List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
Updated: 11/6/2025, 2:02:23 AM Wikipedia source
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. In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
Tables
· New South Wales
1791
1791
Year
1791
Area
Port Jackson
Victim
Aboriginal woman
Sex
Female
Injury
Fatal. "bitten in two"
Time
3:00 AM
Species
Unknown shark
1837
1837
Year
1837
Date
17 January
Area
Macleay River
Activity
Washing his feet
Victim
Alfred Australia Howe
Sex
Male
Age
12
Injury
Initially injured non-fatally. Later died due to tetanus
Time
Evening
Species
Unknown shark
1840
1840
Year
1840
Date
December
Area
Off The Domain, Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1841
1841
Year
1841
Date
27 March
Area
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Andrew Goggin
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Fatal
Time
14:00
Species
Unknown shark
1845
1845
Year
1845
Date
26 December
Area
Newcastle
Activity
Fishing
Victim
John Williams
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown Shark
1849
1849
Year
1849
Date
1 December
Area
Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbour (Estuary)
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Sailor from the steamship Eagle
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Time
Afternoon
Species
Unknown shark
1849
1849
Year
1849
Date
9 December
Area
Sydney Harbour
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1852
1852
Year
1852
Date
9 October (reported)
Area
Coalcliff
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
James Rogers
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1863
1863
Year
1863
Date
10 January
Area
"Bellynahinch" on the Manning River
Activity
Bathing
Victim
James Brown
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Fatal
Time
Evening
Species
Unknown shark
1871
1871
Year
1871
Area
Manning River
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal. "Caught by legs"
Species
Unknown shark
1876
1876
Year
1876
Area
Sydney
Victim
Unnamed boy
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1876
1876
Year
1876
Date
14 May
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Frederick Brown
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1877
1877
Year
1877
Date
12 December
Area
Near Sydney
Activity
Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady
Victim
2 males
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1878
1878
Year
1878
Area
Balmain, Sydney (Estuary)
Activity
Bathing in 2 feet of water
Sex
Male
Age
11
Injury
Fatal. Leg severed
Species
Unknown shark.
1882
1882
Year
1882
Date
23 January (reported)
Area
Darling Harbour, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
George Sinclair
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1882
1882
Year
1882
Date
15 April
Area
Lake Macquarie
Activity
Fishing
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1883
1883
Year
1883
Date
21 January
Area
Iron Cove, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
John Eaton
Sex
Male
Age
37
Injury
Fatal
Time
05:30
Species
Unknown shark
1883
1883
Year
1883
Date
19 December
Area
Parramatta River
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Cuthbert Vere Lysaght
Sex
Male
Age
21
Injury
Fatal
Time
12:00
Species
Unknown shark
1887
1887
Year
1887
Date
4 December
Area
Ryde, Sydney (Estuary)
Victim
Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill)
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Time
11:30
Species
12 to 15 foot shark
1888
1888
Year
1888
Date
December
Area
Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney
Activity
Working on the bridge when he fell into the river
Victim
Mr. Ryland
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1888
1888
Year
1888
Date
9 December
Area
Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary)
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Stephen Carter
Sex
Male
Age
11
Injury
Fatal.
Time
13:00
Species
Unknown shark.
1895
1895
Year
1895
Date
27 February
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
James Edward Clifton Donald
Sex
Male
Age
14
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1895
1895
Year
1895
Date
16 November
Area
Jervis Bay
Activity
Fishing
Victim
Edward Bailey
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1895
1895
Year
1895
Date
9 December
Area
West Balmain, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Thomas John Terrill
Sex
Male
Age
14
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1896
1896
Year
1896
Date
11 January
Area
Johnstons Bay, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
William Ready
Sex
Male
Age
11
Injury
Fatal
Time
Afternoon
Species
Unknown shark
1898
1898
Year
1898
Date
26 July (reported)
Area
Sydney
Activity
Swimming after their boat capsized
Victim
Martin Gunner
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Reported fatal, but this is a questionable incident
1900
1900
Year
1900
Date
27 December
Area
Middle Harbour, Sydney
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Thomas Houstan
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1902
1902
Year
1902
Date
25 January (reported)
Area
Kerosene Bay
Activity
Dangling feet in the water
Victim
John Ogier
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1903
1903
Year
1903
Date
10 January
Area
Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbour (Estuary)
Victim
Sydney James
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown
1903
1903
Year
1903
Date
21 June
Area
Georges River
Activity
Boat capsized in the water
Victim
William Price
Sex
Male
Species
Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack
Before 1906 circa
Before 1906 circa
Year
Before 1906 circa
Area
New South Wales
Activity
Swimming inside string of cedar logs
Victim
Arab boy
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
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.
1906
1906
Year
1906
Date
28 January
Area
Georges River, Near Lugarno
Activity
Bathing
Victim
William Joseph Dobson
Sex
Male
Age
31 or 33
Injury
Fatal
Time
14:10
Species
A large shark
1907
1907
Year
1907
Date
23 December
Area
Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary)
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Henry Jones
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark, possibly a bull shark
1909
1909
Year
1909
Date
15 December
Area
20 miles off Sydney
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
Mr. Witt
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1910
1910
Year
1910
Date
26 January
Area
Newcastle Harbour
Victim
Alfred Victor Clulow
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1912
1912
Year
1912
Date
26 January
Area
Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney
Activity
Swimming
Victim
James Edward Morgan
Sex
Male
Age
21
Injury
Fatal
Time
15:00
Species
2.8 m [9'3"] Presumed whaler type shark possibly a bull shark
1915
1915
Year
1915
Date
1 January
Area
Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour
Activity
Bathing about 100 yards from shore
Victim
Warren Tooze
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Fatal. Upper leg injury
Species
Unknown shark
1916?
1916?
Year
1916?
Date
25 April? (reported)
Area
Manly Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Thomas Harrington
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1916
1916
Year
1916
Date
8 December
Area
Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbour, Sydney (Estuary)
Activity
Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore
Victim
Walter C. German
Sex
Male
Age
41
Injury
Fatal. Right arm severed, chest punctured
Time
09:00
Species
Unknown shark
1919
1919
Year
1919
Date
9 January
Area
Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour
Activity
Wading
Victim
Richard Simpson
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Fatal. Right thigh bitten
Time
07:30
Species
12 feet shark
1919
1919
Year
1919
Date
7 December
Area
Pelican Island, Macleay River
Activity
Swimming
Victim
James Ridley
Sex
Male
Age
47
Injury
Fatal. Left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated
Time
05:30
Species
Unknown shark
1920
1920
Year
1920
Date
15 January
Area
Throsby Creek, Newcastle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
David Miller
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal. Leg bitten
Time
10:00
Species
Unknown shark
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
4 January
Area
Stockton Beach, Newcastle
Activity
Surfing
Victim
John Manning Rowe
Sex
Male
Age
26
Injury
Fatal. Disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore
Time
Evening
Species
Thought to be a shark
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
4 February
Area
Coogee, Sydney
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Milton Coughlan
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Fatal. Both arms & shoulder bitten
Time
15:30
Species
Thought to be a Great White shark
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
2 March
Area
Coogee, Sydney
Activity
Bathing in knee-deep water
Victim
Mervyn Gannon
Sex
Male
Age
21
Injury
Right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene.
