitzsimmons of Byron Bay Police said there was little hope of finding alive 31-year-old Mark Bryant from Currumbin Waters on the Gold Coast. Mr Bryant had been snorkelling with two friends yesterday morning but failed to surface after taking a final dive by himself at Friday Reef, near Cook Island.
"We've issued a local lookout for local marine radio for boaties who might be out in the area to just keep a lookout but at this stage it's gone from a local rescue to a recovery operation," Inspector Fitzsimmons told AAP.
"We are satisfied he has perished.Police believe Mr Bryant may have been taken by a shark because several large tiger sharks were sighted in the area.
The missing man's spear gun was retrieved with a fish on it leading to speculation the bleeding fish may have attracted a shark.

Bushrangers Bay, 2004
12th January 2004.
A man has narrowly escaped an attack by a grey nurse shark on the New South Wales south coast .
Bruce Flynn was diving with a friend off Bass Point south of Wollongong this afternoon when the shark lunged at him and bit off one of his flippers.
Mr Flynn is a crewman with the Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service
A spokesman for the service, Colin Fraser, says both men went into a defensive position to scare off the shark.
"Its making yourself as scary as possible, which is just splashing around outmanoeuvring the shark, and the shark decided it would take off and spare the boys," he said.
http://abc.net.au/nsw/news/200401/s1024276.htm

Latitude Reef, 2004
26th April 2004
Australian Museum Cashier, Chai Griffin was bitten by a small Wobbegong Shark at a depth of 19 m during a morning dive on 26 April 2004.
Chai was the third diver to look at the shark, which was lying under an overhang at Latitude Reef, near Forster, New South Wales.
Without provocation the 1.2 m long shark swam at Chai and bit him on the wrist. The shark released Chai immediately and then swam off.
Australian divers commonly see Wobbegongs lying on the seabed in caves and under ledges. They are usually not aggressive. Wobbegongs however do have sharp teeth and should not be touched or provoked.

Caves Beach, 2004
11th February 2004
A man attacked by a shark swam 300 metres, walked to his car and drove to a local surf club with the shark still attached to his leg.
The wobbegong attacked Luke Tresoglavic, 22, yesterday as he was snorkelling on a reef off Caves Beach, south of Newcastle.
When the 60-centimetre shark attacked, "[I] instantly grabbed hold of it with both hands as hard as I could to stop it shaking", Mr Tresoglavic told ABC radio.
"I just realised I had to swim in like that, hanging on to it. Once I got on to shore, a couple of people tried to help me but I could not remove it, it was stuck there. So I got up into my car and then drove to the clubhouse and luckily the guys down there had a clue what to do."
Senior lifeguard Michael Jones said: "The first we knew of it was a bloke lobbed up here at the lifeguard tower with a shark attached to his leg . . . It latched on and wouldn't let go. He's lucky he didn't get into difficulties in the water trying to swim with that thing thrashing around."
With the help of another lifeguard, all three men took hold of the shark and attempted to flush its gills with fresh water to make it loosen its grip.
"I grabbed the tail and one jaw, Luke grabbed the other jaw and my partner, the other beach inspector, flushed it with water and we were able to get it off without creating too much more tissue damage," Mr Jones said.
Bleeding from 70 needle-like punctures, Mr Tresoglavic then drove to hospital, taking the dead shark with him.
Mr Jones said Mr Tresoglavic was in good spirits throughout the ordeal.
"There was a side of humour to it," he said.
The last shark sighting at the beach was seven years ago.
Wobbegongs can grow up to three metres, have razor-like teeth and are said to be moody and short-tempered.

Cosy Corner, 2004
4th August 2004
A SHARK has attacked a spear fisherman as he hauled in a fish while diving at Byron Bay on the NSW north coast.
The man, aged in his 30s, was bitten on the leg but managed to get away.

Seal Rocks, 2003
31st October 2003
A man has been badly injured in a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
The man suffered severe lower leg injuries when attacked by a shark in a little over half a metre of water at Seal Rocks.
Ambulance officers treated the man at the scene before taking him to Taree Base Hospital where he is said to be in a serious condition.
http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/news/200310/s979925.htm

Coogee, 2003
11-Feb-2003 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Bay, near Sydney Swimming Tom Plumridge M 24 Puncture wounds on heel, legs and buttocks -- Thought to involve a 2 m [6.75'] grey nurse shark T. Peake, GSAF

Bar Beach, 2002
12-Apr-2002 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bar Beach, Newcastle Swimming John Schneider M 45 Foot bitten 18h30 T. Peake, GSAF

Broom's Head, 2001
4th February 2001
MICHAEL VINCENT: It's more than perception, oceangoers encounters with sharks have increased this summer. Just yesterday 48-year-old surfer Mark Butler was attacked off the North Coast of New South Wales. Teeth marks in his surfboard indicate the shark was a bronze whaler.
MARK BUTLER: The first thing I knew, a shark had me. I hadn't seen it but it grabbed me and shook me and then let me go and the water was instantly full of blood and I just thought it's going to come back and have a second go at me and I'll die here now. I hit the water really hard with my hand, perhaps four or five times in an attempt to scare it and then I started paddling for the beach and a wave came, a beautiful wave that just took me right to the sand. I was thinking really clearly at the time, so I took the leg rope off my board and put a tourniquet around my groin. I held the tourniquet with one hand and I tried to hold my wound together and I started walking along the beach.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s243148.htm

Nambucca Heads, 2001
3rd April 2001
Surf shop owner Richard Ellis, 40, was attacked while surfing off Nambucca Heads in an area known as the "V Wall". He underwent surgery to severe lacerations in his right calf yesterday afternoon, and is recovering in Coffs Harbour Base Hospital.
http://sacklunch.com/oldsacks/042701.shtml

Lakes Beach, 2001
5th April 2001
A surfer said today he screamed with fear and was convinced he would die after a shark attacked him, biting his side and tearing a chunk out of his surf board.
‘‘I thought I was dead. I thought I was going to die right there and then,’’ said Mick Valentine, 33.
Valentine said he was screaming with terror as he tried to get to the beach after being attacked last night off Noraville on the east coast.
‘‘I aimed for the beach as quickly as I could, screaming in fear,’’ he told Channel Nine television.
‘‘I didn’t know what was happening. I just wanted to get out of the water. I never want to go through that experience again,’’ he said.
Television footage of Valentine’s injuries showed a deep wound on the right side of his torso.
Valentine said he might not have survived if the shark had attacked any other part of his body.
‘‘If it had got my arm, I wouldn’t have had an arm and I wouldn’t have been able to paddle and I wouldn’t have been able to swim and I would’ve been dead,’’ he said.

Lord Howe Island, 2001
A strange case. May ~2001
Families wait for news after man's head and limbs found inside shark
A man's head and limbs have been found inside a tiger shark caught off Australia's coast.
The families of two men missing at sea are waiting for post mortem results to discover if the victim is their loved one.
Arthur Applet, aged 75, and Ross Symens both went missing close to where the shark was caught.
Scott Wilson and Mark Thompson caught the 12 foot long fish off Lord Howe Island, 440 miles north east of Sydney.
It was only when the sliced the fish open they made the grim discovery.
A police spokesman said: "There are two possibilities.But we are not speculating in any way shape or form until it can be confirmed by post mortem."

Noraville, 2001
04-May-2001 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Noraville Surfing Michael Valentine M 33 or 37 Chest lacerated, surfboard bitten 17h45 Newcastle Herald; Sunday Mail (QLD), 5/6/2001, p.46; Sunday Territorian, 5/6/2001, p.8

Scott's Head, 1999
23-Feb-1999 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Scotts Head Surfing male M 35 Left hand & forearm bitten, board bitten White or tiger shark Daily Telegraph, 2/24/1999, p.3; Orlando Sentinel, 2/24/1999, p.A10

Bondi (offshore), 1996
24-May-1996 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Wreck of paddle steamer, Koputai, 6 km off Bondi Beach Tech diving Pat Bowring M 45 FATAL White shark Daily Telegraph, 5/29/1996, p.5 & 6/8/1996, p.15; H. Edwards, pp. 9-15

Mona Vale, 1996
25-Apr-1996 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Mona Vale Swimming Aya Hamaea F 16 Puncture wounds on leg Wobbegong shark Daily Telegraph, 4/26/1996, p.9

Charles Street Wharf, 1996
26-Feb-1996 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Charles Street Wharf, Parramatta River Dived naked into the water on a bet Darren Good M 24 Left leg & right testicle bitten (Yeeoucch!) Night Bronze whaler shark Daily Telegraph, 2/29/1996, p.5; H. Edwards, pp.31-32

Ned's Beach, 1996
04-Feb-1996 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island Swimming a South Australian boy M 7 Ankles injured Afternoon "reef shark" The Advertiser, 2/6/1996, p.2; Daily Telegraph, 2/5/1996, p.9

Julian Rocks, 1993
9th June 1993
"Only a few months before we arrived here, newlyweds by the name of Ford went out in a dive boat to the reef past Julian Rocks, a couple of kilometres from Byron. According to one of the swimmers in my swim club, everyone in the boat pulled on their tanks, fitted their masks and mouthpieces, and then dropped backward into the water. With great expectations they began their slow descent to the magical reef.
Unfortunately a five-metre great white made a beeline for the new bride. When the terrified groom, John Ford, swam between the woman and the huge shark, he was cut in half. The dive crew hustled the bride back to the surface, and everyone clambered aboard the boat. Of course, she was completely hysterical. A week later the husband's head was found down the coast. The shark was caught by fishermen and dragged out bleeding to sea a few kilometres until it escaped, but not before it spat out a human torso. A few days later a helicopter pilot spotted the shark drifting out to sea upside down. "
From "House inside the Waves" by Richard Taylor
http://www.beachholme.bc.ca/nonfiction/house_ex.html

Tweed Heads, 1992
29-Jan-1992 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Tweed Heads Boogie boarding John Bayliss M 19 Right leg lacerated 20h00 2.3 m [7.5'] bronze whaler shark Advertiser, 1/30/1992, p.7 & 2/1/1992, p.4

Bass Point, 1991
03-Mar-1991 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bass Point Scuba diving John Puljak M 18 Lacerations to arm & leg 2 m grey nurse shark Sunday Advertiser, 3/5/1991, p.2

Greenmount Beach, 1990
1990 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Greenmount Beach Surfing Mark Fleming M 31 Lacerations & abrasions, board bitten in half 05h40 3 m tiger shark Herald, 4/10/1990, p.4 & 4/11/1990, p.1

Ballina, 1989
03-Jan-1989 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Half Tide Beach, near Ballina Surfing with dolphins Adam Maguire (McGuire) M 17 Abdomen lacerated, surfboard holed 17h15 4 m [13'] tiger shark Courier Mail, 1/4/1989, p.1; Herald, 1-4/1989, p.1; Miami Herald, 1/5/1989; A. Sharpe, p.87

Tallow Beach, 1982
07-Mar-1982 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Tallow Beach, Byron Bay Surfing Marty Ford M 20 Legs bitten FATAL A. Sharpe, pp.4, 86-87

Kingsciff, 1977
Feb-1977 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Kingscliffe Beach, south of Tweed Heads Pushed surfmat of a young girl out of the shark's path, drawing shark's attention to his own board Paul Howard M 24 Left hand, arm & leg lacerated, & shark bit chunk out of his surfboard 4 m [13'] shark A. Sharpe, p.86

Queenscliff, 1975
20-Nov-1975 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Queenscliffe P. Cole 20 Survived J. Green, p.36

Tambourie Bay, 1972
21-Oct-1972 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Tabourie Bay T. Cooper 19 Survived J. Green, p.36

Smokey Cape, 1971
23-Dec-1971 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Smokey Cape G. Byron 22 Survived J. Green, p.36

Currarong, 1969
27-Jan-1969 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Currarong Diving Kevin Deacon M 21 Abrasions and lacerations to lower right leg 07h30 H.D.Baldridge (1994) #1560

Brunswick Heads, 1968
02-Feb-1968 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Brunswick Heads R. Vidler Survived J. Green, p.36

