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This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and November 2025 there were 312 fatal shark attacks in Australia.[1] Since 2000 there have been 59 fatal shark attacks in Australia. Including 23 incidents since 2020.[2]

2020s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
2025-11-27 06:30 NSW Crowdy Bay - Kylies Beach bull swimming Livia Mulheim female 25 major lacerations [4]
2025-09-06 10:00 NSW Sydney - Long Reef Beach coastal white surfing Mercury Psillakis male 57 legs severed [5][6]
2025-03-10 12:10 WA Esperance - Wharton Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Steven Payne male 37 body not recovered [7][8] 1277
2025-02-03 16:45 Qld Moreton Bay - Bribie Island - Woorim Beach coastal - surf beach bull swimming Charlize Zmuda female 17 Injuries to upper body [9] 1271
2025-01-02 SA Australian Bight - Westall coastal - surf beach white surfing Lance Appleby male 26 body not recovered [10] 1269
2024-12-28 16:37 Qld Keppel Bay - Humpy Island island - open ocean spearfishing Luke Walford male 40 major laceration - neck [11] 1268
2023-12-28 13:30 SA Spencer Gulf - Yorke Penisula - Ethel Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Khai Cowley male 15 leg bitten off [12][13] 1249
2023-10-31 10:20 SA Australian Bight - Streaky Bay coastal - surf beach white surfing Tod Gendle male 55 body not recovered [14] 1240
2023-05-13 SA Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks coastal - surf beach whaler surfing Simon Baccanello male 46 remains not recovered [15][16] 1231
2023-02-04 15:00 WA Swan River - N Fremantle river bull swimming Stella Berry female 16 major lacerations - leg [17][18] 1223
2022-02-16 16:35 NSW Little Bay Beach, Sydney coastal - bay to open ocean white - 4.5m swimming, in an area with fishing activity Simon Nellist male 35 consumed [19][20] 1202
2022-11-06 10:00 WA Fremantle - Port Beach coastal white swimming Paul Millachip male 57 bitten in half [21] 1193
2021-09-05 11:45 NSW Coffs Harbour - Emerald Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Timothy Thompson male 31 Multiple injuries [22] 1189
2021-05-18 11:00 NSW Forster - Tuncurry Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Mark Sanguinetti male 59 leg injury [23][24] 1181
2021-01-21 17:00 SA Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks coastal - surf beach white snorkelling Duncan Craw male 32 major lacerations [25] 1168
2020-11-22 08:45 WA Broome - Cable Beach coastal bull surfing Charles Cernobori male 55 [26][27] 1163
2020-10-09 16:00 WA Esperance - Wylie Bay coastal - bay to open ocean white surfing Andrew Sharpe male 52 Body not recovered [28][29] 1158
2020-09-08 17:00 Qld Gold Coast - Greenmount Beach coastal white surfing Nick Slater male 46 [30][31] 1154
2020-07-11 14:30 NSW Northern Rivers - Wooli Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Mani Hart-Deville male 15 legs injured [32][33] 1149
2020-07-04 14:00 Qld Fraser Island - Indian Head coastal - open ocean whaler snorkelling, in an area with fishing activity Matthew Tratt male 36 lacerations - leg, foot [34] 1147
2020-06-07 10:00 NSW Kingscliff - Casuarina Beach coastal - ocean beach white surfing Rob Pedretti male 60 thigh bitten [3][35][36] 1142
2020-04-06 Qld North West Island island - open ocean reef swimming Zachary Robba male 23 injuries to arm, leg, torso [37] 1137
2020-01-05 13:00 WA Esperance - Cull Island island - open ocean white diving Gary Johnson[38] male 57 [39] 1131


2010s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
2018-11-05 17:30 Qld Whitsunday Islands - Cid Harbour coastal swimming Daniel Christidis male 33 [40][41] 1096
2017-04-17 16:00 WA Esperance - Wylie Bay coastal - bay to open ocean white surfing Laeticia Brouwer female 17 leg ripped off [42] 1064
2016-06-05 Late morning WA Perth - Mindarie - One Mile Reef pelagic - reef white diving Doreen Collyer [43] female 60 3 limbs removed [44] 1035
2016-05-31 Dusk WA Mandurah - Gearies Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Ben Gerring male 29 leg removed [45] 1033
2016-02-16 Qld Kennedy Shoal white diving Steven Foster male 54 Body not recovered [46]
2015-07-25 07:00 Tas Lachlan Point - Maria Island coastal - bay to open ocean white - 3.9 m [13 ft] to 4.2 m [14 ft] diving Damian Johnson male 46 major lacerations - torso, pelvic region [47] 1007
2015-02-09 09:55 NSW Ballina - Shelly Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Tadashi Nakahara male 41 legs severed [48][49] 995
2014-12-30 12:20 WA Cheynes Beach coastal - beach to open ocean white spearfishing Jay Muscat male 17 multiple injuries [50] 987
2014-12-15 11:30 Qld Port Douglas - Rudder Reef island open ocean - reef tiger spearfishing Daniel Smith male 18 major lacerations - arm, thigh [51] 988
2014-09-09 10:40 NSW Byron Bay - Clarkes Beach coastal - surf beach white snorkelling Paul Wilcox male 50 major lacerations - thigh [52][53] 977
2014-04-03 08:50 NSW South Coast - Tathra Beach coastal white swimming, in an area with bait fish present Christine Armstrong female 63 remains not recovered [54] 968
2014-02-08 12:00 SA Gulf St Vincent - Yorke Peninsula - Goldsmith Beach coastal white spearfishingwith bait fish Sam Kellett male 28 remains not recovered [55][56] 964
2013-11-30 14:00 NSW Coffs - Campbells Beach[3] coastal tiger surfing, in an area with whales present Zac Young male 19 major lacerations - arm, torso, leg [57][58] 961
2013-11-23 09:00 WA Gracetown - Umbies Break coastal - surf beach white surfing, in an area with dolphins and baitfish present Chris Boyd male 35 major lacerations - leg [59] 960
2012-07-14 09:05 WA Wedge Island coastal - surf beach white surfing Ben Linden male 24 remains not recovered [60] 943
2012-03-31 09:30 WA Bunbury - Stratham Beach coastal - ocean beach white diving Peter Kurmann male 33 [61] 935
2011-10-22 13:25 WA Rottnest Island - Little Armstrong Bay coastal - surf beach white diving George Wainwright male 32 major lacerations - torso [62] 919
2011-10-09 08:10 WA Perth - Cottesloe Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming Bryn Martin male 64 eaten whole [63] 921
2011-09-04 13:26 WA Dunsborough - Bunker Bay - The Boneyards coastal - surf beach white surfing, in an area with dolphins and seals present Kyle James Burden male 21 major lacerations - leg [64] 918
2011-08-29 19:30 Qld Palm island - Challenger Bay island open ocean tiger swimming 'Rooster' male 48 major lacerations - torso [65] 917
2011-02-17 18:20 SA Australian Bight - Coffin Bay - Perforated Island island open ocean whites - 2 diving, in an area with other sharks present Peter Clarkson male 49 remains not recovered [66] 911
2010-08-17 08:05 WA Gracetown - Cowaramup Bay - South Point Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing, in an area with seals Nicholas Edwards male 31 leg severed [67] 906

