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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 April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia.[1] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.[2]

New South Wales

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Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1791 Port Jackson Aboriginal woman Female Fatal. "bitten in two" 3:00 AM Unknown shark

[3]

1837 17 January Macleay River Washing his feet Alfred Australia Howe Male 12 Initially injured non-fatally. Later died later due to tetanus Evening Unknown shark [4] [5]
1840 December Off The Domain, Sydney Harbour Swimming Male Fatal Unknown shark [6]
1841 27 March Cockatoo Island, Sydney Bathing Andrew Goggin Male Fatal 14:00 Unknown shark [7]
1845 26 December Newcastle Fishing John Williams Male Fatal Unknown Shark [8]
1849 1 December Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) Bathing Sailor from the steamship Eagle Male Fatal Afternoon Unknown shark [9]
1849 9 December Sydney Harbour Male Fatal Unknown shark [10]
1852 9 October (reported) Coalcliff Fell overboard James Rogers Male Fatal Unknown shark [11]
1863 10 January "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River Bathing James Brown Male 17 Fatal Evening Unknown shark [12]
1871 Manning River Male Fatal. "Caught by legs" Unknown shark [13]
1876 Sydney Unnamed boy Male Fatal Unknown shark [14]
1876 14 May Sydney Harbour Swimming Frederick Brown Male Fatal Unknown shark [15]
1877 12 December Near Sydney Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady 2 males Male Fatal Unknown shark [16]
1878 Balmain, Sydney (Estuary) Bathing in 2 feet of water Male 11 Fatal. Leg severed Unknown shark. [17]
1882 23 January (reported) Darling Harbour, Sydney Bathing George Sinclair Male Fatal Unknown shark [18]
1882 15 April Lake Macquarie Fishing Male Fatal Unknown shark [19]
1883 21 January Iron Cove, Sydney Bathing John Eaton Male 37 Fatal 05:30 Unknown shark [20]
1883 19 December Parramatta River Swimming Cuthbert Vere Lysaght Male 21 Fatal 12:00 Unknown shark [21]
1887 4 December Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) Male Fatal 11:30 12 to 15 foot shark [22]
1888 December Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney Working on the bridge when he fell into the river Mr. Ryland Male Fatal Unknown shark [23]
1888 9 December Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary) Swimming Stephen Carter Male 11 Fatal. 13:00 Unknown shark. [24]
1895 27 February Sydney Harbour Swimming James Edward Clifton Donald Male 14 Fatal Unknown shark [25]
1895 16 November Jervis Bay Fishing Edward Bailey Male Fatal Unknown shark [26]
1895 9 December West Balmain, Sydney Bathing Thomas John Terrill Male 14 Fatal Unknown shark [27]
1896 11 January Johnstone's Bay, Sydney Bathing William Ready Male 11 Fatal Afternoon Unknown shark [28]
1898 26 July (reported) Sydney Swimming after their boat capsized Martin Gunner Male 20 Reported fatal, but this is a questionable incident [29]
1900 27 December Middle Harbour, Sydney Bathing Thomas Houstan Male Fatal Unknown shark [30]
1902 25 January (reported) Kerosene Bay Dangling feet in the water John Ogier Male Fatal Unknown shark [31]
1903 10 January Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) Sydney James Male Fatal Presumably a Bull shark [32]
1903 21 June Georges River Boat capsized in the water William Price Male Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack [33] [34]
Before 1906 circa New South Wales Swimming inside string of cedar logs Arab boy Male Fatal Unknown shark. Reported a Grey Nurse that leaped out of the water but identification is questionable as there have been no known fatalities caused by this species. [35]
1906 28 January Georges River, Near Lugarno Bathing William Joseph Dobson Male 31 or 33 Fatal 14:10 A large shark [36]
1907 23 December Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) Bathing Henry Jones Male Fatal Unknown shark, possibly a bull shark [37]
1909 15 December 20 miles off Sydney Fell overboard Mr. Witt Male Fatal Unknown shark
1910 26 January Newcastle Harbour Alfred Victor Clulow Male Fatal Unknown shark [38]
1912 26 January Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney Swimming James Edward Morgan Male 21 Fatal 15:00 2.8 m [9'3"] Presumed whaler type shark eg bull shark [39] [40]
1915 1 January Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour Bathing about 100 yards from shore Warren Tooze Male 17 Fatal. Upper leg injury Unknown shark [41]
1916? 25 April? (reported) Manly Beach Swimming Thomas Harrington Male Fatal Unknown shark [42]
1916 8 December Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbour, Sydney (Estuary) Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore Walter C. German Male 41 Fatal. Right arm severed, chest punctured 09:00 Unknown shark [43]
1919 9 January Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour Wading Richard Simpson Male Fatal. Right thigh bitten 12 feet shark [44]
1919 7 December Pelican Island, Macleay River Swimming James Ridley Male 47 Fatal. Left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated 05:30 Unknown shark [45]
1920 15 January Throsby Creek, Newcastle Swimming David Miller Male Fatal. Leg bitten 10:00 Unknown shark [46]
1922 4 January Stockton Beach, Newcastle Surfing John Manning Rowe Male 26 Fatal. Disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore Evening Thought to be a shark [47]
1922 4 February Coogee, Sydney Swimming Milton Coughlan Male 18 Fatal. Both arms & shoulder bitten 15:30 Thought to be a Great White shark [48]
1922 2 March Coogee, Sydney Bathing in knee-deep water Mervyn Gannon Male 21

Right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene.