Time
11:00
Species
8-foot (2.4m) Great White Shark
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
26 April
Area
Hawkesbury River
Activity
Swimming
Victim
William A. Munro
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown shark
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
16 June
Area
Bellambi Reef, Wollongong
Activity
Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark
Victim
J. Rigby
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal. Taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived
Species
White shark
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
2 November
Area
Bellinger Heads
Activity
Fishing
Sex
Male
Injury
Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed
Species
Great White
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
2 December
Area
Urunga, Bellinger Heads
Activity
Fishing, standing in waist-deep water
Victim
James Elton
Sex
Male
Injury
Disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark
Species
Great White
1924
1924
Year
1924
Date
9 January
Area
Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Sydney, Parramatta River
Activity
Had just dived into water & was swimming
Victim
Charles Brown
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Fatal. Right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated
Time
16:00
Species
3 m [10'] shark
1924
1924
Year
1924
Date
25 April
Area
Kiama
Activity
Fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore
Victim
Ernest Conroy
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Fatal. Partial remains recovered
Time
Afternoon
Species
Unknown shark
1925
1925
Year
1925
Date
12 March
Area
Newcastle Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Jack Canning
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Fatal. Right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel
Time
15:15
Species
Unknown shark.
1927
1927
Year
1927
Area
15 miles up the Cataract River
Activity
Swimming
Sex
Male
Age
10
Injury
Fatal. Shoulder bitten
1927
1927
Year
1927
Date
3 January
Area
Grays Point, Port Hacking, Sydney
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Mervwyn Allum
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Fatal. Leg bitten from thigh to ankle
Time
11:30
Species
Large 3.7 m (12 ft) shark
1928
1928
Year
1928
Date
4 April
Area
Cooks Hill, Newcastle
Activity
Standing in waist-deep water
Victim
Edward Arthur Lane
Sex
Male
Age
28
Injury
Fatal. Right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh
Time
18:00
Species
Unknown shark
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
12 January
Area
Bondi
Activity
Body surfing
Victim
Colin Stewart
Sex
Male
Age
14
Injury
Leg injuries
Time
18:10
Species
Great White
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
8 February
Area
Bondi
Activity
Swimming
Victim
John Gibson
Sex
Male
Age
39
Injury
Leg injuries
Time
16:00
Species
Great White
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
18 February
Area
Maroubra Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Allan Butcher
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Multiple Injuries
Time
15:30
Species
Great White
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
26 December
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
William Oakley
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Multiple injuries
Species
Unknown
1930
1930
Year
1930
Date
December
Area
Parramatta River
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown
1930
1930
Year
1930
Date
13 December
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
Frank Kenny
Sex
Male
Injury
Fatal
Species
Unknown
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
12 March
Area
Dee Why
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Frank Athol Riley
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Leg removed
Time
15:00
Species
Great White
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
1 April
Area
North Steyne
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Leon Hermes
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Right leg injures
Time
12:30
Species
Great White
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
23 December
Area
Woy Woy
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Roy Inman
Sex
Male
Age
14
Injury
Fatal
Time
13:00
Species
Unknown
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
31 December
Area
Georges River
Moorebank
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Richard Soden
Sex
Male
Age
19
Injury
Fatal. Left leg bitten
Time
16:30
Species
Unknown
1935
1935
Year
1935
Date
2 March
Area
North Narrabeen
Activity
Standing
Victim
Herbert McFarlane
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Fatal. Thigh bitten
Time
17:30
Species
Great White
1935
1935
Year
1935
Date
9 March
Area
Maroubra Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Ernest MacDonald
Sex
Male
Age
27
Injury
Multiple injuries
Time
12:30
Species
Great White
1936
1936
Year
1936
Date
4 February
Area
South Steyne, Manly
Activity
Swimming
Victim
David Paton
Sex
Male
Age
14
Injury
Body not recovered
Time
15:00
Species
Great White
1936
1936
Year
1936
Date
12 December
Area
Throsby Creek, Newcastle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
George Lundberg
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Leg severed
Time
11:30
Species
Unknown
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
13 February
Area
Bar Beach Newcastle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
John Welsh
Sex
Male
Age
32
Injury
Multiple injuries
Time
15:20
Species
Great White
1938
1938
Year
1938
Date
27 December
Area
Botany bay
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Daniel Graham
Sex
Male
Age
19
Injury
Not recovered
Species
Unknown
1940
1940
Year
1940
Date
23 January
Area
Botany bay
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Maxwell Farrin
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Fatal. Left leg severed
Time
10:40
Species
Unknown
1940
1940
Year
1940
Date
4 February
Area
Botany bay
Activity
Wading
Victim
John William Eke
Sex
Male
Age
55
Injury
Injuries to both arms
Time
14:00
Species
Unknown
1940
1940
Year
1940
Date
28 December
Area
Stockton Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Clarence Hammond
Sex
Male
Age
23
Injury
Injuries to torso
Time
09:00
Species
Great White
1942
1942
Year
1942
Date
4 January
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Zita Steadman
Sex
Female
Age
28
Injury
Fatal. Bitten in two
Time
15:00
Species
Unknown
1942
1942
Year
1942
Date
26 December
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Denise Burch
Sex
Female
Age
15
Injury
Fatal. Legs bitten
Time
10:50
Species
Unknown
1946
1946
Year
1946
Date
5 January
Area
Como
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Valma Tegel
Sex
Female
Age
14
Injury
Both legs severed
Species
Unknown
1947
1947
Year
1947
Date
8 November
Area
Port Macquarie
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Edwin Elford
Sex
Male
Age
12
Injury
Leg Severed
Time
16:00
Species
Great White
1948
1948
Year
1948
Date
12 February
Area
Stockton Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Ronald Johnson
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Legs mauled
Species
Great White
1949
1949
Year
1949
Date
23 January
Area
Bar Beach, Newcastle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Ray Land
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Fatal
Time
15:00
Species
Great White
1951
1951
Year
1951
Date
6 December
Area
Merewether Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Frank Olkulich
Sex
Male
Age
21
Injury
Fatal
Time
16:00
Species
Great White
1954
1954
Year
1954
Date
27 February
Area
The Entrance
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Reg Fabrizius
Sex
Male
Age
23
Injury
Fatal. Right thigh bitten
Time
17:15
Species
Great White
1955
1955
Year
1955
Date
18 January
Area
Balmoral Beach
Activity
Spear fishing
Victim
John Willis
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Fatal
Time
14:30
Species
Unknown
1955
1955
Year
1955
Date
5 February
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Bruno Rautenberg
Sex
Male
Age
25
Injury
Legs Mauled
Time
14:35
Species
Unknown
1955
1955
Year
1955
Date
9 March
Area
Wamberal
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Noel Langford
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Fatal
Time