2000s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
2008-12-27 07:00 WA Rockingham - Port Kennedy Beach coastal - surf beach white snorkeling, in an area with baitfish present Brian Guest male 51 remains not recovered [68] 867
2008-04-08 08:05 NSW Ballina - Lighthouse Beach coastal - surf beach bull surfing, near a rivermouth (discharge site) Peter Edmonds male 16 major lacerations - thigh, calf [69][70] 860
2006-01-07 17:15 Qld North Stradbroke Island - Amity Point coastal - surf beach bull swimming Sarah Whiley female 21 major lacerations - leg, hand [71] 828
2005-08-24 16:10 SA Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Glenelg Beach coastal - ocean beach white diving Jarrod Stehbens male 23 major laceration - torso [72] 819
2005-03-19 14:00 WA Houtman Abrolhos - Pelsaert Island - Wreck Point island open ocean white snorkeling Geoffrey Brazier male 26 major laceration - torso [73] 815
2004-12-16 15:15 SA Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach coastal - beach to open ocean white - 2 surfing Nick Peterson male 18 fully consumed [74] 811
2004-12-11 13:00 Qld Port Douglas - Opal Reef pelagic - reef tiger spearfishing Mark Thompson male 38 major laceration - thigh [75] 810
2004-07-10 14:10 WA Gracetown - Lefthanders near Margaret River coastal - surf beach white - 2 surfing Bradley Smith male 30 eaten whole [76] 804
2003-02-08 Morning Qld Gold Coast river bull swimming, in an area with Pinnipeds present Bob Purcell male 84 major lacerations - leg [77] 779
2002-12-16 02:30 Qld Lake Heron, Miami Lakes river bull swimming Beau Martin male 23 major lacerations - torso, leg [78] 775
2002-04-30 12:40 SA Australian Bight - Smoky Bay - near Saddle Point coastal white diving for scallops Paul Buckland male 23 major lacerations - leg [79] 770
2000-11-06 06:30 WA Perth - Cottesloe Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming, in an area with a seal present Ken Crew male 49 torso attacked [80] 749
2000-09-25 13:00 SA Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Elliston - Blacks coastal - reef white surfing near a seal and dolphins Jevan Wright male 17 fully consumed [81][82][83] 743
2000-09-24 07:30 SA Australian Bight - Ceduna - Cactus Beach coastal - reef white surfing, in an area with Pinnipeds present Cameron Bayes male 25 fully consumed [84] 744

1990s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1999-05-29 14:30 SA Spencer Gulf - Yorke Peninsula - Hardwicke Bay - Flahertys Beach coastal white boarding or windsurfing Tony Donoghue male 22 body not recovered [85] 729
1998-06-28 14:00 SA Australian Bight - S Neptune Island coastal white snorkeling, in an area with seals present Doug Chesher male 26 leg injuries [86] 723
1997-01-20 18:00 WA Geraldton tiger[87] windsurfing[87] Werner Schonhofer male 41 eaten whole [87][88][89]
1995-09-11 15:00 WA Hopetoun - Honeymoon Island island open ocean white diving David Alan Weir male 29 eaten in half [90] 691
1993-11-21 15:15 WA Broome - Roebuck Bay coastal - bay to open ocean tiger diving Richard Peter Bisley male 27 [91] 678
1993-06-09 09:30 NSW Byron Bay - Julian Rocks coastal - surf beach white diving John Ford male 31 consumed [92] 677
1993-06-05 10:55 Tas Tenth Island - Georgetown island open ocean white diving, in an area with seals and scuba diving present Therese Cartwright female 35 remains not recovered [93] 676
1992-10-01 14:30 Qld Moreton Island - North Point coastal white surfing Michael Docherty male 28 [94] 672
1991-09-08 15:00 SA Gulf St Vincent - Aldinga Beach coastal white diving Jonathon Lee male 19 major lacerations - torso [95] 665
1990-04-08 14:00 Qld Townsville - Dingo Reef island open ocean - reef tiger freediving for trochus Robert Bullen male 37 body not recovered [96] 653