Trial Bay, 1966
27-Dec-1966 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Trial Bay Spearfishing Lyle Fielding M 19 Right hand lacerated 1.5 m [5'] grey nurse shark Sun (Sydney), 12/29/1966 edition; J. Green, p.36

Coogee, 1966
26-Dec-1966 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Spearfishing David Jensen M 29 Right leg bitten 1.8 m [6'] shark Sun (Sydney), 12/29/1966 edition; H.D. Baldridge, p.137

Bellingen, 1966
20-May-1966 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bellingen Fishing Colin Oxenbridge M Foot bitten 01h00 1.8 m [6'] shark Bellingen Courier-Sun; J. Green, p.35

Jervis Bay, 1966
20-May-1966 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Jervis Bay K. Van Helden M 40 FATAL Night J. Green, p.35

Coledale, 1966
In February 1966, Raymond Short was attacked by an 8-foot (2.5-metre) White Shark at Coledale Beach, near Sydney, Australia. Rescuers removed Short from the water with his attacker still firmly clamped to his right leg. That is unusual enough, but what makes this case particularly intriguing is the shark itself. In a 1967 paper by T.B. Gorman and D.J Dunstan, photographs of the attacking shark clearly show that its abdomen bore recent, massive wounds, apparently inflicted by the bite of a comparably large shark such as a Tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) or Bull (Carcharhinus leucas) Shark. The attack occurred in a very unusual habitat for a White Shark: the water was 5 feet (1.5 metres) deep and very murky. The attacking shark was an immature female about 5 years old. At that growth stage, a White Shark off southeastern Australia would almost certainly have moved far from the shallow nursery area where it was born, has no reason to come inshore to breed, ordinarily inhabits relatively clear water more than 20 feet (6 metres) deep, and feeds on teleosts, crustaceans, smaller sharks and rays. From the photographs in Gorman and Dunstan, the young White Shark appears to be somewhat emaciated, its skin shriveled and wrinkled. Could the shark that attacked Raymond Short have been too weak to capture its normal prey? To free Short, the shark's jaws had to be prized open on the beach. Did it refuse to let go – even as it was being removed from the water – because it was desperately hungry or because, in its starved condition, its jaw-opening muscles were physiologically sluggish or recalcitrant? We will probably never know for sure, but it is tempting to conclude that the White Shark that bit Raymond Short attacked out of a desperate need for food, any food – even something as large and unfamiliar as a clumsy-swimming primate.

Wombarra, 1963
24-Feb-1963 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Wombarra Beach near Austinmeer Spearfishing Charles Dunn M 18 Left leg lacerated 3 m [10'] bronze whaler R. Funnell in Australian Skindiver Magazine, June/July 1963 edition, p.8; J. Green, p.35

Sugarloaf Bay, 1963
28-Jan-1963 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Wading Marcia Hathaway F 32 FATAL, right femoral artery severed, thigh, calf, buttock & left hand bitten 13h30 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

Lennox Head, 1962
14-Jan-1962 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Lennox Head, Ballina Surfing Gary Raymond Hiscocks M 19 Dorsum of foot lacerated & toe severed 13h30 2.1 m [7'] shark, a shark's serrated tooth recovered from toe The Star (Johannesburg), Daily Telegraph (Sydney), Sydney Morning Herald, The Examiner (Launceston) 1/15/1962 editions; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246

Killarney Reserve, 1960
16-Jan-1960 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney Free diving Kenneth William Murray M 13 FATAL, right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later 15h30 Bull shark T.W. Brown, pp.1 -6; H.D. Baldridge, p.196; A. Sharpe, pp76-77; H. Edwards, pp.100 & 108

Brunswick Heads, 1959
19-Jan-1959 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Brunswick Heads Brian Henderson M 14 Survived 16h30 V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245

Berara Lake, 1958
Jan-1958 AUSTRALIA New South Wales 5 miles south of Sussex Inlet at mouth of Berara Lake Spearfishing / swimming on surface Ronald Kerwand M 17 Right leg lacerated V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.251

Cronulla, 1956
Mar-1956 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Cronulla, near Sydney Bathing Ian Nolan M 13 Right thigh gashed, swim fin torn V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.112

Wamberal, 1955
09-Mar-1955 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Wamberal Body surfing Noel Langford M 22 FATAL 18h00 V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.84-85 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp.82-83

Sugarloaf Bay, 1955
05-Feb-1955 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney Swimming Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg M 25 FATAL, legs bitten 14h35 3.6 m white shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.71, 175 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp.74-75

Edwards Beach, 1955
18-Jan-1955 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Hunting lobsters in 2.4 m of water John Willis M 13 FATAL, anterior left leg & right calf bitten, no tissue lost 14h30 3.7 m [12'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.71, 174-175 & 236; A. Sharpe, p.74

The Entrance, 1954
27-Feb-1954 AUSTRALIA New South Wales The Entrance, near Gosford Swimming Reg Fabrizius M 23 FATAL, right thigh bitten 17h15 V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.84 & 236

Long Reef, 1953
Mar-1953 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Long Reef, near Sydney Spearfishing Helmut Scheidl M Arm lacerated V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.166-167

Merewether Beach, 1951
6-Dec-1951 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Merewether Beach, Newcastle Treading water Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion M 21 FATAL 16h00 2.4 m [8'] shark New York Times, 12/7/1941; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.79; A. Sharpe, p.85

Bondi Beach, 1951
01-Feb-1951 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bondi Beach Harry Sheen M 14 Leg bitten 1.2 m [4'] shark G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194 cites Daily Mirror (Sydney); J. Green, p.34

Kurnell, 1949
20-Nov-1949 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Kurnell, Botany Bay W.E. Brown, an aboriginal male M Left arm bitten

Bar Beach, 1949
23-Jan-1949 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bar Beach, Newcastle Lifesaving exhibition Ray Land M 20 FATAL 15h00 3.6 m [11'9"] white shark G.P. Whitley (1951); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 78; A. Sharpe, pp.84-85

Stockton, 1948
12-Feb-1948 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Stockton Beach, Newcastle Swimming Ronald Johnson M 16 FATAL, right thigh & leg bitten 3.7 m [12'] shark G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958); A. Sharpe, p.83

Watson Taylor's Lake, 1947
21-Dec-1947 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Watson Taylor's Lake, 25 miles south of Port Macquarie Fishing Don Ireland M 21 Leg gashed P.M. G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; J. Green, p.34

Maria River, 1947
1947.11.08.b 08-Nov-1947 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth Swimming Rupert Elford M 13 Thighs & knee lacerated 16h00 G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.86; A. Sharpe, p. 86

Maria River, 1947
08-Nov-1947 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth Swimming Edwin Elford M 12 FATAL, leg severed at knee 16h00 G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.86; A. Sharpe, p.86

Mark's Point, 1946
14-Oct-1946 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Mark’s Point, Swan Bay, Lake Macquarie Swimming Douglas Blackmore M 15 Left leg lacerated G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.112

Oatley Bay, 1946
07-Jan-1946 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Oatley Bay near Como, George’s River Swimming Valma Tegel F 14 FATAL, left leg severed, right leg injured G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.69; A. Sharpe, pp.91-92

Forster, 1944
14-Jan-1944 AUSTRALIA New South Wales First Beach, Forster Surfing Peter Weir M 14 Both legs bitten, one surgically amputated 17h00 G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193, cites Daily Mirror (Sydney) 1/18/1944; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.84

Bantry Bay, 1942
26-Dec-1942 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney Dog paddling or standing Denise Rosemary Burch F 15 FATAL, legs bitten 10h50 G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.70; A. Sharpe, pp.72-73; A. MacCormick, pp.34-35

Castle Rock, 1942
04-Jan-1942 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Egg Rock (Castle Rock?) , Middle Harbor, Sydney Swimming Zita Steadman F 28 FATAL, bitten in two 15h00 4 m [13'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.70; A. Sharpe, p.72; A. MacCormick, pp.34-35

Stockton, 1940
28-Dec-1940 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Stockton Beach, Newcastle Standing on sandbank Clarence Hammond M 23 FATAL, injuries to lower back 09h00 J. Green, p.33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.235; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192

North Brighton, 1940
4-Feb-1940 AUSTRALIA New South Wales North Brighton, Botany Bay Wading John William Eke M 55 FATAL, injuries to both arms 14h00 V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.69; A. Sharpe, p.66

North Brighton, 1940
23-Jan-1940 AUSTRALIA New South Wales North Brighton, Botany Bay Swimming Maxwell Farrin M 13 FATAL, left leg severed 10h40 3 m [10'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.69; A. Sharpe, pp.65-66

Bellingen River, 1938
28-Dec-1938 AUSTRALIA New South Wales North Beach, Belligen River Daniel Graham M 19 FATAL, thought to have been taken by a shark G.P. Whitley, p.264

Byron Bay, 1937
23-Oct-1937 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Byron Bay Swimming near jetty Thomas McDonald M 16 Tooth imprints on torso 2.4 m [8'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.80- 81; A. Sharpe, p.85

Bar Beach, 1937
13-Feb-1937 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bar Beach, Newcastle Swimming John Welsh M 32 FATAL, buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten 15h20 White shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.77 & 234; A. Sharpe, p.84; J.West, ASAF

Throsby Creek, 1936
12-Dec-1936 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Throsby Creek, Newcastle Swimming George Lundberg M 15 FATAL, leg severed at knee 11h30 V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.234

South Steyne, 1936
04-Feb-1936 AUSTRALIA New South Wales South Steyne, Manly Swimming David Paton M 14 FATAL, taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches 15h00 White shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 234; A. Sharpe, p.68; A. MacCormick, p.169; J. West, ASAF

Maroubra, 1935
09-Mar-1935 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Maroubra Beach Swimming Ernest MacDonald M 27 FATAL, left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed 12h30 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

North Narrabeen, 1935
02-Mar-1935 AUSTRALIA New South Wales North Narrabeen Beach Standing Herbert McFarlane M 22 FATAL, thigh bitten 17h30 3.5 m to 4 m [11.5' to 13'] white shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.66-67 & 233; John West

Moorebank, 1934
31-Dec-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales St. George’s River at Moorebank, near Milperra Bridge Swimming (lead swimmer in race) Richard George Soden M 19 FATAL, left leg bitten 16h30 V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 233; A. Sharpe, pp.89-90]

Georges River, 1934
31-Dec-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales George’s River at Kentucky Splashing Beryl Morrin F 13 Hands severed 20h15 1.5 m [5'] tiger shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 233; A. Sharpe, pp.90-91

Woy Woy, 1934
23-Oct-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Woy Woy on the Brisbane Waters Swimming & splashing Joyce Inman (Roy’s sister) M 12 Leg injured 13h00 J. Green, pp.10 & 33 corrects earlier accounts that gave the location as Queensland; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.85-86 & 233; A. MacCormick, p.172
23-Dec-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Woy Woy on the Brisbane Waters Taken as he dived into the water Roy Inman M 14 FATAL 13h00 V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.85-86 & 233; A. MacCormick, p.172

North Steyne, 1934
01-Apr-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales North Steyne Swimming in waist-deep water Leon Ritson Hermes M 15 FATAL, right leg lacerated 12h30 4.3 m [14'] shark seen in vicinity V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 233

Dee Why, 1934
12-Mar-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Dee Why, north of Queenscliff Swimming in hip-deep water Frank Athol Riley M 17 FATAL, leg & buttocks removed 15h00 4 m [13'] shark seen in vicinity V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.66 & 232; A. Sharpe, p.67

East Hills, 1934
27-Jan-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Lambeth Street Wharf, George’s River, East Hills (20 miles from river mouth) Swimming outside the safety enclosure attempting to retrieve a tennis ball drifting toward midstream Wallace John McCutcheon M 15 Bumped, chest bitten & badly injured V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 232; A. Sharpe, p.89; J. Borg, p.89

Redhead Beach, 1932
31-Aug-1932 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Redhead Beach, Newcastle Swimming Reginald Ogilvie M 24 Torso bitten wit h pneumothorax, slight lacerations on left hand 11h00 Thought to involve a mako or grey nurse shark V.M. Coppleson.N19. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.80 & 232