11:00 8-foot (2.4m) Great White Shark [49]
1922 26 April Hawkesbury River Swimming William A. Munro Male Fatal Unknown shark [50]
1923 16 June Bellambi Reef, Wollongong Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark J. Rigby Male

Fatal. Taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived

[51]
1923 2 November Bellinger Heads Fishing Male Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed [52]
1923 2 December Urunga, Bellinger Heads Fishing, standing in waist-deep water James Elton Male

Disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark

[53]
1924 9 January Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Sydney, Parramatta River Had just dived into water & was swimming Charles Brown Male 16

Fatal. Right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated

16:00 3 m [10'] shark [54]
1924 25 April Kiama Fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore Ernest Conroy Male 20

Fatal. Partial remains recovered

Afternoon Unknown shark [55]
1925 12 March Newcastle Beach Swimming Jack Canning Male 16 Fatal. Right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel 15:15 Unknown shark. [56]
1927 15 miles up the Cataract River Swimming Male 10

Fatal. Shoulder bitten

[57]
1927 3 January Grays Point, Port Hacking, Sydney Swimming Mervwyn Allum Male 15

Fatal. Leg bitten from thigh to ankle

11:30 Large 3.7 m (12 ft) shark [58]
1928 4 April Cooks Hill, Newcastle Standing in waist-deep water Edward Arthur Lane Male 28 Fatal. Right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh 18:00 Unknown shark [59]
1929 12 January Bondi Body surfing Colin James Stewart Male 14 Fatal. Right thigh & hip bitten 18:10 Large 12ft (3.7m) shark [60]
1929 8 February Bondi Swimming John Gibson Male 39 Fatal. Right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed 16:00 Unknown shark [61]
1929 18 February Maroubra Bay, Sydney Body surfing Allan Butcher Male 20 Both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis 15:30 Unknown shark [62]
1929 26 December White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbour Diving by wharf William Oakley Male 16 Fatal. Left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions Large 8-10 ft shark [63]
1930 December Parramatta River Male Fatal Unknown shark
1930 13 December Sailor Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney Fell overboard Frank Kenny Male Fatal Unknown shark [64]
1934 12 March Dee Why, north of Queenscliff Swimming in hip-deep water Frank Athol Riley Male 17 Fatal. Leg & buttocks removed 15:00 4 m [13'] shark seen in vicinity [65]
1934 1 April North Steyne Swimming in waist-deep water Leon Ritson Hermes Male 15 Fatal. Right leg lacerated 12:30 4.3 m [14'] shark, presumed Great White, seen in vicinity [66] [67]
1934 23 December Woy Woy on the Brisbane Water Taken as he dived into the water Roy Inman Male 14 Fatal 13:00 Unknown shark [68]
1934 31 December Georges River at Moorebank, near Milperra Bridge Swimming (lead swimmer in race) Richard George Soden Male 19 Fatal. Left leg bitten 16:30 Unknown shark [69]
1935 2 March North Narrabeen Beach Standing Herbert McFarlane Male 22 Fatal. Thigh bitten 17:30 3.5 m to 4 m [11.5' to 13'] Great white shark [70]
1935 9 March Maroubra Beach Swimming Ernest MacDonald Male 27 Fatal. Left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed 12:30 4 m [13'] Great white shark [71]
1936 4 February South Steyne, Manly Swimming David Paton Male 14 Fatal. Taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing began at metropolitan beaches 15:00 Great White Shark [72]
1936 12 December Throsby Creek, Newcastle Swimming George Lundberg Male 15 Fatal. Leg severed at knee 11:30 3.7 m (12 ft) shark [73]
1937 13 February Bar Beach, Newcastle Swimming John Welsh Male 32 Fatal. Buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten 15:20 Great white shark [74]
1938 27 December North Beach, Bellinger River Swimming Daniel Graham Male 19 Thought to have been taken by a shark [75]
1940 23 January North Brighton, Botany Bay Swimming Maxwell Farrin Male 13 Fatal. Left leg severed 10:40 3 m [10'] shark [76]
1940 4 February North Brighton, Botany Bay Wading John William Eke Male 55 Fatal. Injuries to both arms 14:00 Unknown shark ^ [77]
1940 28 December Stockton Beach, Newcastle Standing on sandbank Clarence Hammond Male 23 Fatal. Injuries to lower back 09:00 Unknown shark, presumably Tiger Shark [78] [79]
1942 4 January Egg Rock, Middle Harbour, Sydney Swimming Zita Steadman Female 28 Fatal. Bitten in two 15:00 Likely a 4 m [13'] Bull shark [80]
1942 26 December Bantry Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney Dog paddling or standing Denise Rosemary Burch Female 15 Fatal. Legs bitten 10:50 Likely Bull shark [81]
1946 5 January Oatley Bay near Como, George's River Swimming Valma Tegel Female 14 Fatal. Left leg severed, right leg injured Unknown shark, presumed Bull Shark [82] [83]
1947 8 November Wilson River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth Swimming Edwin Elford Male 12 Fatal. Leg severed at knee 16:00 Unknown shark, presumed Bull Shark [84] [85]
1948 12 February Stockton Beach, Newcastle Swimming Ronald Johnson Male 16 Fatal. Right thigh & leg bitten 3.7 m [12'] shark, presumed Tiger Shark [86] [87]
1949 23 January Bar Beach, Newcastle Lifesaving exhibition Ray Land Male 20 Fatal 15:00 3.6 m [11'9"] Great white shark [88]
1951 6 December Merewether Beach, Newcastle Treading water Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion Male 21 Fatal 16:00 2.4 m [8'] shark, presumed Great white shark [89]
1954 27 February The Entrance, near Gosford Swimming Reg Fabrizius Male 23 Fatal. Right thigh bitten 17:15 Unknown shark, presumed Great White shark [90] [91]
1955 18 January Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Beach, Sydney Hunting lobsters in 2.4 m of water John Willis Male 13 Fatal. Anterior left leg & right calf bitten, no tissue lost 14:30 Exact shark involved unclear. Sources report either a Bronze Whaler, or Bull Shark or Great White [92] [93]
1955 5 February Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney Swimming Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg Male 25 Fatal. Legs bitten 14:35 Large shark. Exact shark involved unclear. Sources report either a Bronze Whaler, or Bull Shark or Great White [94] [95]

