List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
The following is a list of fatal shark attacks which have taken place in Australia. The list is organised by state. It includes: attacks where the person was killed and their body recovered; attacks that were immediately fatal or almost immediately fatal; and attacks where the victim died from wounds sustained some days after the attack. Non-fatal shark attacks are not included in this list. Fatal shark attacks amount to about one quarter of shark attacks. This list does not include missing swimmers suspected to have suffered a shark attack.
New South Wales
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1791 | Port Jackson | female, an Australian aboriginal | Female | "bitten in two" | G.P. Whitley; D. Baldridge, p. 162 | [1] | |||||
1837 | 17 January | Macleay River | Bathing | Alfred Australia Howe | Male | 12 | Killed by shark | Evening | Gazette (Sydney) 1/31/1837; Proc. Royal Aust. Hist. Scty, I, Part 2, 1924; G.P. Whitley, p. 14; Sharpe, p. 87 | [2] | |
1840 | December | Off Domain, Sydney Harbor | Swimming | male | Male | G.P. Whitley, p. 259; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 523 | [3] | ||||
1841 | 27 March | Cockatoo Island, Sydney | Bathing | Andrew Goggin | Male | 14:00 | Sydney Gazette, 4/27/1841 | [4] | |||
1845 | 26 December | Newcastle | Fishing | John Williams | Male | The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 11/18/1893 | [5] | ||||
1849 | 1 December | Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbor (Estuary) | Bathing | a sailor from the steamship Eagle | Male | Afternoon | Moreton Bay Courier, 12/15/1849 | [6] | |||
1849 | 9 December | Sydney Harbor | male | Male | T.H. Huxley's Diary, 1935, pp. 285–286; G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [7] | |||||
1852 | 9 October (reported) | Coalcliff | Fell overboard | James Rogers | Male | Maitland Mercury, 10/09/1852 | [8] | ||||
1863 | 10 January | "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River | Bathing | James Brown | Male | 17 | Evening | G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [9] | ||
1871 | Manning River | male | Male | Severed legs | G.P. Whitley, ref E.S. Hill, Sydney Mail, 5/6/1871 | [10] | |||||
1876 | Sydney | boy | Male | Killed by shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [11] | |||||
1876 | 14 May | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Frederick Brown | Male | Sydney Mail, 6/3/1876 | [12] | ||||
1877 | 12 December | Near Sydney | Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/15/1877 | [13] | ||||
1878 | Balmain, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing in 2 feet of water | boy | Male | 11 | leg severed | G.P. Whitley, ref Dr. Cleland, Med. Journal Australia, 10/4/1924; J. Green, p. 31 | [14] | |||
1882 | 23 January (reported) | Darling Harbor, Sydney | Bathing | George Sinclair | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/24/1882 | [15] | ||||
1882 | 15 April | Lake Macquarie | Fishing | Male | The Mercury, 4/25/1882 | [16] | |||||
1883 | 21 January | Iron Cove, Sydney | Bathing | John Eaton | Male | 37 | 05:30 | Maitland Mercury, 1/23/1883 | [17] | ||
1883 | 19 December | Parramatta River | Swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | Male | 21 | 12:00 | West Australian, 12/22/1883 | [18] | ||
1888 | December | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr. Ryland | Male | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/1888 | [19] | ||||
1888 | 9 December | Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary) | Swimming | Stephen Carter | Male | 11 | 13:00 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing Sydney Morning Herald, 12/10/ 1888 | [20] | ||
1887 | 4 December | Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) | Male | 11:30 | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [21] | |||
1895 | 27 February | Sydney Harbor | Swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | Male | 14 | I. Donald | [22] | |||
1895 | 16 November | Jervis Bay | Fishing | Edward Bailey | Male | West Australian, 11/19/1895 | [23] | ||||
1895 | 9 December | West Balmain, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas John Terrill | Male | 14 | Brisbane Courier, 12/9/1895 | [24] | |||
1896 | 11 January | Johnstone's Bay, Sydney | Bathing | William Ready | Male | 11 | Afternoon | Brisbane Courier, 1/13/1896 | [25] | ||
1898 | 26 July (reported) | Sydney | Swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | M | Brisbane Courier, 7/26/1898 | [26] | ||||
1900 | 27 December | Middle Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas Houstan | Male | Taranaki Herald, 12/28/1900 | [27] | ||||
1902 | 25 January (reported) | Kerosene Bay | Dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | Male | The Advertiser, 1/25/1902 | [28] | ||||
1903 | circa | Swimming inside string of cedar logs | Arab boy | Male | White Shark | L. Becke in New York Sun, 9/9/1906; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 523 | [29] | ||||
1903 | 10 January | Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbor (Estuary) | Sydney James | Male | White Shark | Northern Territory Times & Gazette, 1/12/1903 | [30] | ||||
1903 | 21 June | Georges River | Swimming | William Price | Male | The Advertiser, 6/22/1903 | [31] | ||||
1906 | 28 January | Georges River | Bathing | William Joseph Dobson. | Male | 31 or 33 | 14:10 | J. Green, p. 31 | [32] | ||
1907 | 23 December | Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing | Henry Jones | Male | White Shark | R.D. Weeks, GSAF; Otago Daily Times, 12/24/1907 | [33] | |||
1909 | 15 December | 20 miles off Sydney | Fell overboard | Mr. Witt | Male | Star, 12/15/1909 | |||||
1910 | 26 January | Newcastle Harbor | Alfred Victor Clulow | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245 | [34] | |||||
1912 | 26 January | Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney | Swimming | James Edward Morgan | Male | 21 | 15:00 | White Shark | Argus (Melbourne) 1/27, 28, 29, 30/1912; G.P. Whitley, p. 260; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; A. Sharpe, p. 88 | [35] | |
1915 | 1 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor | Bathing | Warren Tooze | Male | 17 | G.P. Whitley, citing Argus (Melbourne) 1/5/1915; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70 | [36] | |||
1916 | 25 April (reported) | Manly Beach | Swimming | Thomas Harrington | Male | Modesto Evening News, 4/25/1916 | [37] | ||||
1916 | 8 December | Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbor, Sydney (Estuary) | Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore | Walter C. German | Male | 41 | right arm severed, chest punctured | 09:00 | G.P. Whitley, ref. Dr. Cleland, 1924; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 79; A. Sharpe, p. 71 | [38] | |
1919 | 9 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor | Wading | Richard Simpson | Male | 13 | right thigh bitten | 07:30 | White Shark | T. Peake, GSAF; V.M. Coppleson.N1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 70 & 229; A. Sharpe, p. 71 | [39] |