Queenscliff, 1934
17-Jan-1934 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Queenscliff Swimming on sandbar adjacent to channel Colin Grant M 22 Severely lacerated right leg. Later surgically amputated & survived despite gas gangrene 15h30 4.3 m [14'] shark seen in area previous week V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.65-66 & 232; A. Sharpe, pp.66-67

White Bay, 1929
26-Dec-1929 AUSTRALIA New South Wales White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor Diving by wharf William Oakley M 16 FATAL, left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions V.M. Coppleson.N3.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.232; G.A. Llano, pp. 170-171

Maroubra Beach, 1929
18-Feb-1929 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Maroubra Bay Body surfing Allan Butcher M 20 FATAL, both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis 15h30 V.M. Coppleson.N12. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.64 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp.63-64

Bondi Beach, 1929
08-Feb-1929 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bondi Swimming John Gibson M 39 FATAL, right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed 16h00 V. M. Coppleson.N11. (1933); J. Green, p.32; A. Sharpe, p.62

Bondi Beach, 1929
12-Jan-1929 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bondi Body surfing Colin James Stewart M 14 FATAL, right thigh & hip bitten 18h10 V.M. Coppleson.N9. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.64 & 231 ; A. Sharpe, p.59-62

Garden Island, 1929
1929 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Garden Island, Sydney William Luckie M Hand lacerated G.P. Whitley, p.261

Cook's Hill, 1928
04-Apr-1928 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Cooks Hill, Newcastle Standing in waist-deep water Edward Arthur Lane M 28 FATAL, right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh 18h00 V.M. Coppleson.N18. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.76 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp.83-84; G.A. Llano, pp.166-167

Merewether Beach, 1927
11-Mar-1927 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Mereweather Beach Body surfing / treading water Edward Pritchard M 17 Right buttock & thigh bitten, thumb removed 15h00 Grey nurse shark? V.M. Coppleson.N17. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.76 & 231; G.A. Llano, p.165

Grey's Point, 1927
04-Jan-1927 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Grey’s Point, Port Hacking Swimming Mervwyn Allum M 15 FATAL, leg bitten from thigh to ankle 11h30 3.7 m [12'] shark V.M. Coppleson.N.21.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.230; G.A. Llano, p.165; [#12]

Spectacle Island, <1927
Before 1927 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Spectacle Island, Port Jackson male, the Sergeant of Marines M H. Capper

Port Hacking, 1927
04-Jan-1927 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Grey’s Point, Port Hacking Swimming Mervwyn Allum M 15 FATAL, leg bitten from thigh to ankle 11h30 3.7 m [12'] shark V.M. Coppleson.N.21.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.230; G.A. Llano, p.165; [#12]

Coogee, 1925
07-Mar-1925 or 27-Mar-1925 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Bathing in waist-deep water Jack Dagworthy M 16 Left thigh bitten, leg surgically amputated 17h00 Said to be a “small shark” V.M. Coppleson.N7.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.63 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp.58-59; G.A. Llano, pp.160-164

Newcastle Beach, 1925
12-Mar-1925 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Newcastle Beach Swimming Jack Canning M 16 FATAL, right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel L 15h15 V.M. Coppleson.N16.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.76 & 230

Kiama, 1924
25-Apr-1924 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Kiama Fishing, fell in water & swimming strongly to shore Ernest Conroy M FATAL, partial remains recovered V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley, p.266

Bronte, 1924
13-Feb-1924 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bronte Bathing in 5' of water Nita Derritt F 30 Legs severely bitten, surgically amputated 19h00 V.M. Coppleson.N6. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.63 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp.57-58

Camellia, 1924
09-Jan-1924 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Parramatta River Had just dived into water & was swimming Charles Brown M 16 FATAL, right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated 16h00 3 m [10'] shark V.M. Coppleson.N.2. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.69 & 230

Bellinger Heads, 1923
03-Nov-1923 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Urunga, Belliger Heads Fishing, standing in waist-deep water James Elton M FATAL, disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark V.M. Coppleson (1933); Whitley, p.260

Bellambi, 1923
16-Jun-1923 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bellambi Reef After rowing skiff was holed by shark, he was attempting to swim ashore J. Rigby M FATAL, taken by shark. Two others lost (drowned?) during this incident, only 1 man survived V.M. Coppleson (1933); G. P. Whitley; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.185

02-Mar-1922 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Bathing in knee-deep water Mervyn Gannon M 21 FATAL, right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene 11h00 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

04-Feb-1922 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Beach Swimming Milton Coughlan M 18 FATAL, both arms & shoulder bitten 15h30 White shark V.M. Coppleson.N.4. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.62 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp.53-55

Stockton, 1922
13-Jan-1922 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Stockton Beach, Newcastle Standing Alwyn Bevan M Small laceration on left thigh & swim costume torn 18h00 Grey nurse shark? V.M. Coppleson.N15. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.229

08-Jan-1922 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Stockton Beach, Newcastle Surfing J. Manning Rowe M 26 FATAL, disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore V.M. Coppleson (1933), N15

Pelican Island, 1919
09-Dec-1919 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Pelican Island, Macleay River Swimming James Ridley M FATAL, left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated 05h30 V.M. Coppleson.N.20.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.85 & 229

Newcastle Beach, 1919
17-Jan-1919 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Newcastle Beach Swimming Douglas Arkell M Multiple injuries, left leg surgically amputated at knee 17h15 3.7 m to 4.3 m [12' to 14'] shark V.M. Coppleson.N13. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.76 & 229

Seven Shillings Beach, 1916
08-Dec-1916 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbor, Sydney Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore Walter C. German M 41 FATAL, right arm severed, chest punctured 09h00 G.P. Whitley, ref. Dr. Cleland, 1924; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.79; A. Sharpe, p.71

Sirius Cove, 1919
09-Jan-1919 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor Wading Richard Simpson M 13 FATAL, right thigh bitten 07h30 T. Peake, GSAF; V.M. Coppleson.N1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.70 & 229; A. Sharpe, p.71

Sirius Cove, 1915
01-Jan-1915 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor W. Tooze M FATAL G.P. Whitley, citing Argus (Melbourne) 1/5/1915; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.70

Manly Beach, 1914
09-Nov-1914 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Manly Beach Albert Rebecchi M Survived V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245

Sirius Cove, 1913
1913 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor Dick Simpson M 12 years 10 months FATAL T. Peake, GSAF from Headstone in the Gore Hill Cemetary at St. Leonards; J. Green, p.31; G.P. Whitley, p.260; A. Sharpe, p.71

19-Feb-1912 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Coogee Fred Wort M Left calf & heel bitten 16h00 Argus (Melbourne) 2/20/1912, p.6; G.P. Whitley, p.260

Lane Cove River, 1912
26-Jan-1912 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney Swimming James Edward Morgan M 21 FATAL 15h00 2.8 m [9'3"] 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

Sydney Harbour, 1916
06-Jan-1912 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sydney Harbor male M Thigh & lower abdomen severely bitten C. macrurus captured 48 hours after attack with tissue removed from man in its gut; species identified by G.P. Whitley, reported as C. obscurus by R. Steel V.M. Coppleson (1933), page 450, citngs J. Burton Cleland Australasian Medical Gazette, September 14, 1912, page 270

Woy Woy, 1909
1909 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Woy Woy anonymous Survived G.P. Whitley, citing Lone Hand, 12/1/1910, p.134

Middle Harbour, 1907
23-Dec-1907 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Middle Harbour, Sydney Bathing male M FATAL R.D. Weeks, GSAF; Otago Daily Times, 12/24/1907

Darling Harbour, <1903
Before 1906 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Under Pyrmount Bridge, Darling Harbor, Sydney Swimming inside string of cedar logs Arab boy M FATAL 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 edition; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.523

Georges River, 1906
28-Jan-1906 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Georges River W.J.D. 31 or 33 FATAL 14h10 J. Green, p.31

1897 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bondi Mr. Hewson M Survived Smiths Weekly, 2/3/1940, p.5; J. Green, p.31

Leichardt, 1896
Ca. 1896 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Leichardt, Sydney Donald (boy) M Survived G.P. Whitley (1951), p.192

Iron Cove, 1888
1888 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney Swimming Stephen Carter M 11 FATAL G.P. Whitley (1951), p.192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/ 1888 edition

Hawkesbury River, 1888
1888AUSTRALIA New South Wales Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney Working on the bridge when he fell into the river Mr. Ryland M FATAL G.P. Whitley (1951), p.192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/1888 edition

Parramatta River, 1887
1887, AUSTRALIA New South Wales Parramatta River FATAL J. Green, p.31

AUSTRALIA New South Wales Ryde, Sydney Cochrane M FATAL G.P. Whitley (1951), p.192

Sydney Harbour, 1886
1886 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Sydney Harbor Sailing male M Leg severed Afternoon I. M. Sigismund, M.D.

Milson's Point, 1880
1880 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Milson's Point, Sydney Albert Burliss M "Leg removed" G.P. Whitley, (1951) p. 192, ref. F.A. McNeil ms. 1940; J. Green, p.31

Balmain, 1878
1878 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Balmain, Sydney Bathing in 2 feet of water boy M 11 FATAL, leg severed G.P. Whitley, ref Dr. Cleland, Med. Journal Australia, 10/4/1924; J. Green, p.31

Darling Harbour, 1874
09-Jan- 1874 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Darling Harbor, Sydney Thomas Thompson M Calf severely bitten Sydney Morning Herald, 1/1/1874; V.M. Coppleson (1962)

Manning River, 1871
1871 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Manning River male M FATAL, "caught by legs" G.P. Whitley, ref E.S. Hill, Sydney Mail, 5/6/1871

Manning River, 1863
10-Jan-1863 AUSTRALIA New South Wales "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River David Brown M 17 FATAL G.P. Whitley, p.259

Domain, 1840
1840 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Off Domain, Sydney Harbor male M FATAL G.P. Whitley, p.259; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.523

Macleay River, 1837
07-Jan-1837 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Macleay River Alfred Australia Howe M 12 Injured by shark, died of tetanus Gazette (Sydney) 1/31/1837 edition; Proc. Royal Aust. Hist. Scty, I, Part 2, 1924; G.P. Whitley, p.14; Sharpe, p. 87

Port Jackson, 1791
1791 AUSTRALIA New South Wales Port Jackson female, an Australian aboriginal F FATAL, "bitten in two" G.P. Whitley; D. Baldridge, p.162

Bondi Beach, 5 AD
Ca. 5 A.D. AUSTRALIA New South Wales Bondi male M Aboriginal rock carving depicts man being attacked by a shark Waverly Library

Queensland

Golden Beach, 2006
An 18-year-old man was bitten by a shark in shallow water on Queensland's Sunshine Coast as swimmers were warned to stick to patrolled beaches to reduce the risk of attack.
Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said the man was wading at Golden Beach at Caloundra about 11am (AEST) on Monday when he was bitten on the foot by a small shark.
"I understand the young man was standing in less than 30cm of water when the shark bit him on the foot - the wound required 11 stitches," Mr Mulherin said.
The victim did not report the attack to police or the Queensland Ambulance Service but a Queensland Boating and Fisheries spokesman confirmed it happened near the Caloundra Powerboat Club.