18:00
Species
Great White
1960
1960
Year
1960
Date
16 January
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Diving
Victim
Kenneth Murray
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Leg removed
Time
15:30
Species
Unknown
1963
1963
Year
1963
Date
28 January
Area
Sydney Harbour
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Marcia Hathaway
Sex
Female
Age
32
Injury
Leg mauled
Time
13:30
Species
Bullshark
1966
1966
Year
1966
Date
20 May
Area
Jervis Bay
Activity
Shipwreck
Victim
Kor Van Helden
Sex
Male
Age
40
Injury
Fatal
Time
Night
Species
Great White
1966
1966
Year
1966
Date
20 May
Area
Jervis Bay
Activity
Shipwreck
Victim
Daniel mangel
Sex
Male
Age
38
Injury
Body Missing
Time
Dark
Species
Great White
1982
1982
Year
1982
Date
7 March
Area
Byron Bay
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Martin Ford
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Legs Attacked
Time
12:00
Species
Great White
1993
1993
Year
1993
Date
9 June
Area
Byron Bay
Activity
Diving
Victim
John Ford
Sex
Male
Age
31
Injury
Eaten whole
Time
09:30
Species
Great White
2008
2008
Year
2008
Date
8 April
Area
Ballina
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Peter Edmonds
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Fatal
Time
08:05
Species
Great White
2013
2013
Year
2013
Date
30 November
Area
Campbells Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Zac Young
Sex
Male
Age
19
Injury
Fatal
Time
14:00
Species
Unknown
2014
2014
Year
2014
Date
3 April
Area
Tathra Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Christine Armstrong
Sex
Female
Age
63
Injury
Totally consumed
Time
08:50
Species
Presumed to be a Bronze Whaler
2014
2014
Year
2014
Date
9 Sept
Area
Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Paul Wilcox
Sex
Male
Age
50
Injury
Leg taken off
Time
10:40
Species
Great White
2015
2015
Year
2015
Date
9 February
Area
Shelly Beach, Ballina
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Tadashi Nakahara
Sex
Male
Age
41
Injury
Legs removed
Time
9:55
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
7 June
Area
Kingscliff
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Rob Pedretti
Sex
Male
Age
60
Injury
Legs mauled
Time
10:00
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
11 July
Area
Wooli Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Mani Hart-Deville
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Both legs injured
Time
14:30
Species
Great White
2021
2021
Year
2021
Date
18 May
Area
Tuncurry Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Mark Sanguinetti
Sex
Male
Age
59
Injury
Fatal leg injury
Species
Great White
2021
2021
Year
2021
Date
5 Sept
Area
Shelly Beach, Emerald Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Timothy Thompson
Sex
Male
Age
31
Injury
Arm taken off, fatality
Time
11:45
Species
Great White
2022
2022
Year
2022
Date
16 Feb
Area
Little Bay Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Simon Nellist
Sex
Male
Age
35
Injury
Eaten in half
Time
16:35
Species
Great White
2025
2025
Year
2025
Date
6 Sept
Area
Long Reef Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Mercury Psillakis
Sex
Male
Age
57
Injury
Eaten in half
Time
10:00
Species
Great White
| 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 | ||||
| 1837 | 17 January | Macleay River | Washing his feet | Alfred Australia Howe | Male | 12 | Initially injured non-fatally. Later died due to tetanus | Evening | Unknown shark | |
| 1840 | December | Off The Domain, Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Male | 18 | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1841 | 27 March | Cockatoo Island, Sydney | Bathing | Andrew Goggin | Male | 22 | Fatal | 14:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1845 | 26 December | Newcastle | Fishing | John Williams | Male | Fatal | Unknown Shark | |||
| 1849 | 1 December | Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) | Bathing | Sailor from the steamship Eagle | Male | Fatal | Afternoon | Unknown shark | ||
| 1849 | 9 December | Sydney Harbour | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||||
| 1852 | 9 October (reported) | Coalcliff | Fell overboard | James Rogers | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1863 | 10 January | "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River | Bathing | James Brown | Male | 17 | Fatal | Evening | Unknown shark | |
| 1871 | Manning River | Male | Fatal. "Caught by legs" | Unknown shark | ||||||
| 1876 | Sydney | Unnamed boy | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||||
| 1876 | 14 May | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Frederick Brown | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1877 | 12 December | Near Sydney | Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1878 | Balmain, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing in 2 feet of water | Male | 11 | Fatal. Leg severed | Unknown shark. | ||||
| 1882 | 23 January (reported) | Darling Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | George Sinclair | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1882 | 15 April | Lake Macquarie | Fishing | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | ||||
| 1883 | 21 January | Iron Cove, Sydney | Bathing | John Eaton | Male | 37 | Fatal | 05:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1883 | 19 December | Parramatta River | Swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | Male | 21 | Fatal | 12:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1887 | 4 December | Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) | Male | Fatal | 11:30 | 12 to 15 foot shark | |||
| 1888 | December | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr. Ryland | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1888 | 9 December | Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary) | Swimming | Stephen Carter | Male | 11 | Fatal. | 13:00 | Unknown shark. | |
| 1895 | 27 February | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | Male | 14 | Fatal | Unknown shark | ||
| 1895 | 16 November | Jervis Bay | Fishing | Edward Bailey | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1895 | 9 December | West Balmain, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas John Terrill | Male | 14 | Fatal | Unknown shark | ||
| 1896 | 11 January | Johnstons Bay, Sydney | Bathing | William Ready | Male | 11 | Fatal | Afternoon | Unknown shark | |
| 1898 | 26 July (reported) | Sydney | Swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | Male | 20 | Reported fatal, but this is a questionable incident | |||
| 1900 | 27 December | Middle Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas Houstan | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1902 | 25 January (reported) | Kerosene Bay | Dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 1903 | 10 January | Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) | Sydney James | Male | Fatal | Unknown | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 1906 | 28 January | Georges River, Near Lugarno | Bathing | William Joseph Dobson | Male | 31 or 33 | Fatal | 14:10 | A large shark | |
| 1907 | 23 December | Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing | Henry Jones | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark, possibly a bull shark | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 1912 | 26 January | Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney | Swimming | James Edward Morgan | Male | 21 | Fatal | 15:00 | Presumed whaler type shark possibly a bull shark | |
| 1915 | 1 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour | Bathing about 100 yards from shore | Warren Tooze | Male | 17 | Fatal. Upper leg injury | Unknown shark | ||
| 1916? | 25 April? (reported) | Manly Beach | Swimming | Thomas Harrington | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 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 | |
| 1919 | 9 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour | Wading | Richard Simpson | Male | 13 | Fatal. Right thigh bitten | 07:30 | 12 feet shark | |
| 1919 | 7 December | Pelican Island, Macleay River | Swimming | James Ridley | Male | 47 | Fatal. Left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated | 05:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1920 | 15 January | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | David Miller | Male | Fatal. Leg bitten | 10:00 | Unknown shark | ||
