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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off Bloomfield River | 24-10-1933 | Diving | Hand severed | NO | male | ||
| Currumbin | 07-06-1933 | Treading water | Lacerations to legs from fins of shark | NO | Walter Mitchell | ||
| Barrow Point, 100 miles north of Cooktown, Queensland | 14-02-1933 | 4.4 m [14'] shark | Diving for trochus from dinghy when seized by shark 6' below the surface | Injuries to arm, shoulder & chest, took 2 days to reach hospital | NO | Tumia, a Torres Strait Islander | |
| Arnhem Land | 10-12-1932 | Leg bitten | NO | ||||
| Onslow | 02-02-1930 | Removing shark from a trap | Laceration to thigh from trapped shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Mr. M. Donovan | ||
| Townsville | 02-12-1929 | FATAL | YES | 50syo male | |||
| 28-08-1929 | Lacerations to arm | NO | Oku Hayadi | ||||
| Great Barrier Reef | 25-04-1929 | Diving for trepang | Thigh bitten | NO | Ali Ah Mat | ||
| Great Barrier Reef | 16-04-1929 | Diving for trochus | Lacerations to right wrist | NO | Nistritani Taked | ||
| Sydney Harbor | 31-12-1928 | Invalid | Swimming | Later found to be fiction, never happened | NO | Eric Johanssen |
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