Amity Point Beach, 2006
8th January 2006
"The death of 21-year-old holiday maker Sarah Whiley at Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island is the first fatality on a protected beach in Queensland in more than four decades. The killing has sparked fresh debate about shark safety programs throughout the country and what can be done to prevent further attacks. In the past, the focus has been on great whites, but this time the spotlight is on another species - the bull shark, which is thought to be responsible for the attack."
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1544350.htm

Townsville, 2005
15-May-2005 AUSTRALIA Queensland 50 km east of Townsville
Ben Edelstein was snorkeling off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, checking to make sure there were no sharks in the area, when he spotted a nice-sized snapper and thought, "Lunch."
He shot the fish with his spear gun and watched as both the snapper and his spear disappeared beneath a coral head. Darn.
Suddenly, a 6-foot gray reef shark swam into the area, checking out the speared snapper. Edelstein wasn't worried — he had been in the same situation dozens of times — but decided he should surface.
Keeping one eye on the shark, Edelstein backed away, kicking his swim fins and treading water with his hands. That's when another shark slammed him from behind. This 7-foot predator had Edelstein's right hand in its powerful jaws, shredding skin and muscle.
The tenacious shark let go only after Edelstein took his left hand and punched it in the nose.
Bleeding and seriously injured, the former Austin real estate agent surfaced, hollered "shark" and began swimming to his sailboat anchored nearby. He got on board with the help of six backpackers who were touring Australia and had paid Edelstein to take them for a 10-day sail along the coast. One of the men had hopped in the dinghy when he heard him scream and rescued Edelstein from the ocean.
The backpackers hovered over Edelstein as he sprayed purified water into the wound, soaked it in iodine, screamed bloody murder and downed a couple of tequila shots.
Then they weighed anchor and sailed 20 hours to a medical clinic in Townsville, the nearest help, about 40 miles from their anchorage. A doctor spent three hours saving the Texan's hand.

Opal Reef. 2004
11th December 2004
Experts have decided a whaler shark was responsible for killing a man on the Great Barrier Reef last weekend.
Mark Thompson, 38, bled to death when he was attacked while spearfishing at Opal Reef, north-east of Cairns.
An examination of his body has revealed a shark from the whaler family about two metres long was most likely responsible.
Shark safety officer for Queensland Surf Life Saving, Peter Dawes, says he is not surprised.
"Whalers like tiger sharks and white pointers are those sharks that are normally associated with aggressive actions towards humans, so I guess normally with in the whaler family the most dangerous tends to be the bull whalers," he said.
"Bull whalers have got a fairly wide territory and, of course, there are other sharks that are large enough to cause potential harm to a person."

Burleigh Lake, 2003
Bob Purcell, 84, a former Commonwealth Games lawn bowler, was attacked by what authorities believe was a bull shark on Saturday morning as he was swimming near his home in Burleigh Lake.
His body, with severe leg injuries, was found by two kayakers three hours after he was seen entering the canal.
Mr Ham said the bull shark was the main species responsible for attacks in sheltered estuarine habitats such as the canals and Sydney Harbour.

Miami Lake, 2002
16th December 2002.
Beau Martin, 23, died after being attacked by a bull shark during a late night swim on December 16.

Upolu Cay, 2002
29th December 2002
Dutch tourist Lienne Schellekens survived a hammerhead shark attack off the far north Queensland coast, a popular scuba diving and snorkeling area. The 18 year old was snorkeling near U
olu Cay, about 40km off Cairns, when the shark latched onto her left arm, ripping chunks from it, before she was dragged from the water by her boat's skipper. Lienne was airlifted to Cairns Base Hospital for surgery on her arm. She was swimming near three other people when the shark attacked her. Boat skipper Chris Adams said he raced to help Lienne in a dinghy when she suddenly started screaming .
I wasn't quite sure what was happening but when I got to her there was a lot of blood in the water, he said. It was pretty horrendous. We had to get her in the dinghy and got her back to the boat and bandaged her up as well as we could. Another tour operator took her to Upolu Cay and helped with first-aid until a Queensland Rescue helicopter arrived with a paramedic. Chris said tour and dive boats travelled to the same area every day and it was regarded as safe. Where we go is not noted for any of the big sharks or the dangerous sharks, he said. It's one of those things that is just a most unusual occurence.
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/shark_attacks.htm

Sunshine Beach, 2002
16-Feb-2002 AUSTRALIA Queensland Sunshine Beach Surfing Kirk Koster M 30 or 36 Heel / foot bitten 09h00 -10h00 1.5 m [5'] "whaler shark" Sunday Mail (QLD), 2/17/2002, p.13; T. Peake, GSAF; AAP (Australia)

Main Beach, 2000
30-Mar-2000 AUSTRALIA Queensland Main Beach, Gold Coast Swimming Anrija (Andy) Rojcezic M 26 Left calf bitten 14h00 T. Peake, GSAF

Sykes Reef, 2000
03-Dec-2000 AUSTRALIA Queensland Sykes Reef, Great Barrier Reef Spearfishing Chris Hogan M 38 Left elbow and forearm bitten 09h30 2.5 m [8.25'] bronze whaler shark N. Leys; Daily Telegraph, 12/4/2000.p.3

Flinders Cay, 2000
24-Dec-2000 AUSTRALIA Queensland Flinders Cay Scuba diving male M 23 Hand bitten Daily Telegraph, 12/26/2000, p.7

Carrara, 1997
28-Feb-1997 AUSTRALIA Queensland Carrara, Nerang River Swimming female F 21 Left leg biten a small shark The Advertiser, 3/1/1997, p.12

Whitsunday Passage, 1997
28-Feb-1997 AUSTRALIA Queensland Whitsunday Passage Scuba diving Gerald Rauch M 30 Left arm bitten Midday 2 m to 3 m tiger shark The Advertiser, 3/1/1997, p.12

Whitehaven Beach, 1997
25-Jan-1997 AUSTRALIA Queensland Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays Island Snorkeling Derek Burrows M 27 Left leg lacerated, punctures on right leg 11h00 / 11h30 1.8 m to 2.1 m [6' to 7'] shark Sunday Mail (QLD), 1/26/1997, p.2; Hobart Mercury, 1/27/1997, p.2

Heron Island 1996
05-Mar-1996 AUSTRALIA Queensland Heron Island Swimming breast stoke Jean Hotchkiss F 47 Left arm & leg lacerated 07h00 Tiger shark Advertiser, 3/6/1996, p.9; Daily Mail (London), 3/9/1996 edition

Brown's Inlet, 1996
22-Jan-1996 AUSTRALIA Queensland Brown's Inlet, Broadwater Swimming Jasmine Cox F 13 Lacerations to left calf Bronze whaler shark Daily Telegraph, 1/23/1996, p.3

Brisbane River, 1994
09-Jan-1994 AUSTRALIA Queensland Katana Downs Reach, Brisbane River Swimming, after falling off towed kneeboard Gary Cochrane M 23 Hamstring bitten 1.5 m shark Advertiser, 1/12/1994,p.18

North Point Beach, 1992
01-Oct-1992 AUSTRALIA Queensland North Point Beach, Moreton Island Surfing Michael Docherty M 28 FATAL, drowned & board dented 14h30 4.2 m white shark Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 10/2/1992 edition; Orlando Sentinel, 10/2/1992, p.A3; A. Sharpe, p.108; A. MacCormick, p.197

Mermaid Waters, 1991
19-Jan-1991 AUSTRALIA Queensland Mermaid Waters Swimming Michael Sproule M 35 Hands, legs & buttocks lacerated 08h10 Sunday Mail, 1/20/1991, p.1

Nerang River, 1990
28-Nov-1990 AUSTRALIA Queensland Nerang River Swimming Michael Pignolet M 26 Abdomen, hip, leg & arm bitten 1.5 m shark Herald Sun, 11/30/1990, p.34

Mermaid Waters, 1990
Reported 28-Oct-1990 AUSTRALIA Queensland Mermaid Waters Swimming Craig Coleman M 26 Buttocks & hip bitten 20h30 Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/28/1990, p.1

Dingo Reef, 1990
1990 AUSTRALIA Queensland Dingo Reef, 80 nm off Townsville Free diving for trochus Robert Bullen M 37 Presumed FATAL Courier-Mail, 4/12/1990, p.5

Mermaid Waters, 1989
02-Nov-1989 AUSTRALIA Queensland Mermaid Waters Swimming in canal Kristoffer Fredriksen M 10 Left ankle broken & lacerated 2 m shark, possibly a bronze whaler Courier-Mail, 11/7/1989, p.3

North Keppel Island, 1988
08-Nov-1988 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy Bruce Coucom M 17 FATAL When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy" Early morning H. Edwards, pp.115-116

North Keppel Island, 1988
1988.11.07 07-Nov-1988 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy James Coucom M 62 SURVIVED! Nightfall H. Edwards, pp.115-116

North Keppel Island, 1988
1988.11.07 07-Nov-1988 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy Cedric Coucom M 62 FATAL Nightfall H. Edwards, pp.115-116

Lizard Island, 1987
06-Jan-1987 AUSTRALIA Queensland Lizard Island Swimming Alessandro Russo M 37 Right leg lacerated Early morning Sydney Morning Herald; Courier-Mail 1/8/1987, p.2

Lodestone Reef, 1985
26-Jul-1983 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville Swimming from the New Venture Linda Ann Norton F 21 FATAL, shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater 04h00 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark H. Edwards, pp. 103-104; A. MacCormick, pp.110-112

Lodestone Reef, 1985
25-Jul-1983 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville 14 m prawn trawler New Venture capsized & sank in heavy seas Three people in the water Ray Boundy M 28 Left knee bitten, but survived Night 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark H. Edwards, pp.103-104; A. MacCormick, pp.110-112; M.

Lodestone Reef 1985
25-Jul-1983 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville Swimming from the New Venture Dennis Patrick Murphy M 24 FATAL, shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater Night 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark H. Edwards, pp. 103-104; A. MacCormick, pp.110-112

Derwent Island, 1984
11-Feb-1984 AUSTRALIA Queensland Derwent Island Spearfishing Greg Pearce M 27 Hand bitten 1.5 m white-tipped reef shark Courier-Mail, 2/14/1984, p.3

Black's Beach, 1984
30-Nov-1984 AUSTRALIA Queensland 1 km off Black's Beach Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water Nicholas Bos M 16 FATAL 12h33 4 m tiger shark Courier-Mail, 12/1/1984, p.1; A. Sharpe, p.106

Green Island, 1981
13-Dec-1981 AUSTRALIA Queensland Green Island Zola Dale Abdomen lacerated R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11

Buddina Beach, 1977
24-Aug-1977 AUSTRALIA Queensland Buddina Beach, south of Noosa George Walter M FATAL, left arm severed, legs bitten R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987,p.11; A. Sharpe, p.104

Caloundra, 1976
29-Dec-1976 AUSTRALIA Queensland Caloundra Graham Archall M Survived R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11

Hervey Bay, 1976
12-Jan-1976 AUSTRALIA Queensland Harvey Bay Marlene Evler F Survived R. McKenzie, Coast Sun, 9/6/1987, p.11

Moreton Island, 1976
13-Mar-1977 AUSTRALIA Queensland Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-17-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days Verdon Harrison M 32 His feet were bitten by sharks, but he was rescued by a charter boat that arrived on the scene just an hour and 15 minutes after the sharks first appeared, too late to save the lives of Hayes and Beaver Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p.109; A. Sharpe, pp.103-104

Moreton Island, 1976
13-Mar-1977 AUSTRALIA Queensland Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-17-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days John Hayes M 45 FATAL Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p.109; A. Sharpe, pp.103-104

Moreton Island, 1976
13-Mar-1977 AUSTRALIA Queensland Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-17-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days Victor Beaver M 74 FATAL Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p.109; A. Sharpe, pp.103-104

Maroochydore, 1975
26-Jul-1975 AUSTRALIA Queensland Maroochydore Surfing Gary Grace M 21 Buttocks & leg bitten Sunday Mail (QLD), 1//7/1996,p.4; J. Green, p.36

Palm Island, 1973
26-Mar-1973 AUSTRALIA Queensland Palm Island Stuart Baddock M Survived R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11

Point Lookout, 1973
25-Aug-1973 AUSTRALIA Queensland Point Lookout Bruce Lawlor (or Lawler) 16 Right foot severed R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11; J. Green, p.36

Wellington Point, 1972
01-Apr-1972 AUSTRALIA Queensland Wellington Point Sonja Kuelsen F Left leg bitten R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11

Corrumbin, 1972
22-Dec-1972 AUSTRALIA Queensland Currumbin Rock Mark Worman M Hand bitten R. McKenzie, Sunday Mail, 9/6/1987, p.11

Gladstone, 1971
10-Dec-1971 AUSTRALIA Queensland Gladstone Gregory Carroll M FATAL Courier-Mail, 10/2/1992, p.2

Broomfield Island, 1966
27-Sep-1966 AUSTRALIA Queensland Broomfield Island, 11 miles from Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef Free diving, carrying speargun Barry Dawson M 32 Shoulder lacerated 16h45 2.1 m [7'] bronze whaler shark, a tooth was embedded in the speargun B. Dawson, J.Green, pp.50-52; The Cairns Post, 9/28/1966 edition (Note: the press erroneously reported the diver's name as Davidson.)