| 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 | |
| 1922 | 4 February | Coogee, Sydney | Swimming | Milton Coughlan | Male | 18 | Fatal. Both arms & shoulder bitten | 15:30 | Thought to be a Great White shark | |
| 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 | |
| 1922 | 26 April | Hawkesbury River | Swimming | William A. Munro | Male | Fatal | Unknown shark | |||
| 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 | White shark | |||
| 1923 | 2 November | Bellinger Heads | Fishing | Male | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | Great White | ||||
| 1923 | 2 December | Urunga, Bellinger Heads | Fishing, standing in waist-deep water | James Elton | Male | Disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark | Great White |
· Northern Territory
1883
1883
Year
1883
Date
25 February (reported)
Area
Pearling beds
Activity
Diving
Sex
Male
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
9 October
Area
Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Aboriginal woman
Sex
Female
Age
38
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
16 July (reported)
Area
Elcho Island
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Japanese hard hat diver
Sex
Male
| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| 1883 | 25 February (reported) | Pearling beds | Diving | Male | ||||||
| 1934 | 9 October | Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula | Bathing | Aboriginal woman | Female | 38 | ||||
| 1937 | 16 July (reported) | Elcho Island | Pearl diving | Japanese hard hat diver | Male |
· Queensland
1853
1853
Year
1853
Area
Moreton Bay
Activity
Fell into the water
Victim
James Hexton, pilot
Sex
Male
1862
1862
Year
1862
Date
19 December (reported)
Area
Brisbane River
Activity
Trying to catch a wounded bird
Sex
Male
1863
1863
Year
1863
Date
April
Area
Caloundra Heads
Activity
Launching a boat
Victim
Mr. Barnsfield
Sex
Male
Species
2 sharks
1872
1872
Year
1872
Date
26 February
Area
Bramble Reef
Activity
Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria
Injury
Some were taken by sharks
1880
1880
Year
1880
Date
25 November
Area
Petrie Bight, Brisbane River
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Alexey Drury
Sex
Male
Age
12
Injury
Feet bitten, surgically amputated
Time
Afternoon
1886
1886
Year
1886
Date
17 June
Area
Off Bribie Heads
Activity
Swimming after being washed overboard
Victim
Lacoon
Sex
Male
Age
18
1890
1890
Year
1890
Date
30 December
Area
Moreton Bay
Activity
Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall
Victim
C. Gregory
Injury
but death may have been due to drowning
1892
1892
Year
1892
Area
Badu Island
Activity
Dress diving
Victim
Mr. A. Rotaman
Sex
Male
Injury
Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT
1898
1898
Year
1898
Date
28 December (reported)
Area
The Narrows
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
James Waters
Sex
Male
1901
1901
Year
1901
Date
30 January
Area
Brisbane
Activity
Bathing
Victim
John Thompson
Sex
Male
Injury
Thigh bitten
1903
1903
Year
1903
Date
12 March
Area
Logan River
Activity
Swimming
Victim
William Bartlett
Sex
Male
Species
Unknown
1904
1904
Year
1904
Date
7 February
Area
Brisbane
Activity
Swimming after his hat
Victim
George Grant
Sex
Male
1906
1906
Year
1906
Date
14 April
Area
Lizard Island
Activity
Diving for beche-de-mer
Victim
Charley
Sex
Male
Age
17
1906
1906
Year
1906
Date
5 September (reported)
Area
Mabiuag
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Smith
Sex
Male
1907
1907
Year
1907
Date
3 February
Area
Ross Creek
Activity
Bathing
Victim
William Williams
Sex
Male
Age
18
Time
Morning
1907
1907
Year
1907
Date
18 October (reported)
Area
Near Thursday Island
Activity
Bathing
Victim
male from the lugger Teazer
Sex
Male
1908
1908
Year
1908
Date
21 September
Area
Thursday Island
Activity
Fell from the jetty
Victim
Kong Choong Ting
Sex
Male
Species
Remains recovered from 3 sharks
pre–1909
pre–1909
Year
pre–1909
Area
Moreton Bay
Activity
Fell into the water
Victim
Lieutenant Hexton
Sex
Male
1909
1909
Year
1909
Date
18 June
Area
Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane
Activity
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
Victim
Master of the Errol
Sex
Male
Injury
only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered
1912
1912
Year
1912
Date
1 January
Area
Ross Creek
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Samuel Tristing
Sex
Male
Time
Morning
1916
1916
Year
1916
Date
9 November
Area
Kissing Point Camp, Townsville
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Robert Alexander Poultney
Sex
Male
Age
27
Time
Evening
1916
1916
Year
1916
Date
10 November
Area
Townsville
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Walter Gregson
Sex
Male
Time
06:00
1918
1918
Year
1918
Date
19 September
Area
Townsville
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Joseph Bartlett
Sex
Male
Age
22
1919
1919
Year
1919
Date
5 January
Area
Ross River, Townsville
Activity
Wading (shrimping)
Victim
Jack Hoey
Sex
Male
Age
38
Injury
Thigh bitten, leg amputated
Time
10:00
1920
1920
Year
1920
Date
24 January (reported)
Area
Arlington Reef
Activity
Free diving
Victim
Japanese diver
Sex
Male
1920–1923
1920–1923
Year
1920–1923
Area
Great Barrier Reef
Victim
3 Japanese divers
Sex
Male
1921
1921
Year
1921
Date
4 October
Area
Barrier Reef
Activity
Diving for beche-de-mer
Victim
Yoichi Schamok
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Left thigh bitten
Time
Afternoon
1921
1921
Year
1921
Date
27 November
Area
Gay's Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River
Activity
Fell from his father's back into the water
Victim
George Jack
Sex
Male
Age
8
Injury
Disappeared, body not recovered
Time
Morning
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
15 January
Area
Ross River, Townsville
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Robert Milroy
Sex
Male
Age
54
Time
17:30
1922
1922
Year
1922
Date
5 December
Area
Pialba Beach near Maryborough
Activity
Bathing in 3' to 4' of water
Victim
Alfred Gassman
Sex
Male
Age
19
Injury
Severe injuries to torso
Species
2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
22 May
Area
Great Barrier Reef
Activity
Diving?
Victim
Keizo Masoyo
Sex
Male
Time
Midday
1926
1926
Year
1926
Date
2 December (reported)
Area
Palm Island
Activity
Diving for trochus
Victim
Norman Skeen
Sex
Male
1927
1927
Year
1927
Date
9 May (reported)
Area
Off Cairns
Activity
Walking
Victim
Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander
Sex
Male
1928
1928
Year
1928
Date
27 January
Area
Deliverance Island
Activity
Retrieving meat from a cage in the water
Victim
Harry Envoldt
Sex
Male
Age
78
1928
1928
Year
1928
Date
20 February
Area
Near Barrow Point, Queensland
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander
Sex
Male
1928
1928
Year
1928
Date
28 March (reported)
Victim
Bob
Sex
Male
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
27 January
Area
Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Harry Weatherall
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated
Time
17:30
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
12 March
Area
Near Dauan Island
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Torres Strait Islander schoolboy
Sex
Male
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
4 April
Area
Badu Island
Activity
Swimming between boats
Victim
Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander
Sex
Male
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
9 April
Area
Badu Island
Sex
Male
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
1 September
Area
Ross River, Townsville
Activity
Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately
Victim
Edward William Hobbs
Sex
Male
Age
42
Injury
Severe injuries to both legs
1929
1929
Year
1929
Date
3 December (reported)
Area
Townsville
Sex
Male
Age
50s
1930
1930
Year
1930
Date
4 June
Area
Near Mabuiag Island
Victim
Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander
Sex
Male
1931
1931
Year
1931
Date
22 March
Area
Ross River, Townsville
Activity
Fishing with a cast net
Victim
Arthur Tomida
Sex
Male
Age
19
Injury
Left thigh severely bitten
1931
1931
Year
1931
Date
1 August
Area
Port Douglas
Activity
Fell overboard?