1919 | 7 December | Pelican Island, Macleay River | Swimming | James Ridley | Male | 47 | left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated | 05:30 | White Shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/9/1919; V.M. Coppleson.N.20.(1933 | [40] |
1920 | 15 January | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | David Miller | Male | 12 | Leg ATTACKED | 10:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N14. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 229 | [41] |
1922 | 4 January | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Surfing | John Manning Rowe | Male | 26 | disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore | Evening | White Shark | The Argus, 1/9/1922; V.M. Coppleson (1933), N15 | [42] |
1922 | 4 February | Coogee | Swimming | Milton Coughlan | Male | 18 | both arms & shoulder bitten | 15:30 | White shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.4. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 62 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp. 53–55 | [43] |
1922 | 2 March | Coogee | Bathing in knee-deep water | Mervyn Gannon | Male | 21 | right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene | 11:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N5. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 63 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp. 56–57; G.A. Llano, pp. 160–161 | [44] |
1922 | 26 April | Hawkesbury River | Swimming | William A. Munro | Male | Argus, 4/29/1922 | [45] | ||||
1923 | 16 June | Bellambi Reef | After rowing skiff was holed by shark, he was attempting to swim ashore | J. Rigby | Male | taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1933); G. P. Whitley; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 185 | [46] | ||
1923 | 2 November | Bellinger Heads | Fishing | male | Male | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson, p. 452; G.P. Whitley | [47] | |||
1923 | 2 December | Urunga, Bellinger Heads | Fishing, standing in waist-deep water | James Elton | Male | disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/5/1923 | [48] | |||
1924 | 9 January | Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Parramatta River | Had just dived into water & was swimming | Charles Brown | Male | 16 | right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated | 16:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.2. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 69 & 230 | [49] |
1924 | 25 April | Kiama | Fishing, fell in water & swimming strongly to shore | Ernest Conroy | Male | 20 | partial remains recovered | Afternoon | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley, p. 266 | [50] |
1925 | 12 March | Newcastle Beach | Swimming | Jack Canning | Male | 16 | right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel L | 15:15 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N16.(1933) V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 76 & 230 | [51] |
1927 | 15 miles up the Cataract River | Swimming | Anonymous | Male | 10 | shoulder bitten | W.E., pp. 192–193 | [52] | |||
1927 | 3 January | Grey’s Point, Port Hacking | Swimming | Mervwyn Allum | Male | 15 | leg bitten from thigh to ankle | 11:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N.21.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 230; NYTimes, 1/5/1927 | [53] |
1928 | 4 April | Cooks Hill, Newcastle | Standing in waist-deep water | Edward Arthur Lane | Male | 28 | right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh | 18:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N18. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 76 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp. 83–84; G.A. Llano, pp. 166–167 | [54] |
1929 | 12 January | Bondi | Body surfing | Colin James Stewart | Male | 14 | right thigh & hip bitten | 18:10 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N9. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 64 & 231; A. Sharpe, p. 59-62 | [55] |
1929 | 8 February | Bondi | Swimming | John Gibson | Male | 39 | right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed | 16:00 | Great White Shark | V. M. Coppleson.N11. (1933); J. Green, p. 32; A. Sharpe, p. 62 | [56] |
1929 | 18 February | Maroubra Bay | Body surfing | Allan Butcher | Male | 20 | both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis | 15:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N12. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 64 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp. 63–64 | [57] |
1929 | 26 December | White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor | Diving by wharf | William Oakley | Male | 16 | left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.N3.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 232; G.A. Llano, pp. 170–171 | [58] | |
1930 | December | Parramatta River | male | Male | H.D.Baldridge (1994), SAF Case #506 | ||||||
1930 | 13 December | Sailor Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Fell overboard | Frank Kenny | Male | Northern Standard (Dawin), 12/18/1930 | [59] | ||||
1934 | 12 March | Dee Why, north of Queenscliff | Swimming in hip-deep water | Frank Athol Riley | Male | 17 | leg & buttocks removed | 15:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 66 & 232; A. Sharpe, p. 67 | [60] |
1934 | 1 April | North Steyne | Swimming in waist-deep water | Leon Ritson Hermes | Male | 15 | right leg lacerated | 12:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 233 | [61] |
1934 | 23 December | Woy Woy on the Brisbane Waters | Taken as he dived into the water | Roy Inman | Male | 14 | 13:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 85–86 & 233; A. MacCormick, p. 172 | [62] | |
1934 | 31 December | St. George’s River at Moorebank, near Milperra Bridge | Swimming (lead swimmer in race) | Richard George Soden | Male | 19 | left leg bitten | 16:30 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 67 & 233; A. Sharpe, pp. 89–90 | [63] | |
1935 | 2 March | North Narrabeen Beach | Standing | Herbert McFarlane | Male | 22 | thigh bitten | 17:30 | Large White Shark | Amarillo Globe, 6/21/1935, p. 3; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 66–67 & 233; John West | [64] |
1935 | 9 March | Maroubra Beach | Swimming | Ernest MacDonald | Male | 27 | left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed | 12:30 | Large White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 65, 233 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 64–65, G.P. Whitley, p. 14; J. West, ASAF | [65] |
1936 | 4 February | South Steyne, Manly | Swimming | David Paton | Male | 14 | taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches | 15:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 67 & 234; A. Sharpe, p. 68; A. MacCormick, p. 169; J. West, ASAF | [66] |
1936 | 12 December | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | George Lundberg | Male | 15 | leg severed at knee | 11:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 234 | [67] |