1980s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1989-03-09 20:15 SA Encounter Bay - Waitpinga Beach coastal white surfing Matthew Foale male 27 major lacerations - thigh [97] 643
1988-11-08 Early morning Qld North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon open ocean tiger - 3 swimming with a dinghy, after ship sank Bruce Coucom male 17 bitten in torso before shark swam away, body in mouth [98] 636
1988-11-07 Nightfall Qld North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon tiger - 2 swimming with a dinghy, after ship sank Cedric Coucom male 62 [99] 635
1987-09-18 SA Adelaide - Marino Rocks coastal white diving, in an area with dolphins present Terrance Gibson male 47 [100] 628
1987-02 Vic Mornington Peninsula - Wilsons Prom coastal - open ocean white surfing, in an area withspearfishing male[3] major lacerations [3][101] 625
1986-01 Qld Torres Strait - Muralag (Prince of Wales Island) island open ocean tiger spearfishing male [3] 617
1985-03-03 12:30 SA Spencer Gulf - Port Lincoln - Wisemans Beach[3] coastal white diving for scallops Shirley Durdin female 33 major lacerations - torso; victim consumed [102] 614
1984-11-30 12:33 Qld Mackay - Blacks Beach coastal - surf beach tiger fell into water while sailing on catamaran Nicholas Bos male 16 major lacerations - arm, head, torso [103] 611
1983-07-26 04:00 Qld Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef ocean - pelagic tiger - 5 m [16 ft 5 in] adrift after prawn trawling vessel sank Linda Ann Horton female 21 remains not recovered; seized by the chest and taken underwater [104] 601
1983-07-25 Night Qld Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef pelagic tiger - 5 m [16 ft 5 in] shark swimming from the New Venture Dennis Patrick Murphy male 24 remains not recovered; leg bitten, then dragged underwater [105] 600
1982-03-07 12:00 NSW Byron Bay - Tallow Beach coastal - surf beach white surfing Martin Ford male 20 major lacerations - leg [106] 598
1982-02-28 Tas South Cape Bay coastal - bay to open ocean white ≈ Geert Talen male 32 remains not recovered [107] 597

1970s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1977-08-23 16:00 Qld Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - Buddina Beach (south of Noosa) coastal - surf beach tiger floating on an inflatable raft George Walter male 25 major lacerations - arm, torso, foot [108] 579
1977-03-13 16:30 Qld near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay coastal tiger drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship Victor Beaver male 74 taken [109] 577
1977-03-13 16:30 Qld near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay coastal tiger drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship John Hayes male 45 remains not recovered [110] 576
1975-07-30 13:00 Tas Bruny Island - Fluted Cape coastal - open ocean white diving Robert Slack male 37 remains not recovered [111] 572
1975-02-10 18:00 SA Australian Bight - Ceduna - Point Sinclair coastal - bay to open ocean white swimming near cray pots, in water containing fresh blood and offal Wade Shipard male 12 major lacerations - bit leg off [112] 568
1975-01-19 11:00 SA Australian Bight - Port Lincoln - Almonta Beach coastal white surfing David Barrowman male 17 major lacerations - torso [113] 566
1974-09-01 Qld Stradbroke Island - Jumpinpin pelagic - open ocean tiger drifting in the current after boat sank Adrian Treveluwe male 30 major lacerations - torso [114] 564
1974-01-09 13:00 SA Australian Bight - Streaky Bay - Highcliff coastal white diving Terry Manuel male 26 major lacerations - arm, leg, torso [115] 563
1971-12-05 15:00 Qld Gladstone - Cape Capricorn open ocean tiger swimming Gregory Carroll male 20 remains not recovered [116] 552
1971-09-05 SA Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide coastal fishing Leslie Harris male 51 suffered three heart attacks shortly after a shark bite [117]

1960s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1967-08-19 11:00 WA Jurien Bay coastal - bay to open ocean white spearfishing, in an area with pinnipeds and other sharks present Robert Bartle male 23 major laceration - torso (bitten in two) [118] 543
1966-05-20 After dark NSW Jervis Bay coastal - bay white Shipwreck Daniel Mangel male 38 major lacerations - arm, shoulder [119][120]
1966-05-20 Night NSW Jervis Bay coastal - bay white Shipwreck Kor Van Helden male 40 consumed [121]
1965-11-21 Qld near Brisbane unconfirmed 4.7 m [15 ft] shark fishing from a boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark Gordon Hobrook male 43 [122]
1964-11-18 13:30 Qld Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty Glenthorne Prior male 29 [123]
1963-01-28 13:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour estuary - bay bull standing in water Marcia Hathaway female 32 major lacerations - leg [124] 523
1962-12-09 14:30 SA Gulf St Vincent - Carrickalinga Headland coastal white spearfishing, with baitfish Geoffrey Corner male 16 major lacerations - leg [125] 522
1961-12-28 16:15 Qld Mackay - Lamberts Beach coastal - surf beach unconfirmed 3 m [9 ft 10 in] shark swimming Margaret Hobbs female 18 major lacerations - arms (right severed at shoulder, left hand severed), leg; died the next day [126] 516
1961-12-18 06:15 Qld Sunshine Coast - Noosa Heads - Main Beach coastal - surf beach bull surfing John Grayson Andrews male 22 major lacerations - leg (severed), arm [127] 514
1960-01-16 15:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - Roseville Bridge estuary - bay bull snorkelling, in an area with baitfish present Kenneth Murray male 13 major lacerations - leg (severed) [128][129] 499