Victim
Llewellyn Roberts
Sex
Male
1932
1932
Year
1932
Date
12 May
Area
Near Warrior Reefs
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Henry Solomon, Cape York native
Sex
Male
1933
1933
Year
1933
Date
4 January
Area
Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Stanley Victor Locksley
Sex
Male
Age
38
Injury
Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark)
Time
17:30
1933
1933
Year
1933
Date
20 November
Area
Near Boydong Cay
Activity
Free diving for trochus
Victim
Bili, a Papuan
Sex
Male
Injury
Right buttock & thigh bitten
Species
3.4 m [11'] tiger shark
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
26 August
Area
Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell
Activity
Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately
Victim
Robert Steele
Sex
Male
Injury
Body was not recovered
1934
1934
Year
1934
Date
22 October
Area
Warrior Reefs
Activity
Freediving for trochus shell (submerged)
Victim
David Younger, Torres Strait Islander
Sex
Male
Injury
Forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards
1935
1935
Year
1935
Date
13 August
Area
Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland
Activity
Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger
Victim
Barani, a Papuan
Sex
Male
Injury
Right buttock & thigh bitten
1935
1935
Year
1935
Date
26 August
Area
At Flat Top, near Mackay
Activity
Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy
Victim
Patrick Quinn
Sex
Male
Age
38
Injury
His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn
Time
Night
Species
3.7 m [12'] shark
1936
1936
Year
1936
Date
26 June
Area
Nepean Island
Activity
Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface
Victim
Willie, an aborigine
Sex
Male
Age
16
Species
2.4 m [8'] tiger shark
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
15 May
Area
Ross River, Townsville
Activity
Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river
Victim
William Tennant
Sex
Male
Age
33
Injury
Left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee
Time
Night
Species
2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
27 October
Area
Kirra Beach, Coolangatta
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Norman Girvan
Sex
Male
Age
18
Time
17:30
Species
A 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in], 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
27 October
Area
Kirra Beach, Coolangatta
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Jack Brinkley
Sex
Male
Age
25
Time
17:30
Species
Tiger shark
1937
1937
Year
1937
Date
11 November
Area
Ota Reef
Activity
Diving for trochus
Victim
Nelan Kris
Sex
Male
Age
17
Species
12' shark
1938
1938
Year
1938
Date
12 July
Area
Off Bathurst Island
Activity
Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru
Victim
Okada
Sex
Male
Age
25
Injury
Dragged out of diving helmet
1939
1939
Year
1939
Date
14 December
Area
Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Frank Gurran
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated
Time
12:15
Species
2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later
1943
1943
Year
1943
Date
14 May
Area
Off Brisbane
Activity
Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177
Sex
Male
Time
After 04:00
1945
1945
Year
1945
Date
15 June
Area
Trinity Beach, Cairns
Activity
Swimming
Victim
E. J. McHugh
Sex
Male
Time
16:00
1946
1946
Year
1946
Date
19 April
Area
Trinity Beach, Cairns
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Robert McAuliffe
Sex
Male
Age
17
Time
13:30
1946
1946
Year
1946
Date
18 August
Area
Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns
Activity
Swimming after a tennis ball
Victim
Phillip South Collin
Sex
Male
Age
30
Injury
Body not recovered
Time
15:20
Species
4.3 m [14'] shark
1946
1946
Year
1946
Date
20 November
Area
40 miles off Thursday Island
Activity
Pearl diving from lugger
Victim
Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander
Sex
Male
Age
30
Injury
Right arm severed
1947
1947
Year
1947
Date
November
Area
Moreton Bay
Victim
D. Smith
Age
78
1948
1948
Year
1948
Date
26 December
Area
King's Beach, Caloundra
Activity
Treading water, waiting for a wave
Victim
Eric Keys
Sex
Male
Age
28
Injury
Left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee
Time
11:30
1949
1949
Year
1949
Date
17 April
Area
Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns
Activity
Bathing in water 0.9 m deep
Victim
Richard Joseph Maguire
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Left leg severed
Time
13:30
Species
3.3 m [10 ft 10 in] shark
1949
1949
Year
1949
Date
28 August
Area
Yorkeys Knob
Activity
Swimming
Victim
James Howard
Sex
Male
Age
34
Injury
Right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated
Time
13:20
1950
1950
Year
1950
Date
9 April
Area
Cooper's Point
Activity
Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis
Victim
John McDonald
Sex
Male
Age
50
1950
1950
Year
1950
Date
16 December
Area
Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane
Activity
Treading water
Victim
Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver
Sex
Male
Age
20
Injury
Lower abdomen severely bitten, left leg severed
Time
16:15
1951
1951
Year
1951
Date
4 September (reported)
Area
Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton
Activity
Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38' Christine
Victim
Dr. E. Al Joske
Sex
Male
Age
56
Injury
Abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip
1951
1951
Year
1951
Date
22 October
Area
Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Arthur James Kenealey
Sex
Male
Age
42
Injury
Leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net
Time
19:10
1954
1954
Year
1954
Date
4 September
Area
Darnley Island, Torres Strait
Activity
Spearfishing, hunting crayfish
Victim
Kapua Gutchen
Sex
Male
Age
35
Injury
After being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died
Species
9' shark
1954
1954
Year
1954
Date
14 September (reported)
Area
Darnley Island, Torres Strait
Activity
Spear fishing
Victim
male
Sex
Male
1956
1956
Year
1956
Date
26 February
Area
Pioneer River, near Mackay
Activity
Diving into water
Victim
Barry Keith Antonini
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed
Time
11:00
Species
1.8 m [6'] shark
1958
1958
Year
1958
Date
23 November
Area
Surfers Paradise
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Peter Gerard Spronk
Sex
Male
Age
21
Time
15:15
Species
12' shark
1959
1959
Year
1959
Date
19 December
Area
Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane
Activity
Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas
Victim
Stanley Arthur Mullen
Sex
Male
Age
29
Time
06:00
1961
1961
Year
1961
Date
18 December
Area
Noosa Heads
Activity
Surfing, pushing board ashore
Victim
John Grayson Andrews
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee
Time
06:15
Species
Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut
1961
1961
Year
1961
Date
28 December
Area
Lambert's Beach, Mackay
Activity
Standing
Victim
Margaret Hobbs
Sex
Female
Age
18
Injury
Right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack
Time
16:15
Species
3 m [10'] shark
1964
1964
Year
1964
Date
18 November
Area
Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads
Activity
Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty
Victim
Glenthorne Prior
Sex
Male
Age
29
Time
13:30
1965
1965
Year
1965
Date
21 November
Area
Near Brisbane
Activity
Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark
Victim
Gordon Hobrook
Sex
Male
Age
43
Species
4.6 m [15'] shark
1971
1971
Year
1971
Date
5 December
Area
Gladstone
Victim
Gregory Carroll
Sex
Male
Age
20
1974
1974
Year
1974
Date
1 September
Area
Junpinpin, off Stradbroke Island
Activity
His and Peter Hodgeson's 3.3 m boat sank and were drifting in the current
Victim
Adrian Treveluwe
Sex
Male
Age
30
1977
1977
Year
1977
Date
13 March
Area
Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay
Activity
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
Victim
John Hayes
Sex
Male
Age
45
1977
1977
Year
1977
Date
13 March
Area
Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay
Activity
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
Victim
Victor Beaver
Sex
Male
Age
74
1977
1977
Year
1977
Date
23 August
Area
Buddina Beach, south of Noosa
Activity
Floating on an inflatable raft
Victim
George Walter
Sex
Male
Age
25
Injury
Left arm severed, legs bitten
Species
Great White Shark
1983
1983
Year
1983
Date
25 July
Area
Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville
Activity
Swimming from the New Venture
Victim
Dennis Patrick Murphy
Sex
Male
Age
24
Injury
Shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater
Time
Night