[96]

1955 9 March Wamberal, NSW Body surfing Noel Langford Male 22 Fatal 18:00 Unknown, presumed Great White shark [97]
1960 16 January Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbour, Sydney Free diving / spear fishing Kenneth William Murray Male 13 Right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later 15:30 Bull shark [98] [99]
1963 28 January Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney Wading Marcia Hathaway Female 32 Fatal. Right femoral artery severed, thigh, calf, buttock & left hand bitten 13:30 Bull shark [100]
1966 20 May Jervis Bay Sinking of the dredge World Atlas Kor Van Helden Male 40 Fatal Night Unknown shark, presuemed Great White shark [101] [102]
1966 20 May 7 miles offshore on east coast of Australia Shipwreck Daniel Mangel, seaman Male 38 Other human remains bitten by sharks, 13 people missing Dark Thought to be a Great White Shark [103] [104]
1982 7 March Tallow Beach, Byron Bay Surfing Martin Ford Male 20 Fatal. Legs bitten 12:00 Unknown shark, presumed Great White shark [105] [106]
1993 9 June Julian Rocks, Byron Bay Scuba diving John Ford Male 31 Fatal 09:30 Remains recovered from 5.5 m [18'] Great white shark [107]
2008 8 April Lighthouse Beach, Ballina Body boarding Peter Edmonds Male 16 Fatal 08:05 Possibly a Bull shark [108] [109] [110]
2013 30 November Riecks Point, Campbell's Beach Body boarding Zac Young Male 19 Fatal 14:00 3m Tiger Shark [111] [112] [113]
2014 3 April Tathra Beach Swimming Christine Armstrong Female 63 Fatal. Eaten Whole. 08:50 3m to 4m Great white shark [114]
2014 9 September Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay Swimming Paul Wilcox Male 50 Fatal. Right leg attacked femoral artery severed. 10:40 Suspected Great white shark [115] [116]
2015 9 February Shelly Beach, Ballina Surfing Tadashi Nakahara Male 41 Fatal. Legs taken off completely 9:55 3.5m to 4m, likely a Great White Shark [117] [118]
2020 7 June Salt Beach, Kingscliff Surfing Rob Pedretti Male 60 fatal. Significant injuries to left leg, bitten in back of left thigh 10:00 3-3.5m Great White Shark [119][120]
2020 11 July Wooli Beach, Wilsons Headland Surfing Mani Hart-Deville Male 15 Fatal. Significant injuries to both legs 14:30 Great White Shark [121][122]
2021 18 May Tuncurry Beach, Tuncurry Surfing Mark Sanguinetti Male 59 Fatal. Bitten on upper thigh 4.5m Great White [123] [124] [125]
2021 5 September Shelly Beach, Emerald Beach Surfing Timothy Thompson Male 31 Fatal. Significant arm injuries 11:45 Great White shark [126] [127]
2022 16 February Buchan Point, Little Bay Swimming Simon Nellist Male 35 Fatal. Injuries described as "catastrophic." 16:35 Great White Shark [128][129]