1950s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1959-12-19 06:00 Qld Moreton Bay - off Wynnum tiger dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas Stanley Arthur Mullen male 29 [130] 496
1959-01-17 16:30 Tas Port Arthur - Safety Cove coastal - bay to open ocean white - multiple swimming Brian Derry male 22 body not recovered [131] 489
1958-11-23 15:15 Qld Surfers Paradise coastal unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] shark swimming Peter Gerard Spronk male 21 [132] 486
1958-03 Qld Torres Strait - Masig (Yorke) Island island open ocean [3] 483
1957-02 WA Cape Leveque coastal - open ocean [3] 475
1956-03-04 16:45 Vic Portsea Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming John Wishart male 26 [133] 471
1956-02-26 11:00 Qld Mackay - Pioneer River - Rocklea Reach river unknown - 1.8 m [5.9 ft] shark diving into water Barry Keith Antonini male 15 large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed [134] 467
1955-03-09 18:00 NSW Central Coast - Wamberal Beach coastal white swimming Noel Langford male 22 body not recovered [135] 464
1955-02-05 14:35 NSW Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay estuary - bay bull swimming Bruno Rautenberg male 25 legs mauled [3][citation needed] 463
1955-01-18 14:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - BalmoralBeach - Wyargine Point estuary - bay Bronze Whaler spearfishing John Willis male 13 [136] 462
1954-12-11 11:00 Vic Point Lonsdale white swimming Lawrence Burns male 23 [137]
1954-09-14 Qld Torres Strait - Erub (Darley Island) island open ocean spearfishing male [138]
1954-09-04 Qld Torres Strait - Erub (Darley Island) island open ocean unknown - 2.7 m [9 ft]shark spearfishing, hunting crayfish Kapua Gutchen male 35 [139]
1954-02-27 17:15 NSW Central Coast - The Entrance coastal white swimming Reg Fabrizius male 23 right thigh bitten [140] 459
1951-12-06 16:00 NSW Newcastle - Merewether Beach coastal white swimming Frank Olkulich male 21 major lacerations - arm, leg, torso [141] 442
1951-10-22 19:10 Qld Townsville - Kissing Point Beach ocean baths coastal tiger swimming Arthur James Kenealey male 42 major lacerations - hand, torso, thigh [142] 441
1951-09-04 Qld Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton river bull Body found on deserted luxury yacht Dr. E. Al Joske male 56 major lacerations - leg, torso [143] 440
1950-12-16 16:15 Qld Brisbane - Palm Beach North, 5 miles [8.0 km] north of Burleigh Heads coastal tiger treading water Desmond Quinlan, a lifesaver male 20 major lacerations - leg, torso [144] 436
1950-04-09 Qld Cairns - Ella Bay - Cooper Point coastal tiger Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis John McDonald male 50 major lacerations [145] 433


1940s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1949-11-12 Vic Port Phillip - Middle Brighton Pier coastal - bay unknown unknown John W Smith male body, without head or hands found in bay [146]
1949-08-28 13:20 Qld Cairns - Yorkeys Knob Beach coastal swimming James Howard male 34 right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated [147] 430
1949-04-17 13:30 Qld Cairns - Ellis Beach coastal unknown - 3.3 m [11 ft] shark bathing in water 90 cm [2 ft 11 in] deep Richard Joseph Maguire male 13 left leg severed [148] 426
1949-01-23 15:00 NSW Newcastle - Bar Beach coastal white swimming Ray Land male 20 [149]
1948-12-27 WA Lancelin Island tiger swimming Arthur Strahan male 17 eaten whole [150]
1948-12-26 11:30 Qld Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - King's Beach coastal - surf beach Treading water, waiting for a wave Eric Keys male 28 left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee [151] 419
1948-02-12 NSW Newcastle - Stockton Beach coastal white swimming Ronald Johnson male 16 legs mauled [152] 417
1947-11-30 Qld Moreton Bay D. Smith 78 [153]
1947-11-08 16:00 NSW Port Macquarie - Wilson River river white swimming Edwin Elford male 12 leg severed [154] 413
1946-11-20 Qld Torres Strait - Thursday Island - 64 km off island open ocean - reef pearl diving from lugger Esrona Johnson, a Torres Strait Islander man male 30 right arm severed [155] 409
1946-08-18 15:20 Qld Cairns - Ellis Beach coastal unknown - 4.3 m [14 ft 1 in] shark swimming after a tennis ball Phillip South Collin male 30 body not recovered [156] 407
1946-04-19 13:30 Qld Cairns - Trinity Beach coastal swimming Robert McAuliffe male 17 [157] 406
1946-01-05 NSW Sydney - Georges River, Oatley Bay river unknown swimming Valma Tegel female 14 both legs severed [158] 404
1945-06-15 16:00 Qld Cairns - Trinity Beach coastal swimming E. J. McHugh male [159] 402
1943-05-14 After 04:00 Qld off Brisbane awaiting rescue from a hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during WWII [160]
1942-12-26 10:50 NSW Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay estuary unknown swimming Denise Burch female 15 legs bitten [161] 398
1942-01-04 15:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay estuary unknown swimming Zita Steadman female 28 bitten in two [162] 393
1941-10 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean tiger swimming male [3] 390
1940-12-28 09:00 NSW Newcastle - Stockton Beach coastal tiger swimming Clarence Hammond male 23 injuries to torso [163] 388
1940-02-04 14:00 NSW Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands estuary - bay to open ocean unknown wading John William Eke male 55 injuries to both arms [164] 385
1940-01-23 10:40 NSW Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands estuary - bay to open ocean tiger swimming Maxwell Farrin male 13 left leg severed [165] 384