Species
5 m [16.5'] tiger shark
1983
1983
Year
1983
Date
26 July
Area
Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville
Activity
Swimming from the New Venture
Victim
Linda Ann Horton
Sex
Female
Age
21
Injury
Shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater
Time
04:00
Species
5 m [16.5'] tiger shark
1984
1984
Year
1984
Date
30 November
Area
1 km off Black's Beach
Activity
Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water
Victim
Nicholas Bos
Sex
Male
Age
16
Time
12:33
1988
1988
Year
1988
Date
7 November
Area
Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon
Activity
The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy
Victim
Cedric Coucom
Sex
Male
Age
62
Time
Nightfall
1988
1988
Year
1988
Date
8 November
Area
Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon
Activity
The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy
Victim
Bruce Coucom
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy"
Time
Early morning
1990
1990
Year
1990
Date
8 April
Area
Dingo Reef
Activity
Free diving for trochus
Victim
Robert Bullen
Sex
Male
Age
37
Injury
Presumed fatal
1992
1992
Year
1992
Date
1 October
Area
Moreton Island
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Michael Docherty
Sex
Male
Age
28
Time
14:30
Species
Great White
2002
2002
Year
2002
Date
16 December
Area
Lake Heron, Miami Lakes
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Beau Martin
Sex
Male
Age
23
Time
02:30
Species
Bull shark
2003
2003
Year
2003
Date
8 February
Area
Gold Coast
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Bob Purcell
Sex
Male
Age
84
Time
Morning
Species
Bull shark
2004
2004
Year
2004
Date
11 December
Area
Opal Reef
Activity
Diving
Victim
Mark Thompson
Sex
Male
Age
38
Injury
Fatal Injuries
Time
13:00
Species
Unknown
2006
2006
Year
2006
Date
7 January
Area
Stradbroke Island
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Sarah Whiley
Sex
Female
Age
21
Injury
Fatal Injuries
Time
17:15
Species
Multiple sharks
2014
2014
Year
2014
Date
15 December
Area
Port Douglas
Activity
Diving
Victim
Daniel Smith
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Fatal injuries
Time
11:30
Species
Great White
2016
2016
Year
2016
Date
16 Feb
Area
Kennedy Shoal
Activity
Diving
Victim
Steven Foster
Sex
Male
Age
54
Injury
Body not recovered
Species
Great White
2018
2018
Year
2018
Date
5 November
Area
Whitsunday Islands
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Daniel Christidis
Sex
Male
Age
33
Time
17:30
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
6 April
Area
North West Island
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Zachary Robba
Sex
Male
Age
23
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
4 July
Area
Fraser Island
Activity
Diving
Victim
Matthew Tratt
Sex
Male
Age
36
Injury
Fatal Injuries
Time
14:00
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
8 September
Area
Coolongatta
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Nick Slater
Sex
Male
Age
46
Injury
Fatal injuries
Time
17:00
Species
Great White
2024
2024
Year
2024
Date
28 December
Area
Keppel Islands
Activity
Diving
Victim
Luke Walford
Sex
Male
Age
40
Injury
Fatal injuries
Time
16:37
Species
Unknown
2025
2025
Year
2025
Date
3 February
Area
Bribie Island
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Charlize Zmuda
Sex
Female
Age
17
Injury
Fatal injuries
Time
16:45
Species
Presumed to be a Bull Shark
| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| 1853 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | ||||||
| 1862 | 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | Trying to catch a wounded bird | Male | ||||||
| 1863 | April | Caloundra Heads | Launching a boat | Mr. Barnsfield | Male | 2 sharks | ||||
| 1872 | 26 February | Bramble Reef | Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria | Some were taken by sharks | ||||||
| 1880 | 25 November | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | Swimming | Alexey Drury | Male | 12 | Feet bitten, surgically amputated | Afternoon | ||
| 1886 | 17 June | Off Bribie Heads | Swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | Male | 18 | ||||
| 1890 | 30 December | Moreton Bay | Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | but death may have been due to drowning | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 1898 | 28 December (reported) | The Narrows | Fell overboard | James Waters | Male | |||||
| 1901 | 30 January | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | Thigh bitten | ||||
| 1903 | 12 March | Logan River | Swimming | William Bartlett | Male | Unknown | ||||
| 1904 | 7 February | Brisbane | Swimming after his hat | George Grant | Male | |||||
| 1906 | 14 April | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | ||||
| 1906 | 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | |||||
| 1907 | 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | Morning | |||
| 1907 | 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | Bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | Male | |||||
| 1908 | 21 September | Thursday Island | Fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | Male | Remains recovered from 3 sharks | ||||
| pre–1909 | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | Male | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1912 | 1 January | Ross Creek | Bathing | Samuel Tristing | Male | Morning | ||||
| 1916 | 9 November | Kissing Point Camp, Townsville | Bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | Male | 27 | Evening | |||
| 1916 | 10 November | Townsville | Swimming | Walter Gregson | Male | 06:00 | ||||
| 1918 | 19 September | Townsville | Bathing | Joseph Bartlett | Male | 22 | ||||
| 1919 | 5 January | Ross River, Townsville | Wading (shrimping) | Jack Hoey | Male | 38 | Thigh bitten, leg amputated | 10:00 | ||
| 1920 | 24 January (reported) | Arlington Reef | Free diving | Japanese diver | Male | |||||
| 1920–1923 | Great Barrier Reef | 3 Japanese divers | Male | |||||||
| 1921 | 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | Male | 22 | Left thigh bitten | Afternoon | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1922 | 15 January | Ross River, Townsville | Swimming | Robert Milroy | Male | 54 | 17:30 | |||
| 1922 | 5 December | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | Bathing in 3' to 4' of water | Alfred Gassman | Male | 19 | Severe injuries to torso | blue" shark | ||
| 1923 | 22 May | Great Barrier Reef | Diving? | Keizo Masoyo | Male | Midday | ||||
| 1926 | 2 December (reported) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | |||||
| 1927 | 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | |||||
| 1928 | 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | ||||
| 1928 | 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | |||||
| 1928 | 28 March (reported) | Bob | Male | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 1929 | 12 March | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | Male | |||||
| 1929 | 4 April | Badu Island | Swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | |||||
| 1929 | 9 April | Badu Island | Male | |||||||
| 1929 | 1 September | Ross River, Townsville | Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | Male | 42 | Severe injuries to both legs | |||
| 1929 | 3 December (reported) | Townsville | Male | 50s | ||||||
| 1930 | 4 June | Near Mabuiag Island | Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander | Male | ||||||
| 1931 | 22 March | Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | Male | 19 | Left thigh severely bitten | |||
| 1931 | 1 August | Port Douglas | Fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | Male | |||||
| 1932 | 12 May | Near Warrior Reefs | Pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | Male | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 1933 | 20 November | Near Boydong Cay | Free diving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | Male | Right buttock & thigh bitten | tiger shark | |||
| 1934 | 26 August | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | Male | Body was not recovered |
· South Australia
1855
1855
Year
1855
Date
28 March
Area
Port Wakefield
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
Master Coleman
Sex
Male
1884
1884
Year
1884
Date
14 January
Area
Port Pirie
Marine Waters
Spencer Gulf
Activity
Fell overboard
Victim
Miss Warren
Sex
Female
Species
2 sharks
1926
1926
Year
1926
Date
17 March
Area
West Beach
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Primrose Whyte
Sex
Female
Time
15:45
Species
Great white
1936
1936
Year
1936
Date
22 January
Area
West Beach