Northern Territory

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Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1883 25 February (reported) Pearling beds Diving Male [130]
1934 9 October Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula Bathing Aboriginal woman Female 38 [131]
1937 16 July (reported) Elcho Island Pearl diving Japanese hard hat diver Male [132]

Queensland

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Includes Torres Strait
Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1853 Moreton Bay Fell into the water James Hexton, pilot Male [133]
1862 19 December (reported) Brisbane River Trying to catch a wounded bird Male [134]
1863 April Caloundra Heads Launching a boat Mr. Barnsfield Male 2 sharks [135]
1872 26 February Bramble Reef Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria Some were taken by sharks [136]
1880 25 November Petrie Bight, Brisbane River Swimming Alexey Drury Male 12 Feet bitten, surgically amputated Afternoon [137]
1886 17 June Off Bribie Heads Swimming after being washed overboard Lacoon Male 18 [138]
1890 30 December Moreton Bay Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall C. Gregory but death may have been due to drowning [139]
1892 Badu Island Dress diving Mr. A. Rotaman Male Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT [140]
1898 28 December (reported) The Narrows Fell overboard James Waters Male [141]
1901 30 January Brisbane Bathing John Thompson Male Thigh bitten [142]
1903 12 March Logan River Swimming William Bartlett Male Thought to be a Bull Shark [143]
1904 7 February Brisbane Swimming after his hat George Grant Male [144]
1906 14 April Lizard Island Diving for beche-de-mer Charley Male 17 [145]
1906 5 September (reported) Mabiuag Swimming Smith Male [146]
1907 3 February Ross Creek Bathing William Williams Male 18 Morning [147]
1907 18 October (reported) Near Thursday Island Bathing male from the lugger Teazer Male [148]
1908 21 September Thursday Island Fell from the jetty Kong Choong Ting Male Remains recovered from 3 sharks [149]
pre–1909 Moreton Bay Fell into the water Lieutenant Hexton Male [150]
1909 18 June Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane 1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors sheltered on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently, the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909 Master of the Errol Male only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered [151]
1912 1 January Ross Creek Bathing Samuel Tristing Male Morning [152]
1916 9 November Kissing Point Camp, Townsville Bathing Robert Alexander Poultney Male 27 Evening [153]
1916 10 November Townsville Swimming Walter Gregson Male 06:00 [154]
1918 19 September Townsville Bathing Joseph Bartlett Male 22 [155]
1919 5 January Ross River, Townsville Wading (shrimping) Jack Hoey Male 38 Thigh bitten, leg amputated 10:00 [156]
1920 24 January (reported) Arlington Reef Free diving Japanese diver Male [157]
1920–1923 Great Barrier Reef 3 Japanese divers Male [158]
1921 4 October Barrier Reef Diving for beche-de-mer Yoichi Schamok Male 22 Left thigh bitten Afternoon [159]
1921 27 November Gay's Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River Fell from his father's back into the water George Jack Male 8 Disappeared, body not recovered Morning [160]
1922 15 January Ross River, Townsville Swimming Robert Milroy Male 54 17:30 [161]
1922 5 December Pialba Beach near Maryborough Bathing in 3' to 4' of water Alfred Gassman Male 19 Severe injuries to torso 2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark [162]
1923 22 May Great Barrier Reef Diving? Keizo Masoyo Male Midday [163]
1926 2 December (reported) Palm Island Diving for trochus Norman Skeen Male [164]
1927 9 May (reported) Off Cairns Walking Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander Male [165]
1928 27 January Deliverance Island Retrieving meat from a cage in the water Harry Envoldt Male 78 [166]
1928 20 February Near Barrow Point, Queensland Pearl diving Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander Male [167]
1928 28 March (reported) Bob Male [168]
1929 27 January Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville Swimming Harry Weatherall Male 18 Right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated 17:30 [169]
1929 12 March Near Dauan Island Bathing Torres Strait Islander schoolboy Male [170]
1929 4 April Badu Island Swimming between boats Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander Male [171]
1929 9 April Badu Island Male [172]
1929 1 September Ross River, Townsville Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately Edward William Hobbs Male 42 Severe injuries to both legs [173]
1929 3 December (reported) Townsville Male 50s [174]
1930 4 June Near Mabuiag Island Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander Male [175]
1931 22 March Ross River, Townsville Fishing with a cast net Arthur Tomida Male 19 Left thigh severely bitten [176]
1931 1 August Port Douglas Fell overboard? Llewellyn Roberts Male [177]
1932 12 May Near Warrior Reefs Pearl diving Henry Solomon, Cape York native Male [178]
1933 4 January Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville Swimming Stanley Victor Locksley Male 38 Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark) 17:30 [179]
1933 20 November Near Boydong Cay Free diving for trochus Bili, a Papuan Male Right buttock & thigh bitten 3.4 m [11'] tiger shark [180]
1934 26 August Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately Robert Steele Male Body was not recovered [181]
1934 22 October Warrior Reefs Freediving for trochus shell (submerged) David Younger, Torres Strait Islander Male Forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards [182]
1935 13 August Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger Barani, a Papuan Male Right buttock & thigh bitten [183]
1935 26 August At Flat Top, near Mackay Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy Patrick Quinn Male 38 His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn Night 3.7 m [12'] shark [184]
1936 26 June Nepean Island Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface Willie, an aborigine Male 16 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark [185]
