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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula | 28-05-1999 | 14h30 | Thought to involve a white shark | Windsurfing | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | 22yo Tony Donoghue |
| Scotts Head | 22-02-1999 | Evening | Bronze whaler or tiger shark | Surfing | Left hand & forearm bitten, board bitten | NO | 35yo male |
| Gulf of Carpenteria | 02-01-1999 | Shark involvement not confirmed | Fishing | Cut foot, but injury caused by fishing line, not the shark | NO | 37yo Donna Turcotte | |
| Middleton Beach | 21-12-1998 | 15h30 | Standing | 2 puncture wounds in left leg | NO | 21yo Megan O'Leary | |
| Middleton Beach | 14-12-1998 | Afternoon | Surfing | Leg injured | NO | 21yo | |
| South Neptune Island | 27-06-1998 | 14h00 | Thought to involve a 5.5 m white shark named Kong | Free diving for abalone | FATAL, left thigh and lower leg severely injured | YES | 26yo Doug Chesser |
| Whale Beach | 27-01-1998 | 20h00 | Shark involvement not confirmed | Spearfishing | Missing, thought to have been taken by a shark | NO | 31yo male |
| Middleton Beach | 16-01-1998 | Afternoon | Surfing | 20 punctures in right foot | NO | Greg Anderson | |
| Albany | 08-11-1997 | Morning | White shark | Scuba diving (submerged riding a scooter) | Left arm lacerated when shark grabbed scooter | NO | 42yo Kevin Hulkes |
| Botany Bay? | 04-11-1997 | Shark involvement prior to death suspected but not confirmed | Unknown | 5 m white shark obsrved feeding on remains 6 days later | NO | 21yo Luke McIntyre |
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