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Swimmer
Victim
Ray Bennett
Sex
Male
Age
13
Time
18:00
Species
Great White
1962
1962
Year
1962
Date
9 December
Area
Carrickalinga
Headland
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Diving
Victim
Geoffrey Corner
Sex
Male
Age
16
Injury
Right leg attacked
Time
14:30
Species
Great White
1971
1971
Year
1971
Date
5 September
Area
Adelaide
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Fishing
Victim
Leslie Harris
Sex
Male
Age
51
Injury
Heart Attack
1974
1974
Year
1974
Date
9 January
Area
Streaky Bay
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Diving
Victim
Terry Manuel
Sex
Male
Age
26
Injury
Right leg severed
Species
Great White
1975
1975
Year
1975
Date
19 January
Area
Coffin bay
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
David Barrowman
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Body not recovered
Species
Great White
1975
1975
Year
1975
Date
10 February
Area
Point Sinclair
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Diving
Victim
Wade Shipard
Sex
Male
Age
12
Injury
Right leg severed
Time
18:00
Species
Great White
1985
1985
Year
1985
Date
3 March
Area
Port Lincoln
Marine Waters
Spencer Gulf
Activity
Diving
Victim
Shirley Durdin
Sex
Female
Age
33
Injury
Fully consumed
Time
12:30
Species
Great White
1987
1987
Year
1987
Date
18 September
Area
Marino Rocks
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Diving
Victim
Terrance Gibson
Sex
Male
Age
47
Species
Great White
1989
1989
Year
1989
Date
9 March
Area
Waitpinga Beach
Marine Waters
Southern Ocean
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Matthew Foale
Sex
Male
Age
27
Injury
Thigh bitten
Time
20:15
Species
White Shark
1991
1991
Year
1991
Date
8 September
Area
Aldinga Beach
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Diving
Victim
Jonathon Lee
Sex
Male
Age
19
Time
15:00
Species
Great White
1998
1998
Year
1998
Date
28 June
Area
Neptune Islands
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Diving
Victim
Doug Chesher
Sex
Male
Age
26
Injury
Legs injuries
Time
14:00
Species
Great White
1999
1999
Year
1999
Date
29 May
Area
Yorke Peninsula
Marine Waters
Spencer Gulf
Activity
Windsurfing
Victim
Tony Donoghue
Sex
Male
Age
22
Injury
Body not recovered
Time
14:30
Species
Great White
2000
2000
Year
2000
Date
24 September
Area
Cactus beach
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Cameron Bayes
Sex
Male
Age
25
Injury
fully consumed
Time
07:30
Species
Great White
2000
2000
Year
2000
Date
25 September
Area
Eyre Peninsula
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Jevan Wright
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
fully consumed
Time
13:00
Species
White Shark
2002
2002
Year
2002
Date
30 April
Area
Ceduna
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Diving
Victim
Paul Buckland
Sex
Male
Age
23
Time
12:40
Species
White Shark
2004
2004
Year
2004
Date
16 December
Area
West Beach, Adelaide
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Scurfing
Victim
Nick Peterson
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Fully consumed
Time
15:15
Species
2 Great Whites
2005
2005
Year
2005
Date
24 August
Area
Glenelg
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Diving
Victim
Jarrod Stehbens
Sex
Male
Age
23
Time
16:10
Species
Great White
2011
2011
Year
2011
Date
17 February
Area
Coffin Bay
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Diving
Victim
Peter Clarkson
Sex
Male
Age
49
Time
18:20
Species
2 White Sharks
2014
2014
Year
2014
Date
8 February
Area
Yorke Peninsula
Marine Waters
Gulf St. Vincent
Activity
Diving
Victim
Sam Kellett
Sex
Male
Age
28
Injury
Body not recovered
Time
12:00
Species
Great White
2023
2023
Year
2023
Date
13 May
Area
Eyre Peninsula
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Simon Baccanello
Sex
Male
Age
46
Injury
Body not recovered
Species
White Shark
2023
2023
Year
2023
Date
31 October
Area
Streaky Bay
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Tod Gendle
Sex
Male
Age
55
Injury
Eaten whole
Time
10:20
Species
Great White
2023
2023
Year
2023
Date
28 December
Area
Ethel Beach
Marine Waters
Spencer Gulf
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Khai Cowley
Sex
Male
Age
15
Injury
Body recovered
Time
13:30
Species
Great White
2025
2025
Year
2025
Date
2 January
Area
Westall
Marine Waters
Australian Bight
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Lance Appleby
Sex
Male
Age
26
Injury
Body not recovered
Species
Great White
| Year | Date | Area | Marine Waters | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| 1855 | 28 March | Port Wakefield | Gulf St. Vincent | Fell overboard | Master Coleman | Male | |||||
| 1884 | 14 January | Port Pirie | Spencer Gulf | Fell overboard | Miss Warren | Female | 2 sharks | ||||
| 1926 | 17 March | West Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Swimming | Primrose Whyte | Female | 15:45 | Great white | |||
| 1936 | 22 January | West Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Swimmer | Ray Bennett | Male | 13 | 18:00 | Great White | ||
| 1962 | 9 December | Carrickalinga Headland | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Geoffrey Corner | Male | 16 | Right leg attacked | 14:30 | Great White | |
| 1971 | 5 September | Adelaide | Gulf St. Vincent | Fishing | Leslie Harris | Male | 51 | Heart Attack | |||
| 1974 | 9 January | Streaky Bay | Australian Bight | Diving | Terry Manuel | Male | 26 | Right leg severed | Great White | ||
| 1975 | 19 January | Coffin bay | Australian Bight | Surfing | David Barrowman | Male | 17 | Body not recovered | Great White | ||
| 1975 | 10 February | Point Sinclair | Australian Bight | Diving | Wade Shipard | Male | 12 | Right leg severed | 18:00 | Great White | |
| 1985 | 3 March | Port Lincoln | Spencer Gulf | Diving | Shirley Durdin | Female | 33 | Fully consumed | 12:30 | Great White | |
| 1987 | 18 September | Marino Rocks | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Terrance Gibson | Male | 47 | Great White | |||
| 1989 | 9 March | Waitpinga Beach | Southern Ocean | Surfing | Matthew Foale | Male | 27 | Thigh bitten | 20:15 | White Shark | |
| 1991 | 8 September | Aldinga Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Jonathon Lee | Male | 19 | 15:00 | Great White | ||
| 1998 | 28 June | Neptune Islands | Australian Bight | Diving | Doug Chesher | Male | 26 | Legs injuries | 14:00 | Great White | |
| 1999 | 29 May | Yorke Peninsula | Spencer Gulf | Windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | Male | 22 | Body not recovered | 14:30 | Great White | |
| 2000 | 24 September | Cactus beach | Australian Bight | Surfing | Cameron Bayes | Male | 25 | fully consumed | 07:30 | Great White | |
| 2000 | 25 September | Eyre Peninsula | Australian Bight | Surfing | Jevan Wright | Male | 17 | fully consumed | 13:00 | White Shark | |
| 2002 | 30 April | Ceduna | Australian Bight | Diving | Paul Buckland | Male | 23 | 12:40 | White Shark | ||
| 2004 | 16 December | West Beach, Adelaide | Gulf St. Vincent | Scurfing | Nick Peterson | Male | 18 | Fully consumed | 15:15 | 2 Great Whites | |
| 2005 | 24 August | Glenelg | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Jarrod Stehbens | Male | 23 | 16:10 | Great White | ||
| 2011 | 17 February | Coffin Bay | Australian Bight | Diving | Peter Clarkson | Male | 49 | 18:20 | 2 White Sharks | ||
| 2014 | 8 February | Yorke Peninsula | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Sam Kellett | Male | 28 | Body not recovered | 12:00 | Great White | |
| 2023 | 13 May | Eyre Peninsula | Australian Bight | Surfing | Simon Baccanello | Male | 46 | Body not recovered | White Shark | ||
| 2023 | 31 October | Streaky Bay | Australian Bight | Surfing | Tod Gendle | Male | 55 | Eaten whole | 10:20 | Great White | |
| 2023 | 28 December | Ethel Beach | Spencer Gulf | Surfing | Khai Cowley | Male | 15 | Body recovered | 13:30 | Great White | |
| 2025 | 2 January | Westall | Australian Bight | Surfing | Lance Appleby | Male | 26 | Body not recovered | Great White |
· Tasmania
1820s
1820s
Year
1820s
Date
circa
Area
Sweet Water Point, Pittwater
Victim
"Amphibious Jack"
Sex
Male
1831
1831
Year
1831
Date
22 January (reported)
Area
Hobart
Activity
Boat capsized, clinging to line
Victim
Robert Dudlow
Sex
Male
1870
1870
Year
1870
Date
late
Area
Derwent River
Activity
Canoeing
Victim
Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile
Sex
Male
Injury
Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river
1880
1880
Year
1880
Area
St George's Bay
Sex
Male
1843-1844
1843-1844
Year
1843-1844
Date
Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883.