1937 15 May Ross River, Townsville Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river William Tennant Male 33 Left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee Night 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site [186]
1937 27 October Kirra Beach, Coolangatta Swimming Norman Girvan Male 18 17:30 A 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in], 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains [187]
1937 27 October Kirra Beach, Coolangatta Swimming Jack Brinkley Male 25 17:30 Tiger shark [188]
1937 11 November Ota Reef Diving for trochus Nelan Kris Male 17 12' shark [189]
1938 12 July Off Bathurst Island Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru Okada Male 25 Dragged out of diving helmet [190]
1939 14 December Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay Swimming Frank Gurran Male 20 Left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated 12:15 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later [191]
1943 14 May Off Brisbane Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177 Male After 04:00 [192]
1945 15 June Trinity Beach, Cairns Swimming E. J. McHugh Male 16:00 [193]
1946 19 April Trinity Beach, Cairns Swimming Robert McAuliffe Male 17 13:30 [194]
1946 18 August Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns Swimming after a tennis ball Phillip South Collin Male 30 Body not recovered 15:20 4.3 m [14'] shark [195]
1946 20 November 40 miles off Thursday Island Pearl diving from lugger Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander Male 30 Right arm severed [196]
1947 November Moreton Bay D. Smith 78 [197]
1948 26 December King's Beach, Caloundra Treading water, waiting for a wave Eric Keys Male 28 Left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee 11:30 [198]
1949 17 April Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns Bathing in water 0.9 m deep Richard Joseph Maguire Male 13 Left leg severed 13:30 3.3 m [10 ft 10 in] shark [199]
1949 28 August Yorkeys Knob Swimming James Howard Male 34 Right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated 13:20 [200]
1950 9 April Cooper's Point Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis John McDonald Male 50 [201]
1950 16 December Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane Treading water Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver Male 20 Lower abdomen severely bitten, left leg severed 16:15 [202]
1951 4 September (reported) Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38' Christine Dr. E. Al Joske Male 56 Abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip [203]
1951 22 October Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach Swimming Arthur James Kenealey Male 42 Leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net 19:10 [204]
1954 4 September Darnley Island, Torres Strait Spearfishing, hunting crayfish Kapua Gutchen Male 35 After being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died 9' shark [205]
1954 14 September (reported) Darnley Island, Torres Strait Spear fishing male Male [206]
1956 26 February Pioneer River, near Mackay Diving into water Barry Keith Antonini Male 15 Large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed 11:00 1.8 m [6'] shark [207]
1958 23 November Surfers Paradise Swimming Peter Gerard Spronk Male 21 15:15 12' shark [208]
1959 19 December Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas Stanley Arthur Mullen Male 29 06:00 [209]
1961 18 December Noosa Heads Surfing, pushing board ashore John Grayson Andrews Male 22 Right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee 06:15 Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut [210]
1961 28 December Lambert's Beach, Mackay Standing Margaret Hobbs Female 18 Right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack 16:15 3 m [10'] shark [211]
1964 18 November Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty Glenthorne Prior Male 29 13:30 [212]
1965 21 November Near Brisbane Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark Gordon Hobrook Male 43 4.6 m [15'] shark [213]
1971 5 December Gladstone Gregory Carroll Male 20 [214]
1977 13 March Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days John Hayes Male 45 [215]
1977 13 March Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days Victor Beaver Male 74 [216]
1977 23 August Buddina Beach, south of Noosa Floating on an inflatable raft George Walter Male 25 Left arm severed, legs bitten [217]
1983 25 July Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville Swimming from the New Venture Dennis Patrick Murphy Male 24 Shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater Night 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark [218]
1983 26 July Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville Swimming from the New Venture Linda Ann Horton Female 21 Shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater 04:00 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark [219]
1984 30 November 1 km off Black's Beach Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water Nicholas Bos Male 16 12:33 [220]
1988 7 November Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy Cedric Coucom Male 62 Nightfall [221]
1988 8 November Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy Bruce Coucom Male 17 When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy" Early morning [222]
1990 8 April Dingo Reef, 80 nm off Townsville Free diving for trochus Robert Bullen Male 37 Presumed fatal [223]
1992 1 October North Point Beach, Moreton Island Surfing Michael Docherty Male 28 14:30 Great White Shark [224]
2002 16 December Lake Heron, Miami Lakes Swimming Beau Martin Male 23 02:30 Thought to be a Bull Shark [225]
2003 8 February Burleigh Lake, Gold Coast Swimming Bob Purcell Male 84 Morning [226]
2004 11 December Opal Reef Spearfishing Mark Thompson Male 38 Leg bitten 13:00 [227]
2006 7 January Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island Swimming Sarah Whiley Female 21 Attacked by multiple sharks, arms severed before she died. 17:15 Multiple Bull Sharks [228]
2014 15 December Rudder Reef, north-east of Port Douglas Spearfishing Daniel Smith Male 18 Devastating injuries to whole right side. 11:30 Requires further

