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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-05-1882 | Pearl diving | FATAL Torso bitten | YES | a Malay diver | |||
| Lake Macquarie | 14-04-1882 | Fishing | FATAL | YES | |||
| 06-02-1882 | Pearl diving | FATAL Thigh bitten | YES | a native diver | |||
| Darling Harbor, Sydney | 22-01-1882 | Bathing | FATAL | YES | George Sinclair | ||
| Johnstone's Bay, Sydney | 12-11-1881 | Evening | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | Swimming | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | NO | John Sullivan |
| Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | 24-11-1880 | Afternoon | Bull shark | Swimming | Feet bitten, surgically amputated FATAL | YES | 12yo Alexey Drury |
| Bermagui | 09-10-1880 | Traveling by boat | Disappeared, thought to have murdered or drowned or taken by a sharks after entrails washed ashore | YES | The Lamont Young party | ||
| Chowder Bay, Sydney | 21-01-1880 | 13h00 | 12' shark | Fishing | No injury to occupants, shark rammed boat | NO | boat, Occupants: William Smith & Thomas Martin |
| Cooranbong | 02-01-1880 | Bathing | Lacerations to leg | NO | 13yo Teresa Bonnell | ||
| Clarence Heads | 09-11-1879 | Swimming | Thigh bitten | NO | Goddard |
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