1937 | 13 February | Bar Beach, Newcastle | Swimming | John Welsh | Male | 32 | buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten | 15:20 | White shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 234; A. Sharpe, p. 84; J.West, ASAF | [68] |
1938 | 27 December | North Beach, Bellingen River | Swimming | Daniel Graham | Male | 19 | thought to have been taken by a shark | White Shark | G.P. Whitley, p. 264 | [69] | |
1940 | 23 January | North Brighton, Botany Bay | Swimming | Maxwell Farrin | Male | 13 | left leg severed | 10:40 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, pp. 65–66 | [70] |
1940 | 4 February | North Brighton, Botany Bay | Wading | John William Eke | Male | 55 | injuries to both arms | 14:00 | White Shark ^ | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, p. 66 | [71] |
1940 | 28 December | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Standing on sandbank | Clarence Hammond | Male | 23 | injuries to lower back | 09:00 | White Shark | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 235; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192 | [72] |
1942 | 4 January | Egg Rock, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Swimming | Zita Steadman | Female | 28 | bitten in two | 15:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70; A. Sharpe, p. 72; A. MacCormick, pp. 34–35 | [73] |
1942 | 26 December | Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Dog paddling or standing | Denise Rosemary Burch | Female | 15 | legs bitten | 10:50 | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 70; A. Sharpe, pp. 72–73; A. MacCormick, pp. 34–35 | [74] |
1946 | 5 January | Oatley Bay near Como, George’s River | Swimming | Valma Tegel | Female | 14 | left leg severed, right leg injured | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 69; A. Sharpe, pp. 91–92 | [75] | |
1947 | 8 November | Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth | Swimming | Edwin Elford | Male | 12 | leg severed at knee | 16:00 | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 86; A. Sharpe, p. 86 | [76] |
1948 | 12 February | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Swimming | Ronald Johnson | Male | 16 | right thigh & leg bitten | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958); A. Sharpe, p. 83 | [77] | |
1949 | 23 January | Bar Beach, Newcastle | Lifesaving exhibition | Ray Land | Male | 20 | 15:00 | White Shark | G.P. Whitley (1951); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 78; A. Sharpe, pp. 84–85 | [78] | |
1951 | 6 December | Merewether Beach, Newcastle | Treading water | Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion | Male | 21 | 16:00 | White Shark | New York Times, 12/7/1941; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 79; A. Sharpe, p. 85 | [79] | |
1954 | 27 February | The Entrance, near Gosford | Swimming | Reg Fabrizius | Male | 23 | right thigh bitten | 17:15 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 84 & 236 | [80] |
1955 | 18 January | Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Beach, Sydney | Hunting lobsters in 2.4 m of water | John Willis | Male | 13 | anterior left leg & right calf bitten, no tissue lost | 14:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 71, 174-175 & 236; A. Sharpe, p. 74 | [81] |
1955 | 5 February | Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Swimming | Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg | Male | 25 | legs bitten | 14:35 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 71, 175 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp. 74–75 | [82] |
1955 | 9 March | Wamberal | Body surfing | Noel Langford | Male | 22 | 18:00 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 84–85 & 236; A. Sharpe, pp. 82–83 | [83] | |
1960 | 16 January | Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney | Free diving | Kenneth William Murray | Male | 13 | right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later | 15:30 | White Shark | T.W. Brown, pp. 1 –6; H.D. Baldridge, p. 196; A. Sharpe, pp76–77; H. Edwards, pp. 100 & 108 | [84] |
1963 | 28 January | Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Wading | Marcia Hathaway | Female | 32 | right femoral artery severed, thigh, calf, buttock & left hand bitten | 13:30 | White Shark | Dr. P.R. Coyne; A. Sharpe, pp. 7–12; A. MacCormick, pp. 15–18; H. Edwards, pp. 102 & 108 | [85] |
1966 | 20 May | Jervis Bay | Sinking of the dredge World Atlas | Kor Van Helden | Male | 40 | Night | J. Green, p. 35 | [86] | ||
1966 | 20 May | 7 miles offshore on east coast of Australia | Shipwreck | Daniel Mangel, seaman | Male | 38 | other human remains bitten by sharks, 13 people missing | Dark | White Shark | Barker & Ritson | [87] |
1982 | 7 March | Tallow Beach, Byron Bay | Surfing | Martin Ford | Male | 20 | Legs bitten | 12:00 | A. Sharpe, pp. 4, 86-87 | [88] | |
1993 | 9 June | Julian Rocks, Byron Bay | Scuba diving | John Ford | Male | 31 | 09:30 | Great White Shark | A. MacCormick, p. 56; H. Edwards, pp. 11 & 159 | [89] | |
2008 | 8 April | Lighthouse Beach, Ballina | Body boarding | Peter Edmonds | Male | 16 | Re investigation required. | 08:05 | White Shark | T. Peake, GSAF; NSW Police Force | [90] |
2013 | 30 November | Riecks Point, Campbell’s Beach | Body boarding | Zac Young | Male | 19 | Advice given at beach is a Great White attacked Zac. Shark then ID'd as a Tiger. | 14:00 | Great White Shark | The Sydney Morning Herald, 11/30/2013 | [91] |
2014 | 3 April | Tathra Beach | Swimming | Christine Armstrong | Female | 63 | Eaten Whole finished by seagulls | 08:50 | Great White Shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 5/04/2014 | [92] |
2014 | 9 September | Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay | Swimming | Paul Wilcox | Male | 50 | Right leg attacked femoral artery severed. | 10:40 | Great White Shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 9/09/2014 | [93] |
2015 | 9 February | Shelly Beach, Ballina | Surfing | Tadashi Nakahara | Male | 41 | Legs taken off completely | 9:55 | Great White Shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 9/02/2015 | [94] |
Northern Territory
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1883 | 25 February (reported) | the pearling beds | Diving | male | Male | The Queenslander, 3/3/1883 | [95] | ||||
1934 | 9 October | Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula | Bathing | aboriginal woman | Female | 38 | The Age, 10/27/1934; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 240 | [96] | |||
1937 | 16 July (reported) | Elcho Island | Pearl diving | A Japanese hard hat diver | Male | Mansfield News-Journal, 7/16/1937, p. 11 | [97] |
Queensland
- Includes Torres Strait
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1853 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/28/1909 | [98] | |||||
1862 | 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | Trying to catch a wounded bird | male | Male | Courier, 12/19/1862 | [99] | ||||
1863 | April | Caloundra Heads | Launching a boat | Mr. Barnsfield | Male | 2 sharks | Brisbane Courier, 6/12/1889, p. 9 | [100] | |||