1930s

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Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1939-12-14 12:15 Qld Mackay - Rubbish Dump Creek river 2.6 m [8.5 ft] shark landed 2 hours later swimming Frank Gurran male 20 left foot & right leg bitten [166] 380
1938-12-27 NSW Urunga unknown swimming Daniel Graham male 19 not recovered [167]
1938-07-12 NT Off Bathurst Island Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru Okada male 25 body not recovered [168] 372
1938-06 Qld Torres Strait island open ocean - reef diving male body not recovered 371
1937-11-11 Qld Ota/Otter Reef unconfirmed - 3.7 m [12 ft] shark diving for trochus Nelan Kris male 17 [169] 366
1937-10-27 17:30 Qld Coolangatta - Kirra Beach coastal tiger - A 3.6 m [12 ft], 850 kg [1,870 lb] female contained Girvan's remains swimming Norman Girvan male 18 remains found in shark [170] 364
1937-10-27 17:30 Qld Coolangatta - Kirra Beach coastal tiger swimming Jack Brinkley male 25 [171] 363
1937-07-16 NT Elcho Island pearl diving Japanese hard hat diver male [172]
1937-05-15 Night Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary 2 days later a 270 kg [600 lb] shark was caught 91 m [100 yd] from the site swimming across the river after being refused permission to cross on the ferry William Tennant male 33 major lacerations - leg, hand [173] 360
1937-02-13 15:20 NSW Newcastle - Bar Beach coastal white swimming John Welsh male 32 major lacerations - torso, leg [174] 358
1936-12-12 11:30 NSW Newcastle - Throsby Creek estuary unknown swimming George Lundberg male 15 leg severed [175] 356
1936-12-01 Vic Mordialloc white fishing Charles Swann male 46 [176]
1936-06-26 Qld Torres Strait - Nepean Island island open ocean tiger - 2.4 m [7 ft 10 in] swimming to surface after diving for trochus Willie, an Indigenous Australian male 16 [177] 351
1936-02-04 15:00 NSW Sydney - Manly - S Steyne coastal - surf beach white swimming David Paton male 14 body not recovered [178] 345
1936-01-22 18:00 SA Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach coastal - beach to open ocean white swimmer Ray Bennett male 13 [179] 344
1936 Vic Port Phillip swimming male [180]
1935-08-26 Night Qld at Flat Top, near Mackay pelagic unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy Patrick Quinn male 38 body not recovered, but sharks were caught with human remains thought to be those of Quinn [181]
1935-08-13 Qld Torres Strait - Warrior Reefs pelagic diving for beche-de-mer from lugger Barani, a Papuan male right buttock & thigh bitten [182] 340
1935-03-09 12:30 NSW Maroubra Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming Ernest MacDonald male 27 multiple injuries [183] 335
1935-03-02 17:30 NSW Sydney - North Narrabeen Beach coastal - surf beach white standing Herbert McFarlane male 22 thigh bitten [184] 338
1935-01 Qld Torres strait - unknown pearl beds island open ocean - reef tiger swimming male 333
1934-12-31 16:30 NSW Georges River Moorebank estuary unknown swimming Richard Soden male 19 left leg bitten [185] 330
1934-12-23 13:00 NSW Central Coast - Horsefield Bay - Brisbane Waters estuary unknown swimming Roy Inman male 14 [186] 331
1934-10-22 Qld Torres Strait - Warrior Reef Islands island open ocean - reef freediving for trochus shell (submerged) David Younger, a Torres Strait Islander male forearm lacerated; died of gas gangrene 13 days later [187] 327
1934-10-09 NT Cobourg Peninsula - Redcliff coastal bathing Aboriginal woman female 38 [188] 328
1934-08-26 Qld off Eva Island 32 km [20 miles] from Cardwell coastal Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately Robert Steele male body not recovered [189] 326
1934-04-01 12:30 NSW Sydney - Manly, North Steyne coastal - surf beach white swimming Leon Hermes male 15 right leg injures [190] 325
1934-03-12 15:00 NSW Sydney - Dee Why Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming Frank Athol Riley male 17 leg removed [191] 323
1933-11-20 Qld Torres Strait - near Boydong Cay tiger - 3.4 m [11 ft 2 in] freediving for trochus Bili, a Papuan male right buttock & thigh bitten [192] 316
1933-01-04 17:30 Qld Townsville - Strand Beach, Kissing Point coastal swimming Stanley Victor Locksley male 38 285 [193] 309
1932-05-12 Qld Torres Strait - near Warrior Reefs island open ocean pearl diving Henry Solomon, Cape York native male [194] 305
1931-08-01 Qld Port Douglas fell overboard? Llewellyn Roberts male [195]
1931-03-22 Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary fishing with a cast net Arthur Tomida male 19 left thigh bitten [196] 299
1930-12-31 NSW Parramatta River unknown male [citation needed]
1930-12-13 NSW Sydney Harbour estuary unknown fell overboard Frank Kenny male [197]
1930-07 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean tiger snorkelling male 16 292
1930-06-04 Qld Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island island open ocean Ibigan, a Torres Strait Islander male [198] 291
1930-02-15 16:30 Vic Port Philip - Middle Brighton Pier coastal - bay white swimming Norman Clark male 18 [199] 289