investigation.||

2016 16 February near Kennedy Shoal Scuba diving Steven Foster Male 54 Went missing 16 February. Clothing and diving equipment belonging to Foster were recovered, suggesting he was taken by a shark. [229]
2018 5 November Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Islands Swimming Daniel Christidis Male 33 17:30 [230][231]
2020 6 April North West Island Swimming Zachary Robba Male 23 [232]
2020 4 July Fraser Island Spearfishing Matthew Tratt Male 36 14:00 [233]
2020 8 September Greenmount Beach, Coolangatta Surfing Nick Slater Male 46 17:00 [234][235]
2024 28 December Keppel Bay Islands National Park, Humpy Island camping area Fishing Luke Walford Male 40 16:37 [236]

South Australia

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Year Date Area Marine Waters Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1855 28 March Port Wakefield Gulf St. Vincent Fell overboard from the Sobella Master Coleman Male [237]
1884 14 January Port Pirie, 230 km north of Adelaide Spencer Gulf Fell overboard Miss Warren Female Said to involve 2 sharks [238]
1926 17 March West Beach, Brighton Gulf St. Vincent Swimming Primrose Whyte Female 15:45 3.7 m [12'] "shovel nose shark" or 7-gill shark [239]
1936 22 January West Beach, near Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek, saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared Ray Bennett Male 13 18:00 Great White shark [240]
1962 9 December Carrickalinga Head Gulf St. Vincent Spearfishing Geoffrey Martin Corner Male 16 Right leg bitten thigh to calf 14:30 Great White Shark [241]
1971 5 September Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Fishing Leslie Oswald Harris Male 51 Shark bite was minor injury, but he suffered a heart attack afterwards and died 6 hours later [242]
1974 9 January Streaky Bay Great Australian Bight Diving for abalone Terry Manuel Male 26 Right leg severed Great White Shark [243]
1975 19 January Coffin Bay Great Australian Bight Surfing David Barrowman Male 17 Body not recovered [244]
1975 10 February (Point Sinclair) Penong Great Australian Bight Swimming underwater from crayfish cage to a fishing bait Wade Shipard Male 12 Right leg severed 18:00 Great White Shark [245]
1985 3 March Wiseman's Beach, Peake Bay, Port Lincoln Spencer Gulf Free diving for scallops Shirley Anne Durdin Female 33 Bitten in half, decapitated and fully consumed. 12:30 Great White Shark 20 ft [246]
1987 18 September Marino Rocks, Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Scuba Diving for scallops Terrance Gibson Male 47 Great White shark [247]
1989 9 March Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor Southern Ocean Surfing Matthew Foale Male 27 Thigh bitten 20:15 Great White Shark [248]
1991 8 September Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Scuba diving Jonathon Lee Male 19 15:00 Great White Shark [249]
1998 28 June South Neptune Island Great Australian Bight Free diving for abalone Doug Chesher Male 26 Left thigh and lower leg severely injured 14:00 Great White Shark [250]
1999 29 May Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula Spencer Gulf Windsurfing Tony Donoghue Male 22 Body not recovered 14:30 Great White Shark [251]
2000 24 September Cactus Beach near Penong Great Australian Bight Surfing Cameron Bayes Male 25 fully consumed 07:30 Great White Shark 16 ft [252]
2000 25 September Blackfellows Point, 5 km north of Elliston, Eyre Peninsula Great Australian Bight Surfing (a seal was present among surfers) Jevan Wright Male 17 fully consumed 13:00 Great White Shark 16 ft [253][254][255]
2002 30 April Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula Great Australian Bight Scallop diving (using surface-supplied air & a POD) Paul Buckland Male 23 12:40 Great White Shark [256]
2004 16 December West Beach, Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Scurfing (surfboard being towed behind a boat) Nick Peterson Male 18 Ripped apart, then consumed 15:15 Two Great White Sharks [257]
2005 24 August Glenelg, Adelaide Gulf St. Vincent Scuba diving Jarrod Stehbens Male 23 16:10 Great White Shark [258]
2011 17 February Off Perforated Island, near Coffin Bay Great Australian Bight Diving for abalone Peter Clarkson Male 49 18:20 Two Great White Sharks [259]
2014 8 February Off Goldsmith Beach near Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula Gulf St. Vincent Spear-fishing Sam Kellett Male 28 Body never recovered. 12:00 Great White Shark [260][261]
2023 13 May Off Walkers Rocks Beach, Eyre Peninsula Great Australian Bight Surfing Simon Baccanello Male 46 Body never recovered Great White Shark [262][263]
2023 31 October Off Granites Beach, near Streaky Bay Great Australian Bight Surfing Tod Gendle Male 55 Body never recovered, fully consumed 10:20 Great White Shark [264]
2023 28 December Off Ethel Beach, Yorke Peninsula Spencer Gulf Surfing Khai Cowley Male 15 Body recovered 13:30 Great White Shark [265][266]