1872 | 26 February | Bramble Reef | Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria | some were taken by sharks | coralsea-wrecks.com | [101] | |||||
1880 | 25 November | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | Swimming | Alexey Drury | Male | 12 | Feet bitten, surgically amputated | Afternoon | Bucks County Gazette, 2/10/1881, Sunday Mail (QLD), 3/27/1994, p. 107 | [102] | |
1886 | 17 June | Off Bribie Heads | Swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | Male | 18 | Brisbane Courier, 6/21/1886 | [103] | |||
1890 | 30 December | Moreton Bay | Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | but death may have been due to drowning | The Argus, 21/2/1891 | [104] | ||||
1892 | Badu Island | Dress diving | Mr. A. Rotaman | Male | Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT | G.P. Whitley, p. 259 | [105] | ||||
1898 | 28 December (reported) | The Narrows | Fell overboard | James Waters | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/28/1898 | [106] | ||||
1901 | 30 January | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | Thigh bitten | Otago Witness, 2/6/1901 | [107] | |||
1903 | 12 March | Logan River | Swimming | William Bartlett | Male | Sydney Morning Herald, 3/16/1903 | [108] | ||||
1904 | 7 February | Brisbane | Swimming after his hat | George Grant | Male | Grey River Argus, 2/26/1904 | [109] | ||||
1906 | 14 April | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | Morning Post, 4/20/1906 | [110] | |||
1906 | 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | Wanganui Herald, 9/12/1906 | [111] | ||||
1907 | 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | Morning | The Queenslander, 2/9/1907 | [112] | ||
1907 | 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | Bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | Male | The Queenslander, 10/26/1907 | [113] | ||||
1908 | 21 September | Thursday Island | Fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | Male | Remains recovered from 3 sharks | Northern Territory Times & Gazette, 9/25/1908 | [114] | |||
pre-1909 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | Male | Brisbane Courier, 1/28/1909 | [115] | |||||
1909 | 18 June | Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane | 1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors shelterd on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently, the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909 | Master of the Errol | Male | only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered | Australian Zoologist, viii., 1937, p. 207 | [116] | |||
1912 | 1 January | Ross Creek | Bathing | Samuel Tristing | Male | Morning | Argus, 1/2/1912 | [117] | |||
1916 | 9 November | Kissing Point Camp, Townsville | Bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | Male | 27 | Evening | Brisbane Courier, 11/10/1916 | [118] | ||
1916 | 10 November | Townsville | Swimming | Walter Gregson | Male | 06:00 | Cairns Post, 11/11/1916 | [119] | |||
1918 | 19 September | Townsville | Bathing | Joseph Bartlett | Male | 22 | Cairns Post, 9/24/1918 | [120] | |||
1919 | 5 January | Ross River, Townsville | Wading (shrimping) | Jack Hoey | Male | 38 | thigh bitten, leg amputated | 10:00 | V.M. Coppleson.Q1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237 | [121] | |
1920 | 24 January (reported) | Arlington Reef | Free diving | Japanese diver | Male | The Argus, 1/24/1920 | [122] | ||||
1920-1923 | Great Barrier Reef | 3 Japanese divers | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 241 | [123] | ||||||
1921 | 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | Male | 22 | Left thigh bitten | Afternoon | Cairns Post, 10/17/1921 | [124] | |
1921 | 27 November | Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River | Fell from his father's back into the water | George Jack | Male | 8 | disappeared, body not recovered | Morning | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 92 & 237 | [125] | |
1922 | 15 January | Ross River, Townsville | Swimming | Robert Milroy | Male | 54 | 17:30 | V.M. Coppleson.Q5. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 229 | [126] | ||
1922 | 5 December | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | Bathing in 3' to 4' of water | Alfred Gassman | Male | 19 | severe injuries to torso | 2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark | Coppleson.Q4.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 92 & 237 | [127] | |
1923 | 22 May | Great Barrier Reef | Diving? | Keizo Masoyo | Male | Midday | Northern Miner, 5/27/1923 | [128] | |||
1926 | 2 December (reported) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | Brisbane Courier, 12/3/1926 | [129] | ||||
1927 | 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | Brisbane Courier, 5/10/1927; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [130] | ||||
1928 | 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | Portland Guardian, 12/10/1934 | [131] | |||
1928 | 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 2/28/1928 | [132] | ||||
1928 | 28 March (reported) | Bob | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3/28/1928 | [133] | ||||||
1929 | 27 January | Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville | Swimming | Harry Weatherall | Male | right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated | 17:30 | V.M. Coppleson.Q.6. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237; G.A. Llano, pp. 169–170 | [134] | ||
1929 | 12 March | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | schoolboy, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | G.P. Whitley; J. Green, p. 32; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [135] | ||||
1929 | 4 April | Badu Island | Swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [136] | ||||
1929 | 9 April | Badu Island | diver | Male | G.P. Whitley, citing R.S.M.A.C. | [137] | |||||
1929 | 1 September | Ross River, Townsville | Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | Male | 42 | severe injuries to both legs | V.M. Coppleson.Q7. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 237; A. Sharpe, p. 96 | [138] | ||
1929 | 3 December (reported) | Townsville | male | Male | 50s | Brisbane Courier, 12/3/1929 | [139] | ||||
1930 | 4 June | Near Mabuiag Island | Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 242 | [140] | |||||
1931 | 22 March | Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | Male | 19 | left thigh severely bitten | V. M. Coppleson.Q9. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [141] | ||
1931 | 1 August | Port Douglas | Fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | Male | Townsville Daily Bulletin, 8/4/1931 | [142] | ||||
1932 | 12 May | Near Warrior Reefs | Pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | Male | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p242 | [143] | ||||
1933 | 4 January | Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville | Swimming | Stanley Victor Locksley | Male | 38 | Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark) | 17:30 | V. M. Coppleson.Q11. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [144] | |
