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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Melbourne | 23-06-1888 | Evening | Fishing | No injury to occupants, shark holed boat | NO | 2 men | |
| Point Cook, Port Phillip Bay | 17-06-1888 | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | The cutter yacht Cutty Sark sank | Probable drowning & scavenging | NO | Claude Hadley, William Grundy, Albert Faulkner & Frederick Faulkner | |
| Sydney Harbor | 21-01-1888 | Rowing | Shark bit boat, but no injury to occupant who swam ashore | NO | Burke | ||
| Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) | 03-12-1887 | 11h30 | 12' to 14' shark | FATAL | YES | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill0 | |
| Black Point | 11-03-1887 | 13' shark | Rowing a dinghy | No injury to occupants | NO | Mr. Boucaut & Mr. Harris | |
| Off Bribie Heads | 16-06-1886 | Swimming after being washed overboard | FATAL | YES | 18yo Lacoon | ||
| Rothesay Bay | 25-04-1886 | Oystering | Wrist bitten | NO | male | ||
| Dobroyd Head, Watson Bay, Sydney | 28-02-1886 | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | He drowned when boat capsized | His body was found in a tiger shark; next day other human remains found in sharks at Berry's Bay | NO | James Barefoot | |
| Mordialloc | 12-02-1886 | Fishing | No injury to occupants, shark shook boat "stem to stern" | NO | 20' boat; occupants: John Wright & a friend | ||
| 25-01-1886 | Diving alongsidethe steamship Ranelagh | Foot bitten | NO | John Byrne |
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