Tasmania

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Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1820s circa Sweet Water Point, Pittwater "Amphibious Jack" Male [267]
1831 22 January (reported) Hobart Boat capsized, clinging to line Robert Dudlow Male [268]
1870 late Derwent River Canoeing Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile Male Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river [269]
1880 St George's Bay Male [270]
1843-1844 Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula Swimming / escaping imprisonment Owen Male [271]
1893 4 April Chimney Point, George's Bay Boat capsized, swimming ashore Joseph Meredith Male 16:30 [272]
1905 25 March Bridport Bathing Charles Taylor [273]
1959 17 January Safety Cove In deep water about 100 yards from his ship Brian Derry, a Naval Rating Male 22 16:30 Multiple White Sharks [274]
1975 30 July Adventure Bay, Bruny Island Scuba diving for abalone Robert Slack Male 37 Afternoon Great White Shark [275]
1982 28 February South Cape Bay Skindiving, but swimming on the surface Geert Talen Male 32 Body not recovered Great White Shark [276]
1993 5 June Tenth Island Scuba diving at seal colony Therese Cartwright Female 35 10:55 Great White Shark [277]
2015 25 July Lachlan Point, Maria Island Scuba diving, collecting scallops Damian Johnson Male 46 Body not recovered - Attacked while surfacing as his daughter watched. 7:00 Great White Shark [278]

Victoria

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Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
1839 7 August Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory Swimming from capsized whale boat Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby Male 39 '...two wounds made by a shark, one about the middle of the right thigh, and the other, rather above the calf of the left leg.' [279]
1849 19 September Warrnambool Swimming a sailor from the schooner Brother Male [280]
1855 11 November Melbourne Swimming Seaman from whaling brig Curlew Male [281]
1858 14 March Hobson Bay Bathing Adolphe Bollander Male 22 15:00 [282]
1864 Corio Bay, Port Phillip Swimming Mr. Warren, Jr. Male Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed [283]
1876 6 February Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay Bathing Peter Rooney Male 18 Rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach [284]
1877 28 January Emerald Hill Bathing William Marks Male 30 "The flesh on each leg, from the knee upwards, was entirely torn out, and there were bite marks of the two jaws of a large fish on one breast, and also on the back." [285]
1889 8 July Port Phillip Fell into the water Male [286]
1914 10 June Sandringham Bathing Mr. Croxford Male 43 Afternoon [287]
1916 3 April Carrum Clinging to overturned rowing boat Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill Male 17 [288]
1930 15 February Middle Brighton, Port Phillip Diving off pier & treading water Norman Clark Male 18 16:30 White Shark [289]
1936 Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne Swimming Male [290]
1936 1 December Mordialloc Fishing Charles Frederick Swann, a returned soldier Male 46 Swann's 2.4 m dinghy was found with 2' x 3' hole in its side & tooth fragments embedded in the planking Presumably a Great White Shark [291]
1949 12 November Port Phillip Bay No details John W. Smith Male [292]
1954 11 December Point Lonsdale Swimming Lawrence David Burns Male 23 11:00 [293]
1956 4 March Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay Swimming, attacked at surf carnival John Patrick Wishart Male 26 16:45 Unknown species, 3.7 metre shark. Witnesses say there may have been another shark nearby [294]
1987 Mornington Peninsula Boarding Major lacerations Great White Shark [295]