1933 | 20 November | Near Boydong Cay | Free diving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | Male | right buttock & thigh bitten | 3.4 m [11'] tiger shark | Cairns Post, 11/29/1933 | [145] | ||
1934 | 26 August | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | Male | body was not recovered | G.P. Whitley citing Sydney Morning Herald 8/27/1934; Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 11/18/1934; G.P. Whitley, p. 262; J. Green, p. 33;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 238 | [146] | |||
1934 | 22 October | Warrior Reefs | Freediving for trochus shell (submerged) | David Younger, Torres Strait Islander | Male | forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 102–103 | [147] | |||
1935 | 13 August | Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland | Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | Male | right buttock & thigh bitten | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 243 | [148] | |||
1935 | 26 August | At Flat Top, near Mackay | Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy | Patrick Quinn | Male | 38 | His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn | Night | 3.7 m [12'] shark | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 22; G. P. Whitley | [149] |
1936 | 26 June | Nepean Island | Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface | Willie, an aboriginal | Male | 16 | 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 7/7/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244 | [150] | ||
1937 | 15 May | Ross River, Townsville | Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river | William Tennant | Male | 33 | left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee | Night | 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90 & 238 | [151] |
1937 | 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Norman Girvan | Male | 18 | 17:30 | A 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in], 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains | V.M. Coppleson, pp. 51, 81-84 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 94–96; H. Edwards, pp. 114–115 | [152] | |
1937 | 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Jack Brinkley | Male | 25 | 17:30 | Tiger shark | J. Green; V.M. Coppleson, pp. 51, 81-84 & 234; A. Sharpe, pp. 94–9 6; H. Edwards, pp. 114–115 | [153] | |
1937 | 11 November | Ota Reef | Diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | Male | 17 | 12' shark | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244 | [154] | ||
1938 | 12 July | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | Male | 25 | dragged out of diving helmet | G.P. Whitley, p. 264; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 244; Sydney Morning Herald, 7/12/1938 | [155] | ||
1939 | 14 December | Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay | Swimming | Frank Gurran | Male | 20 | left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated | 12:15 | 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/15/1939; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 238 | [156] |
1943 | 14 May | Off Brisbane | Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177 | unknown | Male | F | After 04:00 | The Age, 5/19/1953 | [157] | ||
1945 | 15 June | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | E. J. McHugh | Male | 16:00 | Cairns Post, 6/19/1945 | [158] | |||
1946 | 19 April | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | Robert McAuliffe | Male | 17 | 13:30 | J. Croucher; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 87 | [159] | ||
1946 | 18 August | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Swimming after a tennis ball | Phillip South Collin | Male | 30 | body not recovered | 15:20 | 4.3 m [14'] shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 87–88 & 239; A. Sharpe, p. 97 | [160] |
1946 | 20 November | 40 miles off Thursday Island | Pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander | Male | 30 | right arm severed | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 245 | [161] | ||
1947 | November | Moreton Bay | D. Smith | 78 | J. Green, p. 34 | [162] | |||||
1948 | 26 December | King’s Beach, Caloundra | Treading water, waiting for a wave | Eric Keys | Male | 28 | left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee | 11:30 | Gilbert P. Whitley (1951), p. 193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 239. NOTE: Whitley records location as Coolangatta | [163] | |
1949 | 17 April | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Bathing in water 0.9 m deep | Richard Joseph Maguire | Male | 13 | left leg severed | 13:30 | 3.3 m [10 ft 10 in] shark | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 239; A. Sharpe, pp. 38 & 97 | [164] |
1949 | 28 August | Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns | Swimming | James Howard | Male | 34 | right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated | 13:20 | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 8/29/1949; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 88 & 239 | [165] | |
1950 | 9 April | Cooper's Point | Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis | John McDonald | Male | 50 | Cairns Post, 7/8/1950 | [166] | |||
1950 | 16 December | Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane | Treading water | Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver | Male | 20 | lower abdomen severely bitten & his left leg was severed | 16:15 | R. A Smith; G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 12/17/1950; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 94 & 239] | [167] | |
1951 | 4 September (reported) | Fitzroy River near Rockhampton | Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38’ Christine | Dr. E. Al Joske | Male | 56 | abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip | J. Green, p. 34; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 91–92. Note: A. Sharpe, p. 99-100, lists date as 9-4-1955 and the Christine as a 45' ketch | [168] | ||
1951 | 22 October | Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach | Swimming | Arthur James Kenealey | Male | 42 | leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net | 19:10 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 90–91; A. Sharpe, pp. 98–99; A. MacCormick, p. 169 | [169] | |
1954 | 4 September | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spearfishing, hunting crayfish | Kapua Gutchen | Male | 35 | after being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died | 9' shark | The Mercury, 9/14/1954 | [170] | |
1954 | 14 September (reported) | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spear fishing | male | Male | The Mercury, 9/14/1954 | [171] | ||||
1956 | 26 February | Pioneer River near Mackay | Diving into water | Barry Keith Antonini | Male | 15 | large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed | 11:00 | 1.8 m [6'] shark | B. Thompson; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p. 521 | [172] |
1958 | 23 November | Surfer's Paradise | Swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | Male | 21 | 15:15 | 12' shark | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; A. Sharpe, p. 100; J. Green, p. 35 | [173] | |