Oak Beach, 1965
03-Nov-1965 AUSTRALIA Queensland Oak Beach Surfing Roy McGuffie M 24 Puncture wounds to right thigh 16h30 2.4 m [8'] grey nurse shark Telegraph (Sydney), Mirror (Sydney), Post (Cairns), 11/4/1965 editions; J. Green, p.35

Tweed Heads, 1964
18-Nov-1964 AUSTRALIA Queensland Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty Glenthorne Prior M 29 FATAL 13h30 Daily Mirror (Sydney), 11/19/1964 edition

Greenmount Beach, 1962
04-Feb-1962 AUSTRALIA Queensland Greenmount Beach Swimming Lance Maloney M 35 Shin bitten 14h30 60 cm shark Courier Mail (Brisbane), 2/5/1962

Lambert's Beach, 1961
28-Dec-1961 AUSTRALIA Queensland Lambert's Beach, Mackay Standing Margaret Hobbs F 18 FATAL, right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack 16h15 3 m [10'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; A. MacCormick, pp.19-21; A. Sharpe, p.101

Lambert's Beach, 1961
28-Dec-1961 AUSTRALIA Queensland Lambert’s Beach, Mackay Standing Martyn Steffens M 24 Hand bitten, surgically amputated 16h15 3 m [10'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; A. MacCormick, pp.19-21; A. Sharpe, p.101

Noosa Heads, 1961
18-Dec-1961 AUSTRALIA Queensland Noosa Heads Surfing, pushing board ashore John Grayson Andrews M 22 FATAL, right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee 06h15 Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut Natal Daily News, 12/19/1961 edition; Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20/1961; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; H.D. Baldridge, p.172; A. Sharpe, pp.100-101

Colleges Crossing, 1960
20-Dec-1960 AUSTRALIA Queensland College’s Crossing, 54 miles above mouth of the Brisbane River Fishing, when line became snagged on rock & he dived into water to free it Lester McDougall M 33 Left thigh lacerated 09h00 1 m grey nurse shark Sydney Morning Herald, 12/21/1960 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246

Colleges Crossing, 1960
01-Dec-1960 AUSTRALIA Queensland Colledge's Crossing, Brisbane River Fishing male M Bitten & survived 1 m bull shark Sunday Mail, 3/27/1994, p.107

Blacks Beach, 1960
27-Nov-1960 AUSTRALIA Queensland Black’s Beach, 9 miles north of Mackay Swimming Harry Bicknell M 41 Right shoulder lacerated 14h45 3' shark Daily Mercury (Mackay), 11/28/1960 edition

Surfer's Paradise, 1959
22-Nov-1959 AUSTRALIA Queensland Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe Trailing the field in a surf race Jeffrey Francis Sasche (or Sachse) M 19 Lower left leg bittten, hand abraded 11h00 3 m to 4.3 m [10' to 14'] shark Daily Mirror (Sydney) 11/23/1959 edition; G.P. Whitley; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); J. Green, p.35

Wynnum, 1959
19-Dec-1959 AUSTRALIA Queensland Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas Stanley Arthur Mullen M 29 FATAL 06h00 P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245; T. Peake, GSAF

Mooloolaba, 1959
17-Jan-1959 AUSTRALIA Queensland Alexandra Headland near Mooloolaba Surfing, but treading water Peter John Neil M 17 Right foot & toe bitten 09h30 1.8 m [6'] shark Sun Herald (Sydney) 1/18/1959 edition; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer(1960); J. Green, p.35

Surfer's Paradise, 1958
22-Nov-1958 or 28-Nov-1958 AUSTRALIA Queensland Surfer's Paradise Swimming Peter Gerard Spronk M 21 FATAL 17h15 V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245; A. Sharpe, p.100; J. Green, p.35

Thursday Island Harbour, 1957
13-Apr-1957 AUSTRALIA Torres Strait Thursday Island Harbour, Queensland Swimming between anchored pearling luggers Tuisafua Nomoa M 22 Left arm bitten, surgically amputated 14h00 Shark seen feeding on turtle scraps thrown overboard prior to incident. J.W. Robinson; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.245; J. Green, p.34

Pioneer River, 1956
26-Feb-1956 AUSTRALIA Queensland Pioneer River near Mackay Diving into water Barry Keith Antonini M 15 FATAL, large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed 11h00 1.8 m [6'] shark B. Thompson; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.521

Kissing Point Baths, 1951
22-Oct-1951 AUSTRALIA Queensland Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach Swimming Arthur James Kenealey M 42 FATAL, leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net 19h10 V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.90-91; A. Sharpe, pp.98-99; A. MacCormick, p.169

Fitzroy River, 1951
2-Sep-1951 AUSTRALIA Queensland Fitzroy River near Rockhampton Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38’ Christine Dr. E. Al Joske M 56 FATAL, 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

Palm Beach, 1950
16-Dec-1950 AUSTRALIA Queensland Palm Beach North, 5 miles south of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane Treading water Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver M 20 FATAL, lower abdomen severely bitten & his left leg was severed 16h15 R. A Smith; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 12/17/1950 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.94 & 239]

Burleigh Heads, 1950
25-Nov-1950 AUSTRALIA Queensland Burleigh Heads, Brisbane Body surfing Leo Vincent Ryan M 21 Part of buttocks & fingers severed 17h15 3 m [10'] white shark seen in area and hooked 3 days later G.P.Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 11/26/1950 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 93-94 & 239

Ellis Beach, 1949
17-Apr-1949 AUSTRALIA Queensland Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns Bathing in water 0.9 m deep Richard Joseph Maguire M 13 FATAL, left leg severed 13h30 3.3 m [10'9"] shark G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.239; A. Sharpe, pp.38 & 97

Yorkey's Knob, 1949
28-Aug-1949 AUSTRALIA Queensland Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns Swimming James Howard M 34 FATAL, right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated 13h20 G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194, cites Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 8/29/1949 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.88 & 239

Trinity Beach, 1946
19-Apr-1946 AUSTRALIA Queensland Trinity Beach, Cairns Swimming Robert McAuliffe M 17 FATAL 13h30 J. Croucher; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.87

King's Beach, 1948
26-Dec-1948 AUSTRALIA Queensland King’s Beach, Caloundra Treading water, waiting for a wave Eric Keys M 28 FATAL, left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee 11h30 Gilbert P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.239. NOTE: Whitley records location as Coolangatta

Mornington Island, 1947
28-Oct-1947 AUSTRALIA Northern Territory Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria Fishing in waist-deep water Dan, an aboriginal M Kneecap removed G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.240

Moreton Bay, 1947
Nov-1947 AUSTRALIA Queensland Moreton Bay D. Smith 78 FATAL J. Green, p.34

Ellis Beach, 1945
18-Aug-1945 AUSTRALIA Queensland Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns Swimming after a tennis ball Phillip South Collin M 30 FATAL, body not recovered 15h20 4.3 m [14'] shark G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.87-88 & 239; A. Sharpe, p.97

Trinity Beach, 1945
15-Jun-1945 AUSTRALIA Queensland Trinity Beach, Cairns young Australian serviceman M FATAL 16h00 G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.87 & 238; A. Sharpe, p.97. NOTE: Whitley gives date as 6/18/1945

Trinity Beach, 1942
12-Sep-1942 AUSTRALIA Queensland Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns Treading water Athol Wearne, Royal Australian Air Force. officer M 24 Right foot severed & calf removed, leg surgically amputated below the knee 16h30 2.4 m to 3 m [8' to 10'] tiger shark A Wearne, J. Green, pp.44-50; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193, cites Sydney Morning Herald, 8/11/1943; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.87 & 238

Surfer's Paradise, 1940
15-Jan-1940 AUSTRALIA Queensland Surfers Paradise, near Southport Swimming Douglas Bright M 22 Chest lacerated Afternoon V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 93 & 238

Restoration Rock, 1939
Oct-1939 AUSTRALIA Queensland Near Restoration Rock off Portland Roads Free diving for trochus shell, swimming to dinghy Small Cobbe, a Lockhardt River native M 27 Both thighs were lacerated, recovered at Thursday Island hospital 4.3 m [14'] tiger shark, 3 tooth fragments retrieved from his wounds G.P. Whitley, p. 20; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 99

Mackay, 1939
21-Dec-1939 AUSTRALIA Queensland Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay Swimming Frank Gurran M 20 FATAL, left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated 12h15 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.238

Kirra Beach, 1937
27-Oct-1937 AUSTRALIA Queensland Kirra Beach, Coolangatta Swimming Norman Girvan M 18 FATAL 17h30 A 3.6 m [11'9"], 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

Kirra Beach, 1937
Double fatality)
27-Oct-1937 AUSTRALIA Queensland- Kirra Beach, Coolangatta Swimming Jack Brinkley M 25 FATAL 17h30 Tiger shark J. Green; V.M. Coppleson, pp.51, 81-84 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp.94-9 6; H. Edwards, pp.114-115

Arlington Reef, 1936
08-Apr-1936 AUSTRALIA Queensland Arlington Reef near Cairns Diving Ohta (Japanese) M Survived Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 4/23/1936; G.P. Whitley, p.263

Macarthur Island, 1936
22-Mar-1936 AUSTRALIA Torres Strait Near Shelburne Bay, Queenland Among 31 survivors of crew from the sampan Fukulya Maru (which reached Thursday Island in rowing boat) was a man whose arm had been bitten off by shark 10 days earlier. The sampan wrecked west of McArthur island Japanese sailor M Survived V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.244

Main Beach, 1936
Apr-1936 AUSTRALIA Queensland Main Beach, Southport Bathing Kevin Canavan M Disappeared & his torn clothing washed ashore Shark involvement unconfirmed V.M. Coppleson, p.92-93

Forbes Island, 1936
19th March 1936
Queensland, Near Forbes Island, Barrier Reef.
Diving for trochus
Norman, an aboriginal Man. Right forearm lacerated
G.P. Whitley, p.263; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.244

Warrior Reef, 1935
12th August 1935
Torres Strait Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland.
Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger Barani, a Papuan M FATAL, right buttock & thigh bitten
J. Green, p.33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.243

Flat Top Island, 1935
September 1935
Queensland. At Flat Top, near Mackay.
Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy
Patrick Quinn
FATAL. His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn
V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.22; G. P. Whitley

Eva Island, 1934
26th August 1934
Queensland, Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell.
Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately
Robert Steele M FATAL, body was not recovered
G.P. Whitley citingSydney 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

Kissing Point, 1933
04th January 1933
Queensland Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville
Swimming
Stanley Victor Locksley M 38 Severe abdominal wounds FATAL (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark) P.M.