1920s

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Year Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1929 1929-12-26 NSW Sydney Harbour - Bald Rock Wharf, White Bay estuary unknown swimming William Oakley male 16 multiple injuries [200] 285
1929 1929-12-03 (reported) Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary male 50s [201] 283
1929 1929-09-01 Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately Edward William Hobbs male 42 both legs injured [202] 281
1929 1929-04-09 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean male [203]
1929 1929-04-04 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean swimming between boats Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander male [204]
1929 1929-03-12 Qld Torres Strait - Dauan Island island open ocean bathing a Torres Strait Islander schoolboy male [205] 275
1929 1929-02-18 15:30 NSW Sydney - Maroubra Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming Allan Butcher male 20 multiple injuries [206] 269
1929 1929-02-08 16:00 NSW Sydney - Bondi Beach coastal - surf beach white swimming John Gibson male 39 leg injuries [207] 270
1929 1929-01-27 17:30 Qld Townsville - Magnetic Island - Alma Bay coastal swimming Harry Weatherall male 18 right buttock lacerated, arms severed [208] 265
1929 1929-01-12 18:10 NSW Sydney - Bondi Beach coastal - surf beach white Body surfing Colin Stewart male 14 leg injuries [209] 267
1928 1928-04-04 18:00 NSW Newcastle - Cooks Hill - Bar Beach coastal unknown standing in waist-deep water Edward Arthur Lane male 28 right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh [210] 262
1928 1928-03-28 (reported) Qld Bob male [211]
1928 1928-02-20 Qld near Barrow Point island open ocean - reef pearl diving Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander male [212] 258
1928 1928-01-27 Qld Torres Strait - Deliverance Island island open ocean Retrieving meat from a cage in the water Harry Envoldt male 78 [213] 257
1927 1927-05-09 (reported) Qld off Cairns coastal walking Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander male [214] 255
1927 1927-01-03 11:30 NSW Sydney - Port Hacking - Grays Point river unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft 2 in] swimming Mervwyn Allum male 15 leg bitten from thigh to ankle [215] 250
1927 1927 NSW 24 km [15 miles] up the Cataract River river swimming male 10 shoulder bitten 24 km [15 miles] up the Cataract River [216]
1926 1926-12-02 Qld Palm Island island open ocean - reef diving for trochus Norman Skeen male [217] 248
1926 1926-03-17 15:45 SA Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Brighton Pier[3] coastal - ocean beach white swimming Primrose Whyte female [218] 245
1925 1925-11-22 15:15 WA Perth - Cottesloe Beach coastal - surf beach white Floating on his back Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton male 55 thigh & torso bitten [219] 244
1925 1925-03-12 15:15 NSW Newcastle Beach coastal unknown swimming Jack Canning male 16 right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel [220] 243
1924 1924-04-25 Afternoon NSW Kiama - Blowhole coastal - ocean beach unknown fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore Ernest Conroy male 20 partial remains recovered [221] 240
1924 1924-01-09 16:00 NSW Sydney - Parramatta River - near Camellia river unknown - 3 m [9.8 ft] swimming soon after diving into water Charles Brown male 16 right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated [222] 237
1923 1923-12-02 NSW Bellinger Heads - Urunga coastal white fishing in waist-deep water James Elton male disappeared while attempting to haul in a catch [223]
1923 1923-11-23 WA Port Headland - Condon Creek coastal - open ocean dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour Selim Opre, a local Aboriginal man male partial remains found [224] 235
1923 1923-11-23 WA Port Headland - Condon Creek coastal - open ocean dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour Dea Opre, a local Aboriginal man male body not recovered [224] 234
1923 1923-11-02 NSW Bellinger Heads suspected shark involvement fishing male body not recovered [225]
1923 1923-06-16 NSW Wollongong - Bellambi coastal white Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark J. Rigby male taken by shark; two other men drowned, only 1 man survived [226] 232
1923 1923-05-22 Midday Qld Great Barrier Reef pelagic - reef diving? Keizo Masoyo male [227] 229
1923 1923-01-27 WA Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont river swimming Charles Topsail Robertson male 13 back of thigh bitten [228] 226
1920 - 1923 Qld Great Barrier Reef three (3) Japanese divers males [229]
1922 1922-12-05 09:15 Qld Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Pialba Beach coastal - beach to open ocean a 2.7 m [8 ft 10 in] "blue" shark bathing in water - depth 1.2 m [3.9 ft] Alfred Gassman male 19 severe injuries to torso [230] 225
1922 1922-04-26 NSW Hawkesbury River river unknown swimming William A Munro male [231]
1922 1922-03-02 11:00 NSW Sydney - Coogee Beach coastal - surf beach white - 2.4 m [7.9 ft] bathing in knee-deep water Mervyn Gannon male 21 right hand severed; lacerations on left thigh & left hand; died of gas gangrene [232] 224
1922 1922-02-04 15:30 NSW Sydney - Coogee Beach coastal - surf beach thought to be a white swimming Milton Coughlan male 18 both arms & shoulder bitten [233] 223
1922 1922-01-15 17:30 Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary swimming Robert Milroy male 54 [234] 222
1922 1922-01-04 Evening NSW Newcastle - Stockton Beach surfing John Manning Rowe male 26 disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore [235]
1921 1921-11-27 Morning Qld Brisbane River -Bulimba Reach - Gay's Corner river fell from his father's back into the water George Jack male 8 body not recovered [236] 218
1921 1921-10-04 Afternoon Qld Great Barrier Reef pelagic diving for beche-de-mer Yoichi Schamok male 22 left thigh bitten [237]
1920 1920-01-24 (reported) Qld Arlington Reef pelagic - reef freediving a Japanese diver male [238] 217
1920 1920-01-15 10:00 NSW Newcastle - Throsby Creek estuary unknown swimming David Miller male leg bitten [239] 207

1910s

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Year Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1919 1919-12-07 05:30 NSW Macleay River - Pelican Island river unknown swimming James Ridley male 47 left leg & calf bitten [240] 206
1919 1919-01-09 07:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove estuary unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] wading Richard Simpson male 13 right thigh bitten [241] 203
1919 1919-01-05 10:00 Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary wading while shrimping Jack Hoey male 38 thigh bitten [242] 204
1918 1918-11 1500 Qld Arlington Reef - Green Island pelagic tiger snorkelling male major lacerations - torso [3] 201
1918 1918-09-19 Qld Townsville - Strand Beach coastal bathing Joseph Bartlett male 22 [243] 200
1916 1916-12 QLD Yeppoon - Mens Beach coastal tiger swimming male 26 major lacerations - calf [3] 191
1916 1916-12-08 09:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Point - Seven Shillings Beach estuary unknown returning to shore after rescuing wife from shark attack, 1 m [1.1 yd] from the shore Walter C German male 41 right arm severed, chest punctured [244]
1916 1916-11 WA Port Headland - Condon Creek coastal - open ocean tiger snorkelling male major lacerations - leg [3] 189
1916 1916-11-10 06:00 Qld Townsville - Strand Beach coastal swimming Walter Gregson male [245] 187
1916 1916-11-09 Evening Qld Townsville - Kissing Point Camp coastal bathing Robert Alexander Poultney male 27 [246] 186
1916 1916-04-25 NSW Manly Beach coastal - surf beach swimming Thomas Harrington male [247]
1916 1916-04-03 Vic Carrum clinging to overturned rowing boat Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill males 17 [248]
1915 1915-01-01 NSW Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove estuary unknown bathing about 91 m [100 yd] from shore Warren Tooze male 17 upper leg injury [249] 180
1914 1914-06-10 Afternoon Vic Port Phillip - Sandringham Beach coastal - bay swimming Mr Croxford male 43 [250] 177
1912 1912-01-26 15:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River - Figtree river unconfirmed - 2.8 m [9 ft 2 in] whaler type shark, possibly a bull swimming James Edward Morgan male 21 [251][252] 161
1912 1912-01-01 Morning Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary bathing Samuel Tristing male [253] 162
1911 1911-03 Qld Torres Strait - Thursday Island island open ocean tiger swimming male 16 major lacerations - torso, thigh [3] 158
1910 1910-12-23 WA Green Island[254] escaping a shipwrecked pearling schooner captain and all but one crew males [255]
1910 1910-01-26 NSW Newcastle Harbour estuary Alfred Victor Clulow male 16 [256] 153