1959 | 19 December | Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane | Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas | Stanley Arthur Mullen | Male | 29 | 06:00 | P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 245; T. Peake, GSAF | [174] | ||
1961 | 18 December | Noosa Heads | Surfing, pushing board ashore | John Grayson Andrews | Male | 22 | right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee | 06:15 | Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut | Natal Daily News, 12/19/1961; Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20/1961; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 246; H.D. Baldridge, p. 172; A. Sharpe, pp. 100–101 | [175] |
1961 | 28 December | Lambert's Beach, Mackay | Standing | Margaret Hobbs | Female | 18 | right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack | 16:15 | 3 m [10'] shark | V.M. Coppleson (1962), p. 246; A. MacCormick, pp. 19–21; A. Sharpe, p. 101 | [176] |
1964 | 18 November | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | Male | 29 | 13:30 | Daily Mirror (Sydney), 11/19/1964 | [177] | ||
1965 | 21 November | Near Brisbane | Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | Male | 43 | 4.6 m [15'] shark | Evening Press (Dublin, Ireland) 11/22/1965 | [178] | ||
1971 | 5 December | Gladstone | Gregory Carroll | Male | 20 | The Age, 12/9/1971 | [179] | ||||
1977 | 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | John Hayes | Male | 45 | Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p. 109; A. Sharpe, pp. 103–104 | [180] | |||
1977 | 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | Victor Beaver | Male | 74 | Sunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p. 109; A. Sharpe, pp. 103–104 | [181] | |||
1977 | 23 August | Buddina Beach, south of Noosa | Floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | Male | 25 | left arm severed, legs bitten | The Age, 9/1/1977; A. Sharpe, p. 104 | [182] | ||
1983 | 25 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Dennis Patrick Murphy | Male | 24 | shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater | Night | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark | H. Edwards, pp. 103–104; A. MacCormick, pp. 110–112 | [183] |
1983 | 26 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Female | 21 | shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater | 04:00 | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark | H. Edwards, pp. 103–104; A. MacCormick, pp. 110–112 | [184] | |
1984 | 30 November | 1 km off Black's Beach | Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water | Nicholas Bos | Male | 16 | 12:33 | Courier-Mail, 12/1/1984, p. 1; A. Sharpe, p. 106 | [185] | ||
1988 | 7 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Cedric Coucom | Male | 62 | Nightfall | H. Edwards, pp. 115–116 | [186] | ||
1988 | 8 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Bruce Coucom | Male | 17 | When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy" | Early morning | H. Edwards, pp. 115–116 | [187] | |
1990 | 8 April | Dingo Reef, 80 nm off Townsville | Free diving for trochus | Robert Bullen | Male | 37 | Presumed fatal | Courier-Mail, 4/12/1990, p. 5 | [188] | ||
1992 | 1 October | North Point Beach, Moreton Island | Surfing | Michael Docherty | Male | 28 | A brutal and sustained attack Michael suffered greatly. | 14:30 | Great White Shark | Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 10/2/1992 ; Orlando Sentinel, 10/2/1992, p.A3; A. Sharpe, p. 108; A. MacCormick, p. 197 | [189] |
2002 | 16 December | Lake Heron in the Miami Lakes | Swimming | Beau Martin | Male | 23 | 02:30 | T. Peake, GSAF; Northern Territory News, 12/20/2002, p. 9 | [190] | ||
2003 | 8 February | Burleigh Lake on the Gold Coast | Swimming | Bob Purcell | Male | 84 | Morning | T. Peake, GSAF; Sunday Territorian, 2/9/2003, p. 9 | [191] | ||
2004 | 11 December | Opal Reef | Spearfishing | Mark Thompson | Male | 38 | leg bitten | 13:00 | Weekend Australian, 2/17/2005, et al. | [192] | |
2006 | 7 January | Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island | Swimming | Sarah Whiley | Female | 21 | Attacked by multiple sharks arms severed before she died. | 17:15 | Multiple Bull Sharks | T. Peake, GSAF | [193] |
2014 | 15 December | Rudder Reef, north-east of Port Douglas | Spearfishing | Daniel Smith | Male | 18 | Devastating injuries to whole right side. | 11:30 | Requires further
investigation. |
ABC News, 18/12/2014; Sydney Morning Herald, 15/12/2014 |
February 2016 - Steven Foster is killed by shark while swimming. http://www.sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2016.02.16-Foster.pdf
South Australia
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1855 | 28 March | Port Wakefield | Fell overboard from the Sobella | Master Coleman | Male | The Register, 4/20/1926 | [194] | ||||
1884 | 14 January | Port Pirie, Spencer Gulf, 230 km north of Adelaide | Fell overboard | Miss Warren | Female | Said to involve 2 sharks | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 192, citing the Register (S.A.), 12/9/1925; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 107; A. Sharpe, p. 119 | [195] | |||
1926 | 17 March | West Beach, Brighton | Swimming | Primrose Whyte | Female | 15:45 | 3.7 m [12'] "shovel nose shark" or 7-gill shark | V.M. Coppleson.S1.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 107 & 240; A. Sharpe, pp. 119–120 | [196] | ||
1936 | 22 January | West Beach, near Adelaide | Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek, saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared | Ray Bennett | Male | 13 | 18:00 | White shark | Sydney Morning Herald, 1/23/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 107 & 240; A. Sharpe, p. 120; J. West, ASAF | [197] | |
1962 | 9 December | Carrickalinga Head | Spearfishing | Geoffrey Martin Corner | Male | 16 | right leg bitten thigh to calf | 14:30 | White Shark | H. Edwards, p. 63; H.D. Baldridge, p. 197; A. MacCormick, pp. 91–93; A. Sharpe, p. 124; J. West | [198] |
1971 | 5 September | Adelaide | Fishing | Leslie Oswald Harris | Male | 51 | Shark bite was minor injury, but he suffered a heart attack afterwards and died 6 hours later | J. West, Adelaide Advertiser, 9/7/1971, p. 10; P. Kemp, GSAF | [199] | ||
1974 | 9 January | Streaky Bay | Diving for abalone | Terry Manuel | Male | 26 | right leg severed | White shark | H. Hall; A. Sharpe, p. 124; | [200] | |
1975 | 19 January | Coffin Bay | Surfing | David Barrowman | Male | 17 | body not recovered | J. West; Adelaide Advertiser, 1/20/1975; P. Kemp, GSAF | [201] | ||
1975 | 10 February | (Point Sinclair) Penong | Swimming underwater from crayfish cage to a fishing bait | Wade Shipard | Male | 12 | Right leg severed | 18:00 | White Shark | A. Sharpe, pp. 124–125; Sydney Morning Herald, 2/3/2001 ed. | [202] |
1985 | 3 March | Wiseman’s Beach, Peake Bay, Port Lincoln | Free diving for scallops | Shirley Anne Durdin | Female | 33 | Bitten in half, decapitated. | 12:30 | White Shark | A. MacCormick, pp. 76–79; H. Edwards, p. 155; A. Sharpe, pp. 126–127; J. West, ASAF | [203] |