Western Australia

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Year Date Area Activity Victim Sex Age Injury Time Species Reference
pre–1903 Pearl diving Ahmun Male [296]
pre–1903 Roebuck Bay Diving Male [297]
mid–1870s Circa Shark Bay Sitting on gunwale of boat Andrew Farmer Male [298]
1882 7 February (reported) Pearl diving Native diver Male Thigh bitten [299]
1882 12 May (reported) Pearl diving Malay diver Male Torso bitten [300]
1895 3 June (reported) Barrow Passage, Barrow Island Pearl diving Japanese diver Male [301]
1896 1 November Esperance Boat swamped Louis Male [302]
1896 29 November Albany Swimming Davies Male [303]
1910 23 December (reported) Fremantle Shipwrecked pearling schooner Theodore Anderson's captain & rest of crew taken by sharks Male [304]
1923 27 January Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont Swimming Charles Topsail Robertson Male 13 Back of thigh bitten [305]
1923 23 November Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland Dry shelling Selim and Dea Opre, Koepang Islanders Male Disappeared, partial remains of Selim was found, there was no trace of Dea Opre [306]
1925 22 November Cottesloe Beach Floating on his back Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton Male 55 Thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat 15:15 4 m [13'] female tiger shark [307]
1948 27 December Lancelin Island Swimming Arthur Strahan Male 17 Disappeared while swimming His hand was found in a 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 1/5/1949 [308]
1967 19 August Jurien Bay Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line Robert Bartle Male 23 "bitten in two" 11:00 Great White shark [309]
1993 21 November A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay Hookah diving Richard Peter Bisley Male 27 15:15 Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver's remains in its gut [310]
1995 11 September Honeymoon Island, near Hopetoun Abalone diving using Hookah (near calving whales) David Alan Weir Male 29 Head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995 15:00 Great White Shark [311]
1997 20 January Geraldton Windsurfing Werner Schonhofer Male 41 Presumed, body not recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered 18:00 4.5 m [14 ft 9 in] tiger shark [312][313]
2000 6 November Cottesloe Beach, Perth Swimming Ken Crew Male 49 Torso attacked leg torn off. 06:30 Great White Shark [314]
2004 10 July Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River Surfing Bradley Adrian Smith Male 30 Stomach and legs attacked 14:10 Two Great White Sharks [315]
2005 19 March Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands Snorkeling Geoffrey Brazier Male 26 14:00 Great White Shark [316]
2008 27 December Port Kennedy Beach Snorkeling Brian Guest Male 51 07:00 Great White Shark [317]
2010 17 August Cowaramup Bay Surfing Nicholas Edwards Male 31 Leg severed 08:05 Great White Shark [318]
2011 4 September Bunker Bay Body boarding Kyle James Burden Male 21 Eaten in half 13:26 Great White Shark [319]
2011 9 October Cottesloe Beach Swimming Bryn Martin Male 64 Believed to have been eaten whole, only remains found were shredded speedos 08:10 Great White Shark [320]
2011 22 October Rottnest Island Diving George Wainwright Male 32 13:25 Great White Shark [321]
2012 31 March Stratham Beach, Geographe Bay Scuba diving Peter Kurmann Male 33 09:30 Great White Shark [322]
2012 14 July Off Wedge Island Surfing Ben Linden Male 24 Eaten whole. Shark attacked jet ski trying to retrieve Ben's body. 09:05 Great White Shark [323]
2013 23 November Gracetown Surfing Chris Boyd Male 35 Left arm severed, flesh off the right leg. 09:00 Great White Shark [324]
2014 30 December Cheynes Beach, near Albany Spearfishing Jay Muscat Male 17 Attacked at the leg-torso Midday Great White Shark [325]
2016 31 May Falcon Beach, Mandurah Surfing Ben Gerring Male 29 Leg torn off. Died days later. Dusk Great White Shark [326]
2016 5 June Between One and Three Mile reefs, Mindarie Diving Doreen Collyer [327] Female 60 Mauled to death. Late morning Great White Shark [328]
2017 17 April Kelp beds, Wylie Bay, Esperance Surfing Laeticia Maree Brouwer [329] Female 17 Leg torn off in front of father, mother and 2 sisters. Died at the scene. 16:00 Great White Shark [330]
2020 5 January Cull Island, Esperance Diving Gary Johnson[331] Male 57 Mauled while scuba diving 13:00 Great White Shark [332]
2020 9 October Kelp beds, Wylie Bay, Esperance Surfing Andrew Sharpe Male 52 Attacked whilst surfing, body never found, witnesses and damage to surfboard confirmed shark attack 16:00 Great White Shark [333][334]
2020 22 November Cable Beach, near Broome Bodyboarding Charles Cernobori Male 55 Bitten on thigh and severed hand 08:45 Tiger Shark [335][336]
2021 6 November Port Beach, Fremantle Swimming Paul Millachip Male 57 Separated in two and consumed 10:00 Great White Shark [337]
2023 4 February Swan River, North Fremantle Swimming Stella Berry Female 16 Injury to legs 15:00 Bull Shark [338][339]

See also

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