List of all shark attacks in australia
Fatal Attacks
286
Unprovoked Attacks
960
Total Attacks
1374
There have been a total of 1374 shark attacks in AUSTRALIA. Out of those, 286 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 20.82%. 960 attacks came out of the blue while 414 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Martin’s Beach, Sydney Harbor | Afternoon | Questionable incident | Diving off jetty | Superficial lacerations on feet & toes | NO | 24yo Alan Murray | |
| Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | FATAL, left thigh severely bitten | YES | 19yo Arthur Tomida | |||
| Leighton Beach, North Fremantle | Shark involvement prior to death not confirmed | Human hand recovered from 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark | NO | ||||
| Parramata River | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | Swimming | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | NO | Ronald Dickerson | ||
| Off Port Broughton | Shark bumped dinghy twice | NO | A dinghy, occupant J.W. Wall | ||||
| Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay | 12h15 | 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later | Swimming | FATAL, left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated | YES | 20yo Frank Gurran | |
| Austinmer | 17h30 | Surfing (pneumatic surfboard) | Thigh lacerated, abrasions | NO | 20yo Darcy Lorenz | ||
| Sydney | 10' shark | Standing on his hands | Abrasions to legs | NO | W. McCann | ||
| Near Mabuiag Island | Large tiger shark seen in the vicinity the following morning | Trochus diving, but floating on surface | Flexed right leg bitten | NO | Tala Lui, a Torres Strait islander | ||
| Georges River | Swimming | FATAL | YES | William Price |
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