1987 | 18 September | Marino Rocks, Adelaide | Scuba Diving for scallops | Terrance Gibson | Male | 47 | White shark | A. Sharpe, p. 127; J. West, ASAF | [204] | ||
1989 | 9 March | Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay | Surfing | Matthew Foale | Male | 27 | Thigh bitten | 20:15 | White Shark | Courier-Mail, 3/11/1989, p. 5; J. West, ASAF | [205] |
1991 | 8 September | Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide | Scuba diving | Jonathon Lee | Male | 19 | 15:00 | White Shark | Advertiser, 1/31/1992, p. 5; A. Sharpe, pp. 127–128 | [206] | |
1998 | 28 June | South Neptune Island | Free diving for abalone | Doug Chesser | Male | 26 | left thigh and lower leg severely injured | 14:00 | White Shark | R.W. Byard | [207] |
1999 | 29 May | Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula | Windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | Male | 22 | body not recovered | 14:30 | Great White Shark | J. Morris | [208] |
2000 | 24 September | Cactus Beach near Penong | Surfing | Cameron Bayes | Male | 25 | 07:30 | Great White Shark 16 ft | T. Peake, GSAF | [209] | |
2000 | 25 September | Black Point, Eyre Peninsula | Surfing | Jevan Wright | Male | 17 | 13:00 | Great White Shark 16 ft | T. Peake, GSAF | [210] | |
2002 | 30 April | Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula | Scallop diving (using surface-supplied air & a POD) | Paul Buckland | Male | 23 | Paul was killed was surfacing. Its also noted Paul was wearing a shark shielding device. | 12:40 | Great White Shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [211] |
2004 | 16 December | West Beach, Adelaide | Scurfing (surfboard being towed behind a boat) | Nick Peterson | Male | 18 | 15:15 | Great White Shark x 2 | T. Peake, GSAF | "Peterson-draft" (PDF). sharkattackfile.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014. | |
2005 | 24 August | Glenelg | Scuba diving | Jarrod Stehbens | Male | 23 | 16:10 | Great White Shark | Adelaide Advertiser, 8/26/2005 | [212] | |
2011 | 17 February | Off Perforated Island near Coffin Bay | Diving for abalone | Peter Clarkson | Male | 49 | Attacked by multiple GWS | 18:20 | Great White Shark x 2 | T. Peake, GSAF | [213] |
2014 | 8 February | Off Goldsmith Beach near Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula | Spear-fishing | Sam Kellett | Male | 28 | Eaten whole body never recovered. | 12:00 | Great White Shark | ABC News, 2/9/2014 | [214][215] |
Tasmania
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1820s | circa | Sweet Water Point, Pittwater | "Amphibious Jack" male | Male | G.T. Lloyd, pp. 79–81 | [216] | |||||
1831 | 22 January (reported) | Hobart | Boat capsized, clinging to line | Robert Dudlow | Male | Sydney Gazette, 1/22/1831 | [217] | ||||
1870 | late | Derwent River | Canoeing | Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile | Male | Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river | V.M. Coppleson (1958) pp. 104–105 | [218] | |||
1880 | St George's Bay | male | Male | J. Green, p. 31 | [219] | ||||||
1843-1844 | Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. | Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula | Swimming / escaping imprisonment | Owen | Male | Bruce Herald, 9/14/1993 | [220] | ||||
1893 | 4 April | Chimney Point, George’s Bay | Boat capsized, swimming ashore | Joseph Meredith | Male | 16:30 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 105 | [221] | |||
1905 | 25 March | Bridport | Bathing | Charles Taylor | Adelaide Advertiser, 3/27/1905 | [222] | |||||
1959 | 17 January | Safety Cove | In deep water about 100 yards from his ship | Brian Derry, a Naval Rating | Male | 22 | 16:30 | Multiple White Sharks | Odessa American, 1/19/1959; G.P. Whitley, ref Daily Telegraph & West Australian, 1/19/1959; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960) | [223] | |
1975 | 30 July | Adventure Bay, Bruny Island | Scuba diving for abalone | Robert Slack | Male | 37 | Afternoon | Great White Shark | Times, 8/1/1975, Yuma Daily Sun, 8/1/1975 | [224] | |
1982 | 28 February | South Cape Bay | Skindiving, but swimming on the surface | Geert Talen | Male | 32 | body not recovered | Great White Shark | J. West, ASAF; A. Sharpe, pp. 117–118 | [225] | |
1993 | 5 June | Tenth Island | Scuba diving at seal colony | Therese Cartwright | Female | 35 | 10:55 | Great White Shark | Telegraph Mirror (Sydney), 7 June 1993; A. MacCormick, pp. 42–43; A. Sharpe, pp. 1–4; H. Edwards, p. 156 | [226] | |
2015 | 25 July | Lachlan Point, Maria Island | Scuba diving, collecting scallops | Damian Johnson | Male | 46 | Attacked while surfacing as his daughter watched. | 7:00 | Great White Shark | The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015; Josh Dye, Emily Baker | [227] |
Victoria
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
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1849 | 19 September | Warrnambool | Swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | Male | Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 10/10/1849 | [228] | ||||
1855 | 11 November | Melbourne | Swimming | a seaman from the whaling brig Curlew | Male | Maitland Mercury, 11/14/1855 | [229] | ||||
1858 | 14 March | Hobson Bay | Bathing | Adolphe Bollander | Male | 22 | 15:00 | Moreton Bay Courier, 3/31/1858 | [230] | ||
1864 | Corio Bay, Port Phillip | Swimming | Mr. Warren, Jr. | Male | Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed | The Argus, 11/24/1868 | [231] | ||||
1876 | 6 February | Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay | Bathing | Patrick Rooney | Male | rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach | V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 110; A. Sharpe, p. 111; Herald (Melbourne), 12/30/1929 & 5/16/1933 | [232] | |||
1877 | 28 January | Emerald Hill | Bathing | William Marks | Male | The Mercury, 2/19/1877 | [233] | ||||
1889 | 8 July | Port Phillip | Fell into the water | male | Male | Brisbane Courier, 7/9/1889 | [234] | ||||
1914 | 10 June | Sandringham | Bathing | Mr. Croxford | Male | 43 | Afternoon | Evening Post, 6/11/1914 | [235] | ||
1916 | 3 April | Carrum | Clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | Male | 17 | Argus, 3/5/1917 | [236] | |||
1930 | 15 February | Middle Brighton, Port Phillip | Diving off pier & treading water | Norman Clark | Male | 18 | 16:30 | White Shark | V.M. Coppleson.V2.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 110 & 241; A. MacCormick, p. 175; J. West, ASAF | [237] | |
1936 | Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne | Swimming | male | Male | J. Green, p. 33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 241 | [238] | |||||
1936 | 1 December | Mordialloc | Fishing | Charles Swan, a returned soldier | Male | 50 | his 2.4 m dinghy was found with 2' x 3' hole in its side & tooth fragments embedded in the planking | White Shark | The Age, 12/4/1936 | [239] | |
1949 | 12 November | Port Phillip Bay | No details | John W. Smith | Male | or drowning or scavenging | G.P. Whitley (1951), p. 194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 11/13/1949; SAF Case #613 | [240] | |||