Elephant Rock, 1934
15th April 1934
Queensland.
Elephant Rock, Currumbin near Southport .
Body surfing. Frank Ilett M 34yo
Leg lacerated & punctured
09h30
V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.92 & 238. Note: L. Schultz lists date as 1/15/1934

Barrow Point, 1933
Torres Strait Barrow Point,
100 miles north of Cooktown, Queensland
Diving for trochus from dinghy when seized by shark 6' below the surface
Tumai, a Torres Strait Islander Male. Injuries to arm, shoulder & chest, took 2 days to reach hospital
V.M. Coppleson.Q12. (1933); V.M. Coppleson, p.242

Ross River, 1931
22nd March 1931
Queensland Ross River, Townsville Fishing with a cast net
Arthur Tomida M 19
FATAL, left thigh severely bitten

Magnetic Island, 1929
27th January 1929
Queensland Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville
Swimming
Harry Weatherall Male 18yo FATAL, right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated 17h30

Ross River, 1929
1st September 1929
Queensland Ross River, Townsville Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately Edward William Hobbs M 42 FATAL, severe injuries to both legs V.M. Coppleson.Q7. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.90 & 237; A. Sharpe, p.96

Cooktown, 1927
May 1927
Queensland
Near Cooktown
Diving
Puasa, a Torres Strait Islander Male FATAL

Thursday Island, 1927
Queensland, Near Thursday Island Pearl diving
Eseromi, Male
Leg injured
J. Green, p.32; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.241

Pialba Beach, 1922
5th December 1922 Queensland
Pialba Beach near Maryborough Bathing in 3' to 4' of water
Alfred Gassman M 19 FATAL, severe injuries to torso 2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark

Ross River, 1922
Ross River, Townsville Swimming
Robert Milroy M 54
FATAL 17h30

Brisbane River, 1921
27th November 1921
Queensland Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River Herbert Jack M 40
Wading to dinghy, carrying his son. Right hip, buttock, elbow, arm & wrist bitten Morning
George Jack M 8
Fell from his father's back into the water
FATAL, disappeared, body not recovered. Morning

Queensland
Ross River, Townsville
Wading (shrimping)
Jack Hoey M 38
FATAL, thigh bitten, leg amputated

Petrie Bight, 1880
25th November1880 Queensland Petrie Bight, Brisbane River Swimming
Alexey Drury M 12
Feet bitten, surgically amputated FATAL Afternoon Bull shark

Brisbane River, 1871
Before 1871
Brisbane River
male M Survived
G.P. Whitley, ref. E.S. Hill

Moreton Bay, 1847
Reported in 1847
Queensland Moreton Bay a native Foot severed at ankle joint
Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake 1846-1850

South Australia

Cape de Couedic 2005
25th September 2005
Joshua Berris.
"An Australian man has managed to fight off a five-metre-long (16ft) shark, thought to be a great white, with his bare hands.
Josh Berris, 26, was surfing with friends off a beach on Kangaroo Island in South Australia on Saturday when he was attacked by the shark.
Mr Berris pushed the shark away with his hands before friends dragged him into the safety of rocks.
The surfer was taken to hospital where he received treatment for cut legs."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4280810.stm

Tyre Reef 2005
Justin Rowntree was diving alongside marine biologist Mr Stehbens about five metres underwater when the shark attacked.
"[I] was nudged out of the side and I looked around, just a big white mass," he said.
"Jarrod fought it off initially and then it came back again and grabbed his leg and just took him deeper.
"He seemed quite calm, he was trying to get his leg out of its mouth."
Mr Rowland said the attack was over in seconds.

Fishery Bay, 2005
4th Setember 2005
"JAKE Heron's Father's Day turned into a nightmare when a four-metre great white shark mauled him off South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
The Port Lincoln man, 40, chose Fishery Bay as the spot to surf, as his two children played on the rocks nearby.
The shark made its move just 10 metres from shore, but a decent punch or two seemed to put it off.
Mr Materna, who was riding a surfboard nearby at the time, said he heard his friend scream, and paddled straight to him.
"He was freaking out, yelling for help," Mr Materna said.
"No one saw the shark come up to him. It knocked him off the board. It pulled him under because the leg rope was attached to him. He kicked and punched the shark, I think, in the gill." The shark bit into his surfboard, splitting it in two.
Mr Materna said Mr Heron ran up the beach, yelling and holding his leg as he struggled to his car and found medical help."

West Beach, 2004
16th December 2004
Two teenagers watched in horror as their surfer mate was taken by two great white sharks in the sea off a popular Adelaide beach on Thursday.
The 18-year-old, a boarder from a small town on Yorke Peninsula who attended an Adelaide school, was about 400 metres off West Beach when he climbed out of a dinghy to ride on a surfboard towed in the wake of the boat about 3.30pm (CDT).
One of the white pointers grabbed him by the arm and pulled him underwater.
The shark then tore him in half, while the other took his remains, witnesses and authorities said.
The boy's traumatised friends returned to shore and raised the alarm at a nearby sailing club. Police patrolled the coastline warning swimmers to leave the water, although no beaches were formally closed.
The Australian newspaper later named the teenager as Nick Petersen.
Rescue boats searched grimly into the night for his remains.

Goolwa Beach,2003
Shark attack at Goolwa
Damien Smith was out at Goolwa beach on Saturday evening, and felt something grab his ankle while wading out in shallow water. The attack occured at dusk, and was possibly the work of a small bronze whaler who frequent the gutters along South Coast beaches at this time of year chasing baitfish. The bite required 14 stitches, and will no doubt keep Damien off his feet... and out of the water... for a while.
http://www.surfsouthoz.com/news.php?item=feb2003

Smoky Bay, 2002
April 30 2002
Paul Buckland, 23, was attacked by a great white shark while diving for scallops off Smoky Bay on April 30.
He was pulled from the water by employee Shannon Jenzen, 24, but died on the boat from his injuries.
He was reported to have lost his left leg and a significant part of his torso.
A coronial inquest heard yesterday that Mr Buckland's "shark pod" was switched on when Mr Jenzen reached him, but it was usually only activated as they ascended and descended.
"We would turn it off when we got to the bottom so we wouldn't have constant shocks," Mr Jenzen said of the electronic anti-shark device, which used wave-form technology.
"I felt safe enough on the sea floor to turn it off... We considered that as soon as we saw a shark, we would turn it on and it would deter it."
Sea Change Technology commercial manager Helena Wescombe-Downs told Port Lincoln Magistrates Court court the device should have been on for the entire dive and that it must be worn according to the manufacturer's instructions.
She said it was difficult to say if it would have made any difference if Mr Buckland had turned off the pod when he reached the sea floor and turned it on when he saw the shark.

Blackfellows Point, 2000
25th September 2000
"Jevan caught the next wave in. When I thought that he should have reached the rocks and standing up, I couldn’t see Jevan. I was scanning the water and couldn’t see him anywhere and I turned to Nugget and asked if he could see Jevan. Nugget couldn’t see him either. The sea at the time was flat and a short time later, a wave came and lifted us both up and I could see the back tail of the shark sticking out about two feet out of the water. I could also see quite a bit of the length of the body of the sharks tail, and Jevan’s board was inside of the shark and the board looked quite small. Jevan was wearing a black wet suit and a light blue helmet, and I kept looking for the helmet but I couldn’t see it. I then turned to Nugget and said, "It’s a shark and it’s got Jevan". Looking at the shark’s tail and the white of its underbelly, I could tell that it was a white pointer and its tail was bigger than the surfboard which is 6’2" long, and that wasn’t taking into account the shark's body. When the next wave lifted us up again, the shark was still there, with its tail sticking out of the water, thrashing from side to side. Jevan must have still been attached to his leg rope because the board was still right alongside of the shark."

Cactus Beach, 2000
24th September 2000
Mr Jeffrey Hunter was sitting on a platform on a sandhill at Cactus Beach at between 7.15am and 7.30am that morning, watching a lone surfer, who was obviously Cameron Bayes, about 70 to 80 metres from shore. Mr Hunter’s statement reads:-
"I looked at this man and saw a shark coming out of the water around him, it was thrashing on and around the man. Its head was shaking from side to side and thrashing in a circular motion, there was a bit of blood in the water. I could see the man and the shark at the same time and then they both went under the water. Where it was happening it just looked like it was all shark, I couldn’t even see the surfboard.
The man came up, I only saw his head and body, he seemed to be back on his board and started paddling. He made about three metres and then the shark went for him again, the shark was thrashing and shaking its head, there was a lot of blood. The shark seemed to take him underwater and there were only a couple of bits of board left. It took him under, and there was a bit more thrashing under the water.
A couple of minutes later I saw it surface about 500 metres out, it thrashed again and released the main bit of the board. It rolled over and I could see the underside of the shark, it was clearly white, the top part of the shark was a dark grey. The main part of the board floated towards Caves.
Conditions at the time were overcast, no wind, misty with a three to four foot swell. I know from surfing this beach that the water where the attack occurred is about two metres deep. I would estimate the shark was between four and five metres long."

Hardwicke Bay, 1999
29th May 1999
South Australian police have ended their search along the west side of the Yorke Peninsula for the remains of a young Adelaide man believed to have been taken by a shark.
A damaged windsurfer harness and parts of a badly-slashed wetsuit will be taken to Adelaide for forensic tests.
Police say the 22-year-old from North Adelaide was on holiday with friends and had been windsurfing in the Hardwicke Bay area near Minlaton.
He was last seen at about 2:30pm ACST yesterday and reported missing last night. Minlaton Constable Phil Copley says a search last night involved members of the State Emergency Service, local volunteers, and the Country Fire Service.

Hardwicke Bay, 1999
29-May-1999 AUSTRALIA South Australia Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula Windsurfing Tony Donoghue M 22 FATAL, body not recovered 14h30 Thought to involve a white shark J. Morris

South Neptune Island, 1998
28-Jun-1998 AUSTRALIA South Australia South Neptune Island Free diving for abalone Doug Chesser M 26 FATAL, left thigh and lower leg severely injured 14h00 Thought to involve a 5.5 m white shark named Kong R.W. Byard

Middleton Beach, 1998
17-Jan-1998 AUSTRALIA South Australia Middleton Beach Surfing Greg Anderson M 20 punctures in right boot Afternoon Sunday Mail (QLD), 1/18/1998, p.22; Hobart Mercury, 1/19/1998, p.41

Cactus Beach, 1995
11-Mar-1995 AUSTRALIA South Australia Cactus Beach Surfing Andy McBain M 35 Left arm lacerated 07h30 2 m bronze whaler Advertiser, 3/13/1995, p.1 & 7/22/1995, p.13

Tumby Bay, 1992
25-Aug-1992 AUSTRALIA South Australia Lipson Cove, Tumby Bay Surfing Jason Bates M 17 Minor cuts, sufboard bitten 17h50 4 m white shark Advertiser, 8/28/1992, p.3; J. West, ASAF

Snapper Point, 1991
08-Sep-1991 AUSTRALIA South Australia Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide Scuba diving Jonathon Lee M 19 FATAL 15h00 4 m [13'] white shark Advertiser, 1/31/1992, p.5; A. Sharpe, pp.127-128; Orlando Sentinel, 8/9/199, p. A6;

Waitpinga Beach, 1989
09-Mar-1989 AUSTRALIA South Australia Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay Surfing Matthew Foale M 27 Thigh bitten FATAL 20h15 2 m [6.75'] white shark Courier-Mail, 3/11/1989, p.5; J. West, ASAF

Moana Beach, 1988
06-Oct-1988 AUSTRALIA South Australia Moana Beach Surfing Murray Taylor M 15 Lower right leg lacerated Afternoon Herald, 10/7/1988, p.5; Hobart Mercury, 10/8/1988, p.3

Merino Rocks, 1987
18-Sep-1987 AUSTRALIA South Australia Merino Rocks, Adelaide Scuba Diving for scallops Terrance Gibson M 47 FATAL White shark A. Sharpe, p.127; J. West, ASAF

Peake Bay, 1985
03-Mar-1985 AUSTRALIA South Australia Wiseman’s Beach, Peake Bay, Port Lincoln Free diving for scallops Shirley Anne Durdin F 33 FATAL 12h30 6 m [20'] white shark A. MacCormick, pp.76-79; H. Edwards, p.155; A. Sharpe, pp.126-127; J. West, ASAF

South Neptune Island, 1983
24-Dec-1983 AUSTRALIA South Australia Dangerous Reef, South Neptune Island Scuba diving for abalone Neil Williams M 48 Fingers bitten 12' white shark T. Peake, GSAF

Cactus Beach, 1977
Late Aug-1977 AUSTRALIA South Australia Cactus Beach, near Ceduna Surfing Philip Horley M 17 Board rammed & bitten, left thigh lacerated 16h00 White shark A. Sharpe, p.126

Point Lowly, 1976
19-Sep-1976 AUSTRALIA South Australia Point Lowly, north of Whyalla Skindiving, Darryl Richardson M 27 Right leg bitten below the knee, left ankle & foot lacerated 2.7 m [9'] shark A. Sharpe, p.125

Point Sinclair, 1975
10-Feb-1975 AUSTRALIA South Australia (Point Sinclair) Penong Swimming underwater from crayfish cage to a fishing bait Wade Shipard M 12 Right leg severed FATAL 18h00 3 m [10'] white shark A. Sharpe, pp.124-125; Sydney Morning Herald, 2/3/2001 ed.