1900s

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Year Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1909 1909-12-15 NSW 40 km [25 miles] off Sydney open ocean unknown fell overboard Mr C Witt male [257]
1909 1909-06-18 Qld Middleton Reef, 560 km [300 nmi] from Brisbane awaiting rescue following shipwreck some of the 17 dead were taken by sharks; others drowned or died of other causes; only legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered [258]
1908 1908-12-31 Qld Moreton Bay fell into the water Lieutenant Hexton male [259]
1908 1908-09-21 Qld Torres Strait - Thursday Island fell from the jetty Kong Choong Ting male remains recovered from 3 sharks [260]
1907 1907-12-23 NSW Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay estuary unknown; possibly a bull bathing Henry Jones male [261] 151
1907 1907-10-18 Qld Torres Strait - Thursday Island bathing male from the lugger Teazer male [262]
1907 1907-02-03 Morning Qld Townsville - Ross Creek estuary bathing William Williams male 18 [263] 148
1906 1906-09-05 Qld Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island swimming Smith male [264] 146
1906 1906-04-14 Qld Lizard Island island open ocean diving for beche-de-mer Charley male 17 [265] 145
1906 1906-01-28 14:10 NSW Sydney - Georges River - The Moons (near Lugarno) river unknown - large bathing William Joseph Dobson male 31 or 33 [266] 144
1905 1905-12 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean tiger snorkelling male major lacerations - thigh 143
1905 1905-03-25 Tas Bridport bathing Charles Taylor male [267]
pre–1906 NSW Sydney Harbour - under Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour Bull or Grey Nurse swimming in murky water near floating logs an Arab boy male not recovered [268]
1904 1904-02-07 Qld Brisbane swimming after his hat George Grant male [269]
1903 1903-06-21 NSW Sydney - Georges River river Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack Boat capsized in the water William Price male [270][271]
1903 1903-03-12 Qld Logan River river swimming William Bartlett male [272] 139
1903 1903-01-10 NSW Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River estuary unknown Sydney James male [273] 137
1902 1902-01-25 NSW Kerosene Bay unknown dangling feet in the water John Ogier male [274]
pre–1903 WA Broome - Roebuck Bay coastal - bay to open ocean diving male [275]
pre–1903 WA pearl diving Ahmun male [276]
1901 1901-01-30 Qld Brisbane River - Rowing Club river bathing John Thompson male thigh bitten [277] 130
1900 1900-12-27 NSW Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour - Folly Point estuary - bay unknown bathing Thomas Houstan male [278] 128
1900 1900-11 Qld Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds island open ocean snorkelling male [3] 127

