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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cossack Creek | Pearl diving | Leg bitten | NO | Ted Luck | |||
| Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbor | Bathing | FATAL | YES | 17yo Warren Tooze | |||
| Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe | 11h00 | 3 m to 4.3 m [10' to 14'] shark | Trailing the field in a surf race | Lower left leg bittten, hand abraded | NO | 19yo Jeffrey Francis Sasche (or Sachse) | |
| Queenscliff | 15h30 | 4.3 m [14'] shark seen in area previous week | Swimming on sandbar adjacent to channel | Severely lacerated right leg. Later surgically amputated & survived despite gas gangrene | NO | 22yo Colin Grant | |
| Port Melbourne | Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed | Swimming | Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed | NO | 43yo Chief Petty Officer A. E. King | ||
| Ross River, Townsville | Night | 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site | Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river | FATAL, left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee | YES | 33yo William Tennant | |
| Darwin | Collecting fish in military trap when bitten by captured shark that had been shot by soldiers with Garten | Leg severely lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Private. Michael Garten | |||
| Byron Bay | 2.6 m [8.5'] shark | Surf skiing | No injury, repulsed shark | NO | Glen Denning | ||
| Badu Island | Swimming between boats | FATAL | YES | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | |||
| Near Thursday Island | Pearl diving | Leg injured | NO | Eseromi |
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