Coffin Bay, 1975
Reported 20-Jan-1975 AUSTRALIA South Australia Coffin Bay Surfing David Barrowman M FATAL, body not recovered J. West; Adelaide Advertiser, 1/20/1975; P. Kemp, GSAF

Streaky Bay, 1974
09-Jan-1974 AUSTRALIA South Australia Streaky Bay Diving for abalone Terry Manuel M 26 FATAL, right leg severed White shark H. Hall; A. Sharpe, p.124;

Thistle Island, 1968
09-Dec-1968 AUSTRALIA South Australia Thistle Island Dick O’Brien M Survived White shark T. Peake, GSAF

Victor Harbour, 1964
28-Mar-1964 AUSTRALIA South Australia Surfers Paradise Beach near Victor Harbour Surfing Allan Spry M 19 Left thigh lacerated 1.8 m [6'] shark Advertiser (Adelaide) and Telegraph (Sydney), 3/30/1964 editions

Aldinga Beach, 1963
08-Dec-1963 AUSTRALIA South Australia 55 miles south of Adelaide Spearfishing Rodney Fox M 23 Torso & hand lacerated 12h45 White shark H. Edwards, pp.65-66: H.D. Baldridge, pp.18-19; J. West;
Rodney Fox was attacked by a great white shark and badly bitten around the chest and arm in December 1963. His story of the attack and escape has been published many times. He is regarded as a miracle survivor of one of the world's worst non-fatal shark attacks.
In the attack Rodney's abdomen was fully exposed and all ribs broken on his left hand side. His diaphragm was punctured, lung ripped open, scapula was pierced, spleen uncovered, the main artery from his heart was exposed and he was minutes away from his veins collapsing due to the loss of large amounts of blood. Tendons, fingers and thumb in his right hand were all cut and to this day he still has part of a great white tooth embedded in his wrist. Many stitches (462) were required to sew him together after the attack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Fox

Carickalinga Head, 1962
09-Dec-1962 AUSTRALIA South Australia Carrickalinga Head Spearfishing Geoffrey Martin Corner M 16 FATAL, right leg bitten thigh to calf 14h30 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

Dangerous Reef, 1962
Ca. 1962 AUSTRALIA South Australia Dangerous Reef Diving Dan Argyll M Right leg bitten F. Dennis, p.76

Aldinga Beach, 1961
12-Mar-1961 AUSTRALIA South Australia Aldinga Beach Spearfishing Brian Rodgers M 21 Left leg bitten & left forearm lacerated 14h30 3.7 m [12'] white shark V.M. Coppleson (1962), pp.182 & 252; H. Edwards, pp.61-63; H.D. Baldridge, p.56; J. West, ASAF

Cape Douglas, 1952
21-Dec-1952 AUSTRALIA South Australia Cape Douglas Fishing, setting nets John Holmes M 25 Bitten on thigh and buttocks "After dark" 2.4 m [8'] shark V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.178; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245

Glenelg, 1946
28-Dec-1946 AUSTRALIA South Australia Glenelg Swimming near jetty with 2' piece of wood Leo Streng M 23 Forearm & fingers lacerated, teethmarks on wood G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.110 & 240

West Beach, 1936
22-Jan-1936 AUSTRALIA South Australia West Beach, near Adelaide Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek , saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared Ray Bennett M 13 FATAL 18h00 White shark Sydney Morning Herald, 1/23/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.107 & 240; A. Sharpe, p.120; J. West, ASAF

Brighton, 1926
17-Mar-1926 AUSTRALIA South Australia West Beach, Brighton Swimming Primrose Whyte F FATAL 15h45 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; [#92]

Port Pirie, 1884
1884 AUSTRALIA South Australia Port Pirie, Spencer Gulf, 230 km north of Adelaide Fell overboard Miss Warren F FATAL Said to involve 2 sharks G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing the Register (S.A.), 12/9/1925 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.107; A. Sharpe, p.119

Western Australia

City Beach, 2006
15-Jan-2006 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Off City Beach, Perth Scuba diving Bernie Williams M 52 Lacerations to left elbow 11h00 3.5 m white shark T. Peake, GSAF

Three Mile Reef, 2006
Brian Williams City Beach W.A.
"Brian Williams, 52, of north suburban Sorrento, was bitten on his left elbow after the shark grabbed him from behind as he was diving about three kilometres off City Beach yesterday morning. He fought it off by hitting it with a spear gun.
His injuries were not life-threatening, police and the West Australian Department of Fisheries said. The shark was believed to be a white pointer of up to 3½ metres. The attack came as the occupants of a boat, near Mr Williams' unoccupied dive vessel, were being circled by a shark."

Wharton Beach, 2006
2nd December 2006
A 15-year-old boy has had his leg bitten off in a shark attack at a West Australian beach.
The boy was body surfing at Wharton beach at Duke of Orleans Bay, east of Esperance, on WA's remote south coast when the attack occurred about 7.30am (AWST).
A spokesman for WA Police said the boy's leg was bitten off just above the right knee.
"He has lost one of his legs," he said.
Stephen Luke from St John Ambulance said the boy was taken to hospital with a police escort.
The boy, a tourist from South Australia, was with his brother, 18, and 15-year-old friend, about 40 metres from the beach when he was attacked by an unknown type of shark.
He was helped from the surf by friends and several tourists who applied first aid, police said.
Surf Life Saving WA chief Paul Andrew said sharks are known to inhabit the area.
He said the boy was taken to the Esperance Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Abrolhos Islands, 2004
19th March 2005
Police today named the victim of a fatal shark attack off Western Australia's mid-west coast as 26-year-old Geoffrey Brazier.
Mr Brazier, of Perth's riverside suburb of Alfred Cove, was taken yesterday by a six-metre shark while snorkelling with tourists off the Abrolhos Islands group, 60km west of Geraldton.
Police said he had been skippering the luxury vessel, The Matrix, updating their earlier advice that he had been working as a deckhand on the boat.
The 26-year-old was taken by the six-metre shark while snorkelling with the tourists off the Abrolhos Islands group at about 2pm, police said.
He was killed instantly and his body was still to be recovered.
A police spokesman said the charter vessel was on its maiden voyage from Perth to the Kimberley when the tragedy happened.
It was moored at Wreck Point, in the south-east corner of Pelseant Island, which is part of the Abrolhos Islands group, 60 kilometres from the port of Geraldton.

Bunbury, 2004
10th June 2004
The 17-year-old, Tom O'Brien, was lucky to escape with minor injuries after being attacked by a 2.5 metre shark at Bunbury's Back Beach on Thursday.
Mr O'Brien says he is relieved to be alive. He was body-boarding with friends about 50 metres off the beach when the shark attacked him.
The teenager says the shark latched on to the bottom of his body board and rolled him under the water. He says he did not realise he was bitten on the foot until he swam to shore. "It grabbed my board first, that's when I saw its jaws and all that kind of stuff and how big it was and then it let go of the board and went for my leg," he said.
"I didn't know it got my leg until I came into shore."
He says he was lucky to catch a wave back to shore.
"I got out [the back] hell easy because the current was so strong and the next thing I know the bloody shark [was] fricken rolling me over and got hold of my board with it's jaws," he said. "It was pretty 'schiz'."
Mr O'Brien has been treated for minor puncture wounds.
The Department of Fisheries believes the shark was a bronze whaler.

Binningup (offshore), 2004
25th January 2004. 46-year-old abattoir supervisor Allan Oppert was attacked by a 4.5m great white during a dive 25km off Binningup Beach, just north of Bunbury. He ended up half inside the shark's jaws and said his life flashed before him when the shark's top teeth were digging in just above his knees and the bottom teeth into his calf. Then the shark spat him out and he inflated his BCD and shot to the surface where he yelled out to his mates. But the shark came after him again and was just metres behind him when he was pulled into his friend's boat. After surgery he was released from Bunbury Hospital but will be unable to work for at least six weeks.

Gracetown, 2004
10th July 2004
The victim was surfing with a mate and three other people at Left Handers beach, south of Gracetown, near Margaret River, yesterday when he was knocked off his board and mauled by the shark.
Two teenagers who pulled the man from the water said the shark was ''as big as a car''.
Witnesses to the attack have told Sky News a man swam to shore and called 000 saying his mate had been attacked by a shark.
Police have released the name of the 29-year-old man, Bradley Adrian Smith, of Shoalwater, 41km south of Perth.
Mr Smith died at the scene from extensive injuries and blood loss following the attack, police spokesman Peter Reeves said.

Cervantes (Offshore), 2000
October 2000
Greg Pickering, 47, a professional diver from Ocean Reef, was mauled by a 1.5m bronze whaler 9km off Cervantes.

Cottesloe Beach, 2000
6th November 2000
On November 6, 2000, just north of Perth's popular Cottesloe Beach, 49-year-old swimmer Ken Crew, on his regular morning swim, died after he lost his leg in a shark attack.
Brian Morrison: The nice thing about Ken, Warwick, was that he was the life of North Cottesloe beach. On that morning, he came around the reef and stood up and he was in knee-deep water. His friend, Dirk Avery, who was one of our team, was just behind him and a swell came through, a brief swell, just up to Ken’s neck, and a shark did what a shark never does, because there was a lot of sand in the swell, the shark barrelled over and went straight through and hit Ken. And it went past four other people, sort of standing nearby, or talking nearby in the water.
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2003/sportsf/s973998.asp

Collie River, 1997
30-Jan-2002 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Collie River Swimming Shayne Calliss M 32 15 cm wound on inner thigh T. Peake, GSAF; D. Green

Geraldton, 1997
Western Australia
Geraldton Windsurfing
Werner Schonhofer, Male 41yo, Presumed fatal, no body recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered 18h00.
4.5 m [14'9"] tiger shark suspected.
Daily Telegraph, 1/22/1997

Hopetoun, 1995
11-Sep-1995 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown Abalone diving using Hookah (near calving whales) David Alan Weir M 29 FATAL, head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995 15h00 White shark The Advertiser, 9/13/1995, p.2; H. Edwards, pp.1-8

Fourth Beach, 1987
30-Mar-1987 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Fourth Beach / Twilgth Beach Surfing Grantley Butcher M 18 Calf lacerated 2 m to 3 m bronze whaler shark Courier-Mail, 4/2/1987, p.1; T. Peake, GSAF

Lancelin, 1980
18-Nov-1980 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Lancelin Swimming G.R. Bohan, an Able Seaman stationed on HMAS Stirling at Garden Island M Right shoulder bitten, puncture wounds on chest & lacerations on his back A. Sharpe, pp.133-134

Geographe Bay, 1974
12-Dec-1974 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Geographe Bay G. Allen 32 Survived J. Green, p.36

Swan River, 1969
30-Nov-1969 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Swan River, 13 miles upstream Swimming Graham Cartwright M 15 Left thigh lacerated Afternoon Sydney Morning Herald, 12/1/1969 edition; A. MacCormick, pp.13-14

Jurien Bay, 1967
19-Aug-1967 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Jurien Bay Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line Robert Bartle M 23 FATAL, "bitten in two" 11h00 White shark H. Edwards, pp.35-42; H.D. Baldridge, p.28; A. Sharpe, pp.132-133; A. MacCormick, p.86; J. West, ASAF

Rottnest Isnad, 1965
28-Dec-1965 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Bathurst Reef, Rottnest Island Spearfishing, but standing in knee-deep water male M 40 Thigh & swim fin bitten 1.8 m [6'] carpet shark Orange Daily (NSW), 12/29/1965 edition; T. Peake, GSAF

Avalon Beach, 1964
04-Oct-1964 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Avalon Beach, near Mandurah, 50 miles south of Perth Surfing, but swimming to his board Murray Henderson M 19 Abrasions & 11 teethmarks on right lower leg 09h30 1.8 m [6'] grey nurse shark The Australian 10/5/1964 edition