Before 1900

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Year Date Time State Area Site category[3] Species Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Reference UIN[3]
1898 1898-12-28 Qld The Narrows unknown fell overboard James Waters male [279]
1898 1898-07-26 (reported) NSW Sydney swimming after their boat capsized Martin Gunner male 20 source labels incident as a 'questionable incident'; it was extract from newspaper advertising testimonial for pills [280]
1896 1896-11-29 WA Albany coastal - harbour swimming Davies male [281]
1896 1896-11-01 WA Esperance coastal - harbour boat swamped Louis male [282] 117
1896 1896-01-11 Afternoon NSW Sydney Harbour - Johnstons Bay - Pyrmont Baths estuary - bay unknown bathing William Ready male 11 [283] 116
1895 1895-12-16 NSW Jervis Bay estuary - bay unknown fishing Edward Bailey male [284]
1895 1895-12-09 NSW Sydney - West Balmain - Iron Cove Bridge estuary - bay unknown bathing Thomas John Terrill male 14 [285] 115
1895 1895-11 NSW Jervis Bay - Governors Head coastal - bay to open ocean a whaler swimming male body not recovered [3] 113
1895 1895-06-03 (reported) WA Barrow Island - Barrow Passage island open ocean - open ocean pearl diving a Japanese diver male [286] 112
1895 1895-02-27 NSW Sydney Harbour estuary - bay unknown swimming James Edward Clifton Donald male 14 [287] 110
1893 1893-04-04 16:30 Tas George's Bay - Chimney Point swimming ashore after boat capsized Joseph Meredith male [288]
1893 1893-01 Qld Claremont Isles National Park pelagic - reef tiger swimming male body not recovered [3] 106
1892 1892-03-06 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean Dress diving Mr A. Rotaman male bitten in two by shark after provoking it with a knife [289]
1892 1892-01 Qld Torres Strait - Badu Island island open ocean - reef tiger diving male major lacerations - torso [3] 101
1890 1890-12-30 Qld Moreton Bay swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall C. Gregory death may have been due to drowning [290]
1889 1889-07-08 Vic Port Phillip - Bay Heads pelagic - open ocean fell into the water male [291] 97
1888 1888-12-31 NSW Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney estuary - bay unknown Working on the bridge when he fell into the river Mr Ryland male [292]
1888 1888-12-09 13:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove Bridge estuary - bay unknown swimming Stephen Carter male 11 [293] 96
1887 1887-12-04 11:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - Ryde, Parramatta River river unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] to 4.6 m [15 ft] shark Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) male [294] 94
1886 1886-06-17 Qld Off Bribie Heads swimming after being washed overboard Lacoon male 18 [295]
1884 1884-01-14 SA Spencer Gulf - Port Pirie coastal white[3] - 2 sharks Fell overboard Miss Warren female 16 [296] 88
1883 1883-12-19 12:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Parramatta River - Blackwall estuary - bay unknown swimming Cuthbert Vere Lysaght male 21 [297] 86
1883 1883-02-25 NT Pearling beds diving male [298]
1883 1883-01-21 05:30 NSW Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove estuary - bay unknown bathing John Eaton male 37 [299] 85
1882 1882-12 WA Broome coastal - bay to open ocean tiger snorkelling male [3] 84
1882 1882-05-12 (reported) WA Broome - Ninety Mile Beach coastal - beach to open ocean pearl diving a Malay diver male major lacerations - torso [300] 83
1882 1882-04-15 NSW Lake Macquarie estuary unknown fishing male [301] 81
1882 1882-02-07 WA pearl diving a native diver male thigh bitten [302]
1882 1882-01-23 (reported) NSW Darling Harbour, Sydney unknown bathing George Sinclair male [303]
1881 1881-11 NSW Sydney Harbour - Rushcutters Bay estuary - bay bull swimming male body not recovered 78
1880 1880-11-25 Afternoon Qld Petrie Bight, Brisbane River - Kangaroo Point river swimming Alexey Drury male 12 feet bitten [304] 74
1880 1880 Tas St George's Bay male [305]
1880 1880-01 Qld Cairns - Fitzroy Island island open ocean tiger swimming male body not recovered 71
1879 1879-06 NSW Sydney Harbour - Darling Harbour estuary - bay bull swimming male major lacerations - leg 69
1878 NSW Sydney - Balmain estuary unknown bathing in 61 cm [2 ft] of water male 11 leg severed [306]
1877 1877-12-12 NSW near Sydney unknown washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady 2 males male [307]
1877 1877-01-28 Vic Port Phillip - Emerald Hill coastal - bay bathing William Marks male 30 flesh on legs torn out; bites to face and torso [308] 60
1876 1876-05-14 NSW Sydney Harbour estuary unknown swimming Frederick Brown male [309]
1876 1876-02-06 06:00[3] Vic Port Phillip - Albert Park pier coastal - bay bathing Peter Rooney male 18 major lacerations - leg, pelvic region[3] [310] 57
1876 1876-02 Qld Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds island open ocean tiger snorkelling male major lacerations - torso 56
1875 1875-10 Qld Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds island open ocean tiger snorkelling male major lacerations - leg 51
1876 NSW Sydney unknown an unnamed boy male [311]
1875 1875 WA Shark Bay Sitting on gunwale of boat Andrew Farmer male [312]
1872 1872-02-26 Qld Bramble Reef ship-wrecked some were taken by sharks [313]
1871 NSW Manning River river unknown male "caught by legs" [314]
1870 1870-12-31 Tas Derwent River Canoeing Sub Lieut Bowyer of HMS Chile male [315]
1865 1865-11 Vic Port Phillip - Williamstown coastal - bay white swimming male 33 major lacerations - thigh 39
1864 1864 Vic Port Phillip - Corio Bay swimming, attempting to rescue his dog who had fallen from his boat Mr Warren Jr male disappeared suddenly; shark involvement presumed [316]
1863 1863-04-30 Qld Sunshine Coast - Caloundra Heads coastal - surf beach unknown - 2 sharks launching a boat Mr Barnsfield male [317] 38
1863 1863-01 Qld Moreton Bay - Victoria Point coastal tiger swimming male body not recovered 36
1863 1863-01-10 Evening NSW Manning River - "Bellynahinch" river unknown bathing James Brown male 17 [318] 35
1862 1862-12-19 Qld Brisbane River river trying to catch a wounded bird male [319] 34
1858 1858-03-14 15:00 Vic Port Phillip - Hobsons Bay coastal - bay bathing Adolphe Bollander male 22 [320] 30
1855 1855-11 NSW Sydney Harbour - Millers Point estuary - bay bull swimming male major lacerations - leg 27
1855 1855-11-11 Vic Port Phillip - Williamstown coastal - bay swimming a seaman from whaling brig Curlew male [321]
1855 1855-07 Qld Torres Strait - Keriri (Hammond) Island island open ocean tiger swimming male major lacerations - torso 26
1855 1855-03-28 SA Gulf St Vincent - Port Wakefield Fell overboard Master Coleman male [322]
1853 1853 Qld Moreton Bay fell into the water James Hexton, pilot male [323]
1852 1852-10-09 NSW Coalcliff unknown fell overboard James Rogers male [324]
1850 1850-01 Qld Moreton Bay coastal tiger shark swimming male body not recovered 21
1849 1849-12-09 NSW Sydney Harbour estuary - bay bull male [325]
1849 1849-12-01 Afternoon NSW Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay estuary - bay unknown bathing a Sailor from the steamship Eagle male [326]
1849 1849-09-19 Vic Warrnambool swimming a sailor from the schooner Brother male [327]
1849 1849-01 WA Dunsborough - Castle Rock - Quindalup pelagic - open ocean white swimming male [3] 18
1845 1845-12-26 NSW Newcastle unknown fishing; fell overboard John Williams male [328]
1843 1843-09-14 Tas Between Pt Arthur Penal Colony and Forestier Peninsula swimming to escape imprisonment Owen male [329]
1841 1841-03-27 14:00 NSW Sydney Harbour - Cockatoo Island estuary - bay bull bathing Andrew Goggin male 22 major lacerations - thigh[3] [330] 15
1840 1840-12 NSW Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay - off The Domain estuary - bay bull swimming; dead whale in the water[3] male 18 major lacerations - legs [331] 14
1839 1839-08-07 Vic Wilsons Prom - Sealer's Cove coastal white[3] swimming from capsized whale boat Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby male 39 major lacerations - legs[3] [332] 13
1837 1837-01-17 Evening NSW Macleay River river bull washing his feet Alfred Australia Howe male 12 major lacerations on leg[3]; later died due to tetanus [333][334] 12
1836 1836-08 Qld K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point coastal a whaler swimming male body not recovered [3] 11
1836 1836-08 Qld K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point coastal a whaler swimming male other: body not recovered 10
1831 1831-01-22 Tas Hobart clinging to line after boat capsized Robert Dudlow male [335]
1829 Tas Pittwater - Sweet Water Point estuary - bay to open ocean "Amphibious Jack" male major lacerations - leg [336] 4
1791 03:00 NSW Sydney Harbour estuary unknown an Aboriginal woman female major lacerations - torso; "bitten in two" [337][338] 1

See also

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