1954 | 11 December | Point Lonsdale | Swimming | Lawrence David Burns | Male | 23 | 11:00 | Sydney Morning Herald, 12/13/1954 | [241] | ||
1956 | 4 March | Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay | Swimming, attacked at surf carnival | John Patrick Wishart | Male | 26 | 16:45 | Multiple White Sharks | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 110–111 & 241; J. Green, p. 34; A. Sharpe, pp. 112–113 | [242] |
Western Australia
Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Source | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pre-1903 | Pearl diving | Ahmun | Male | H. Taunton; N. Bartlett, pp. 233–234 | [243] | ||||||
pre-1903 | Roebuck Bay | Diving | male | Male | H. Taunton; N. Bartlett, p. 234 | [244] | |||||
mid-1870s | Circa | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | Male | Western Mail (Perth), 6/27/1919 | [245] | ||||
1882 | 7 February (reported) | Pearl diving | a native diver | Male | Thigh bitten | West Australian, 3/28/1882 | [246] | ||||
1882 | 12 May (reported) | Pearl diving | a Malay diver | Male | Torso bitten | West Australian, 5/12/1882 | [247] | ||||
1895 | 3 June (reported) | Barrow Passage, Barrow Island | Pearl diving | a Japanese diver | Male | The West Australian, 6/3/1895 | [248] | ||||
1896 | 1 November | Esperance | Boat swamped | Louis | Male | West Australian, 11/2/1896 | [249] | ||||
1896 | 29 November | Albany | Swimming | Davies | Male | West Australian, 12/3/1896 | [250] | ||||
1910 | 23 December (reported) | Fremantle | Shipwrecked pearling schooner | Theodore Anderson’s captain & rest of crew taken by sharks | Male | A. MacCormick, p. 139 | [251] | ||||
1923 | 27 January | Freshwater Bay, Claremont in Swan River, 5 miles from river mouth | Swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | Male | 13 | back of thigh bitten | V.M. Coppleson.W1.(1933) V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 111 & 241; A. Sharpe, p. 129 | [252] | ||
1923 | 23 November | Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland | Dry shelling | Selim and Dea Opre, Koepang Islanders | Male | disappeared, partial remains of Selim was found, there was no trace of Dea Opre | Western Mail, 11/29/1923; V.M. Coppleson (1933); G.P. Whitley (1940), p. 260; G.P. Whitley (1951), p 185; A. Sharpe, p. 129 | [253] | |||
1925 | 22 November | Cottesloe Beach | Floating on his back | Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton | Male | 55 | thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat | 15:15 | 4 m [13'] female tiger shark | V.M. Coppleson.W2, (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 111 & 241; West Australia, 1/5/1967; A. Sharpe, pp. 129–130; H. Edwards, pp. 131–133 | [254] |
1948 | 27 December | Lancelin Island | Swimming | Arthur Strahan | Male | 17 | disappeared while swimming | His hand was found in a 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 1/5/1949 | V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 22–23 | [255] | |
1967 | 19 August | Jurien Bay | Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line | Robert Bartle | Male | 23 | "bitten in two" | 11:00 | White shark | H. Edwards, pp. 35–42; H.D. Baldridge, p. 28; A. Sharpe, pp. 132–133; A. MacCormick, p. 86; J. West, ASAF | [256] |
1993 | 21 November | A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay | Hookah diving | Richard Peter Bisley | Male | 27 | 15:15 | Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver’s remains in its gut | H. Edwards, pp. 135–137 | [257] | |
1995 | 11 September | Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown | Abalone diving using Hookah (near calving whales) | David Alan Weir | Male | 29 | head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995 | 15:00 | Great White Shark | The Advertiser, 9/13/1995, p. 2; H. Edwards, pp. 1–8 | [258] |
1997 | 20 January | Geraldton | Windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | Male | 41 | Presumed no body recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered | 18:00 | 4.5 m [14 ft 9 in] tiger shark | Daily Telegraph, 1/22/1997, p. 1; H. Edwards, p. 14-15 | [259] |
2000 | 6 November | Cottesloe Beach, Perth | Swimming | Ken Crew | Male | 49 | Torso attacked leg torn off. | 06:30 | Great White Shark | B. May, AAP; G. Thiel | [260] |
2004 | 10 July | Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River | Surfing | Bradley Adrian Smith | Male | 30 | Stomach and legs attacked | 14:10 | Pack Attack by 2 large Great White Sharks | T. Peake, GSAF | [261] |
2005 | 19 March | Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands | Snorkeling | Geoffrey Brazier | Male | 26 | 14:00 | Great White Shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [262] | |
2008 | 27 December | Port Kennedy Beach | Snorkeling | Brian Guest | Male | 51 | 07:00 | Great White Shark | T. Peake, GSAF | [263] | |
2010 | 17 August | Cowaramup Bay | Surfing | Nicholas Edwards | Male | 31 | Leg torn off. | 08:05 | Great White Shark | The Australian, 8/17/2010 | [264] |
2011 | 4 September | Bunker Bay | Body boarding | Kyle James Burden | Male | 21 | Eaten clean in half | 13:26 | Great White Shark | Sunshine Coast Daily, 9/5/2011 | [265] |
2011 | 9 October | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Bryn Martin | Male | 64 | 08:10 | Great White Shark | Perth Now, 10/11/2011 | [266] | |
2011 | 22 October | Rottnest Island | Diving | George Wainwright | Male | 32 | 13:25 | Great White Shark | Sky News, 10/22/2011 | [267] | |
2012 | 31 March | Stratham Beach, Geographe Bay | Scuba diving | Peter Kurmann | Male | 33 | 09:30 | Great White Shark | Associated Press, 3/31/2012 | [268] | |
2012 | 14 July | Off Wedge Island | Surfing | Ben Linden | Male | 24 | Eaten whole. Shark attacked jet ski trying to retrieve Ben's body. | 09:05 | Great White Shark | WA News, 7/15/2012 | [269] |
2013 | 23 November | Gracetown | Surfing | Chris Boyd | Male | 35 | Left arm severed, flesh off the right leg. | 09:00 | Great White Shark | J. Baily; Perth Now, 11/23/2013 | [270] |
2014 | 30 December | Cheynes Beach near Albany | Spearfishing | Jay Muscat | Male | 17 | Attacked at the leg-torso | midday | Great White Shark | ABC news, 30/12/2014 | [271] |
2016 | 31 May | Falcon Beach Mandurah | Surfing | Ben Gerring | Male | 29 | Leg torn off. Died days later. | dusk | Great White Shark | ABC news, 4/06/2016 | [272] |
2016 | 5 June | Between One and Three Mile reefs, Mindarie | Diving | Doreen Collyer [273] | Female | 60 | Mauled to death. | late morning | Great White Shark | WAToday.com.au, 5/06/2016 | [274] |
2017 | 17 April | Kelp beds, Wylie Bay, Esperance | Surfing | Laeticia Maree Brouwer [275] | Female | 17 | Leg torn off in front of father, mother and 2 sisters. Died at the scene. | 16:00 | Great White Shark | ABC News, 17/04/2017 | [276] |
2016 - Nigel Kitchen and Andrew Hinds killed by sharks. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/undetermined-if-fisherman-alive-or-dead-when-bitten-by-shark/8781900
See also
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