Yallingup, 1963
13-Apr-1963 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Yallingup Surfing on "chest board" (boogie board?) Brian Audas M 25 Arm bitten 1.8 m to 2.4 m [6' to 8'] shark G.P. Whitley; NSW newspapers of 4/14&15/1963; H.D. Baldridge, p. 142

Cossack, 1960
01-Jan-1960 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Cossack Creek Pearl diving Ted Luck M Leg bitten N. W. Caldwell; T. Peake, GSAF

Cape Leveque, 1957
02-Feb-1957 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Cape Levêque Japanese male, one of crew of pearl culture survey ship M Man landed at Cape Levêque lighthouse in critical condition after being bitten by a shark. Not known if he survived. V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.264

Broome, 1949
16-May-1949 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Broome Bathing Mary Passaris F 22 Left arm severed above elbow, recovered 5 days afterwards from shark’s gut 2.7 m [9'], 350- to 450-lb whaler shark identified by G.P. Whitley V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.107 & 241; G.P. Whitley (1951), pp.186-188; A. Sharpe, pp.131-132

Lancelin Island, 1948
27-Dec-1948 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Lancelin Island Swimming Arthur Strahan M 17 FATAL, 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

City Beach, 1946
10-Feb-1946 AUSTRALIA Western Australia City Beach, Perth Standing Ronald D. Sunderland, from the Royal Australian Navy, on leave from HMAS Leeuwin M 18 Leg bitten, surgically amputated 12h15 4.2 m [13'9"] white shark West Australian, 2/11/1946, p.6; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.111 & 245; A. Sharpe, pp.130-131; H. Edwards, p.133-134

Dampier Archipelago <1963
No date, Before 1963 AUSTRALIA Western Australia South of Dampier Archipelago Diving Ted M Survived Caldwell, p.257; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.523

Cottesloe Beach, 1925
22-Nov-1925 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Cottesloe Beach Floating on his back Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton M 55 FATAL, thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat 15h15 4 m [13'] female tiger shark V.M. Coppleson.W2, (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.111 & 241; West Australia, 1/5/1967 edition; A. Sharpe, pp.129-130; H. Edwards, pp.131-133

Condon, 1923
23-Nov-1923 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland Dry shelling 2 Koepang Islanders M FATAL, disappeared, partial remains of one found, no trace of the other V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley (1940), p.260; G.P. Whitley (1951), p 185; A. Sharpe, p.129

Swan River, 1923
27-Jan-1923 AUSTRALIA Western Australia In Swan River at Freshwater Bay, Claremont, 5 miles from river mouth Swimming Charles Topsail Robertson M 13 FATAL, back of thigh bitten V.M. Coppleson.W1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.111 & 241; A. Sharpe, p.129

Fremantle, 1910
Reported 23-Dec-1910 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Fremantle Shipwrecked pearling schooner Theodore Anderson’s captain & rest of crew taken by sharks M FATAL A. MacCormick, p.139

Roebuck Bay, <1903
Before 1903 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Roebuck Bay Diving male M FATAL H. Taunton; N. Bartlett, p. 234

Port Walcott, 1876
1876 AUSTRALIA Western Australia Between De Grey River and Port Walcott Pearl diving male, aboriginal diver M "Severely bitten" but survived G.P. Whitley (1951) pp.185 & 192, citing P.Walcott

Victoria

The Dragonfly
Information centre at Karkarook Park.

Bells Beach, 2006
A 25-year-old Melbourne is in hospital after being mauled by a shark off Victoria's most famous surfing spot, Bells Beach.
Peter Galvin, of Yarraville, was surfing on the Winkipop reef break shortly before dusk when a shark lunged at his left leg.
Senior Constable Lisa Kearney, of Torquay Police, said Mr Galvin was surfing about 50 metres apart from friend Andrew Majerni 100 metres from shore.
"The victim was sitting on his board with his legs dangling over the side and the shark has come up from underneath and grabbed his left leg in the calf and thigh area," she said.
"His mate saw he was in trouble and went to help, helped him into shore."
Mr Galvin received puncture wounds to the top of his calf and a major gash under his knee when he was attacked about 8pm, Rural Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said.
Terry Walker, from the Marine and Freshwater Systems Laboratory in Queenscliff, said Torquay man was probably attacked by a smaller shark, not a larger white pointer or great white shark.
Mr Walker said the shark that attacked Mr Galvin was most likely a broad nose sevengill shark.

Flinders, 2005
25th November 2005
Life Saving Victoria says a shark attack off the Mornington Peninsula is the state`s first for at least seven years.
Tom Burke, 18, escaped serious injury in the attack off Flinders Beach about 6:00pm AEDT.
He was dragged from his surfboard and had his leg bitten by a 1.5 metre shark.
He was taken to hospital and released a short time later.
Mr Burke says surfers are aware that the area is a shark breeding ground, and it is up to individuals to assess the risk of using an unpatrolled beach. "You can`t tell people what to do, can you?" he said.

Point Lonsdale, 1992
10th March 1992
Victoria Port Lonsdale
Surfing Mark Jepson
M 17yo
Right thigh, back & hand lacerated
Herald Sun, 1/7/1993; A. Sharpe, p.116

Kilcunda, 1989
22nd November 1989
Victori-Kilcunda
Surfing
Gary White yo32 Thigh bitten Great White shark
Courier-Mail, 11/24/1989, p.3; J. West, ASAF

Station Pier, 1965
Victoria East of Station Pier, Port Melbourne
Swimming
Arthur Wootton M Thigh gashed
The Australian 1/11/1965 edition

Lady Julia Percy Island, 1964
Victoria Lady Julia Percy Island
Free diving with seals
Henri Bource Male 25yo
Left leg severed 14h30
2.4 m [8'] white shark
A. Sharpe, pp.115-116; H. Edwards, pp.67-71; J. Green, p.35; A. MacCormick, pp.88-91; J. West, ASAF

Lady Bay, 1961
Victoria Lady Beach at Warrnambool
Swimming Kenneth Smith
Male 24 Abdomen & arm bitten. Shark, holding him by the arm, leapt 4' to 5' above the surface Late afternoon 3 m [10'] shark
Sun Herald (Sydney) 3/19/1961 edition; Sydney Morning Herald, 3/20/1961 edition; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246

Mt. Eliza, 1960
3rd April 1960
Victoria, Canadian Bay near Mount Eliza, 30 miles from Melbourne
Spearfishing
William Black Male
Cuts & bruises on face & neck 1.5 m [5'] shark
Sydney Morning Herald, 4/4/1960 edition; H.D. Baldridge,p.133

Fairhaven Beach, 1959
Victoria, Fairhaven Beach, Lorne
Body surfing
Christopher Holland Male 19yo
Thighs bitten, right hand lacerated 14h45
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 11/30/1959 edition; Sydney Morning Herald, 12/2/1959; A. Sharpe, p.114;P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960)

Portsea, 1956
Victoria Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay
Swimming, attacked after a surf carnival
John Patrick Wishart Male 26yo FATAL @ 16h45
3.7 m [12'] shark & may have been another shark nearby

Port Melbourne, 1936
1936
Victoria Port Phillip Bay,
Port Melbourne
Swimming male
FATAL
J. Green, p.33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.241

Parkdale, 1936
1st December 1936
Victoria Parkdale
Fishing
Charles Swan, a returned soldier Male 50yo
FATAL, 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 4.8 m [15'9"] shark
V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.186; A. Sharpe, p.112

Middle Brighton, 1930
Victoria Middle Brighton, Port Phillip Diving off pier & treading water Norman Clarke Male 19yo
FATAL 16h30
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

Port Melbourne, 1924
October 1924
Victoria Port Melbourne male
Leg bitten off
Coppleson.V1. (1933); Melbourne Herald, 1/7/1925 edition; J. Green, p.32

Brighton, 1913
1913
Victoria Brighton
male, a "youth"
Arm severed
V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.110 [ Note: Coppleson had no concrete evidence about this incident; he heard only "vague reports".

Albert Park, 1876
Victoria Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay Bathing
P. Rooney
Male. FATAL
Rescued by a man on horseback, but died on the beach.

Northern Territory

Bremer Island, 2005
16-Apr-2005 AUSTRALIA Northern Territory Bremer Island Spearfishing Clayton Deane M 20 Minor cuts above his right eye 2 m [6.75'] copper shark G. McLean, Northern Territory News; Sunday Territorian, 4/17/2005, p.6

Darwin (Offshore), 2002
8th May 2002
20 year old Richard Morris tried to throw back a six-foot-long shark that was hauled aboard a trawler off the coast of Darwin after getting trapped in prawn nets but it clamped its jaws around his arms. Three of his workmates managed to free him by jamming screwdrivers in the shark's mouth to prise open its jaws. After the ordeal he was taken to Darwin Hospital for surgery.
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/shark_attacks.htm

Liverpool River, 1938
08-Mar-1938 AUSTRALIA Northern Territory Liverpool River Canoe capsized by shark aboriginal male M Leg severed, but survived V.M. Coppleson (1958) (in text); Sydney Morning Herald, 3/16/1938

Liverpool River, 1938
Jan-1938 AUSTRALIA Northern Territory Liverpool River male M Calf lacerated White shark H.D. Baldridge (1994), #556

Coburg Peninsula, 1934
Oct-1934 AUSTRALIA Northern Territory Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula Bathing aboriginal woman F FATAL, legs bitten V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.240

Tasmania

Tenth Island, 1993
5th June 1993
The last fatal shark attack recorded in Tasmania was in June 1993 when 35-year-old Exeter mother-of-five Therese Cartwright was taken off the Bass Strait seal colony of Barrenjoey Island while diving.
http://www.mccn.org.au/article.php/id/834/

South Cape Bay, 1982
In 1982 Hobart customs officer Geert Talen, 32, was attacked near Lion Rock at South Cape Bay while snorkelling. His body was never recovered and fishermen spotted a 5m white pointer in the area soon after.
http://www.mccn.org.au/article.php/id/834/

Fluted Cape, 1975
July 1975
Tasmania Fluted Cape, south of Adventure Bay, Bruny Island R. Flack 37
FATAL J.
Green, p.36

Elliot's Cove, 1972
Tasmania Elliot's Cove D. Trayling Survived J.
Green, p.36

Nubeena, 1972
Tasmania Nubeena
G. Johnstone Survived J.
Green, p.36

Picaninny Point, 1966
31st December 1966
Tasmania Piccaninny Point, 10 miles from Bicheno
Fishing
Alf Bosworth M 30
6" laceration on left forearm 2.1 m [7'] shark

Safety Cove, 1959
17th January1959
Tasmania Safety Cove
In deep water about 100 yards from his ship
Brian Derry, a Naval Rating
M 22 FATAL 16h30
Said to involve 2 sharks: 5.2 m & 6 m [17' & 20']
G.P. Whitley, ref Daily Telegraph & West Australian, 1/19/1959 edition; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960)

Whalebone Beach, 1959
Tasmania Whale Bay, King Island, Bass Strait
Swimming with motor tube
John Grave M 16
Thigh bitten
Launceston Examiner (Tasmania) 1/26/1959 edition; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); J. Green, p.35

Derwent River, 1895
1895
Tasmania Derwent River (empties into the sea at Hobart)
Frederick Sampson Johnson M Knee bitten
Tiger shark caught in the vicinity

George's Bay, 1893
April 1893
Northern Tasmania Chimney Point, George’s Bay
Boat capsized, swimming ashore
Joseph Meredith M Drowned or killed by a shark 16h30

St. Georges Bay, 1880
AUSTRALIA Tasmania St George's Bay male M FATAL J. Green, p.31

Derwent River 1870
Tasmania Derwent River
Canoeing
Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile
Shark bit canoe in half & bit man.\
Note: There is an earlier story of FATAL shark attack in same river

Pittwater, 1820's
1820s
Tasmania Sweet Water Point, Pittwater
"Amphibious Jack"
male FATAL
G.T. Lloyd, pp.79-81