Area
Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula
Activity
Swimming / escaping imprisonment
Victim
Owen
Sex
Male
1893
1893
Year
1893
Date
4 April
Area
Chimney Point, George's Bay
Activity
Boat capsized, swimming ashore
Victim
Joseph Meredith
Sex
Male
Time
16:30
1905
1905
Year
1905
Date
25 March
Area
Bridport
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Charles Taylor
1959
1959
Year
1959
Date
17 January
Area
Safety Cove
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Brian Derry
Sex
Male
Age
22
Time
16:30
Species
Multiple White Sharks
1975
1975
Year
1975
Date
30 July
Area
Bruny Islans
Activity
Diving
Victim
Robert Slack
Sex
Male
Age
37
Time
PM
Species
Great White
1982
1982
Year
1982
Date
28 February
Area
South Cape Bay
Activity
Diving
Victim
Geert Talen
Sex
Male
Age
32
Injury
Body not recovered
Species
Great White
1993
1993
Year
1993
Date
5 June
Area
Tenth Island
Activity
Diving
Victim
Therese Cartwright
Sex
Female
Age
35
Injury
Attacked and killed in front of her 4 children
Time
10:55
Species
Great White
2015
2015
Year
2015
Date
25 July
Area
Lachlan Point
Activity
Diving
Victim
Damian Johnson
Sex
Male
Age
46
Injury
Body not recovered
Time
7:00
Species
Great White
| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| 1820s | circa | Sweet Water Point, Pittwater | "Amphibious Jack" | Male | ||||||
| 1831 | 22 January (reported) | Hobart | Boat capsized, clinging to line | Robert Dudlow | Male | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1880 | St George's Bay | Male | ||||||||
| 1843-1844 | Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. | Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula | Swimming / escaping imprisonment | Owen | Male | |||||
| 1893 | 4 April | Chimney Point, George's Bay | Boat capsized, swimming ashore | Joseph Meredith | Male | 16:30 | ||||
| 1905 | 25 March | Bridport | Bathing | Charles Taylor | ||||||
| 1959 | 17 January | Safety Cove | Swimming | Brian Derry | Male | 22 | 16:30 | Multiple White Sharks | ||
| 1975 | 30 July | Bruny Islans | Diving | Robert Slack | Male | 37 | PM | Great White | ||
| 1982 | 28 February | South Cape Bay | Diving | Geert Talen | Male | 32 | Body not recovered | Great White | ||
| 1993 | 5 June | Tenth Island | Diving | Therese Cartwright | Female | 35 | Attacked and killed in front of her 4 children | 10:55 | Great White | |
| 2015 | 25 July | Lachlan Point | Diving | Damian Johnson | Male | 46 | Body not recovered | 7:00 | Great White |
· Victoria
1839
1839
Year
1839
Date
7 August
Area
Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory
Activity
Swimming from capsized whale boat
Victim
Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby
Sex
Male
Age
39
Injury
'...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.'
1849
1849
Year
1849
Date
19 September
Area
Warrnambool
Activity
Swimming
Victim
a sailor from the schooner Brother
Sex
Male
1855
1855
Year
1855
Date
11 November
Area
Melbourne
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Seaman from whaling brig Curlew
Sex
Male
1858
1858
Year
1858
Date
14 March
Area
Hobson Bay
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Adolphe Bollander
Sex
Male
Age
22
Time
15:00
1864
1864
Year
1864
Area
Corio Bay, Port Phillip
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Mr. Warren Jr.
Sex
Male
Injury
Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed
1876
1876
Year
1876
Date
6 February
Area
Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay
Activity
Bathing
Victim
Peter Rooney
Sex
Male
Age
18
Injury
Rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach
1877
1877
Year
1877
Date
28 January
Area
Emerald Hill
Activity
Bathing
Victim
William Marks
Sex
Male
Age
30
Injury
"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."
1889
1889
Year
1889
Date
8 July
Area
Port Phillip
Activity
Fell into the water
Sex
Male
1914
1914
Year
1914
Date
10 June
Area
Sandringham
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Mr. Croxford
Sex
Male
Age
43
Time
Afternoon
1916
1916
Year
1916
Date
3 April
Area
Carrum
Activity
Clinging to overturned rowing boat
Victim
Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill
Sex
Male
Age
17
1930
1930
Year
1930
Date
15 February
Area
Port Phillip Bay
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Norman Clark
Sex
Male
Age
18
Time
16:30
Species
White Shark
1936
1936
Year
1936
Area
Port Phillip Bay
Activity
Swimming
Sex
Male
1936
1936
Year
1936
Date
1 December
Area
Mordialloc
Activity
Fishing
Victim
Charles Swann
Sex
Male
Age
46
Species
Great White
1949
1949
Year
1949
Date
12 November
Area
Port Phillip Bay
Activity
No details
Victim
John W. Smith
Sex
Male
Species
Great White
1954
1954
Year
1954
Date
11 December
Area
Point Lonsdale
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Lawrence Burns
Sex
Male
Age
23
Time
11:00
Species
Great White
1956
1956
Year
1956
Date
4 March
Area
Portsea Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
John Wishart
Sex
Male
Age
26
Time
16:45
Species
Great White
1987
1987
Year
1987
Area
Mornington Peninsula
Activity
Surfing
Injury
Fatal
Species
Great White
| 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.' | |||
| 1849 | 19 September | Warrnambool | Swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | Male | |||||
| 1855 | 11 November | Melbourne | Swimming | Seaman from whaling brig Curlew | Male | |||||
| 1858 | 14 March | Hobson Bay | Bathing | Adolphe Bollander | Male | 22 | 15:00 | |||
| 1864 | Corio Bay, Port Phillip | Swimming | Mr. Warren Jr. | Male | Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed | |||||
| 1876 | 6 February | Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay | Bathing | Peter Rooney | Male | 18 | Rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach | |||
| 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." | |||
| 1889 | 8 July | Port Phillip | Fell into the water | Male | ||||||
| 1914 | 10 June | Sandringham | Swimming | Mr. Croxford | Male | 43 | Afternoon | |||
| 1916 | 3 April | Carrum | Clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | Male | 17 | ||||
| 1930 | 15 February | Port Phillip Bay | Swimming | Norman Clark | Male | 18 | 16:30 | White Shark | ||
| 1936 | Port Phillip Bay | Swimming | Male | |||||||
| 1936 | 1 December | Mordialloc | Fishing | Charles Swann | Male | 46 | Great White | |||
| 1949 | 12 November | Port Phillip Bay | No details | John W. Smith | Male | Great White | ||||
| 1954 | 11 December | Point Lonsdale | Swimming | Lawrence Burns | Male | 23 | 11:00 | Great White | ||
| 1956 | 4 March | Portsea Beach | Swimming | John Wishart | Male | 26 | 16:45 | Great White | ||
| 1987 | Mornington Peninsula | Surfing | Fatal | Great White |
· Western Australia
pre–1903
pre–1903
Year
pre–1903
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Ahmun
Sex
Male
pre–1903
pre–1903
Year
pre–1903
Area
Roebuck Bay
Activity
Diving
Sex
Male
mid–1870s
mid–1870s
Year
mid–1870s
Date
Circa
Area
Shark Bay
Activity
Sitting on gunwale of boat
Victim
Andrew Farmer
Sex
Male
1882
1882
Year
1882
Date
7 February (reported)
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Native diver
Sex
Male
Injury
Thigh bitten
1882
1882
Year
1882
Date
12 May (reported)
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Malay diver
Sex
Male
Injury
Torso bitten
1895
1895
Year
1895
Date
3 June (reported)
Area
Barrow Passage, Barrow Island
Activity
Pearl diving
Victim
Japanese diver
Sex
Male
1896
1896
Year
1896
Date
1 November
Area
Esperance
Activity
Boat swamped
Victim
Louis
Sex
Male
1896
1896
Year
1896
Date
29 November
Area
Albany
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Davies
Sex
Male
1910
1910
Year
1910
Date
23 December (reported)
Area
Fremantle
Activity
Shipwrecked pearling schooner
Victim
Theodore Anderson's captain & rest of crew taken by sharks
Sex
Male
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
27 January
Area
Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Charles Topsail Robertson
Sex
Male
Age
13
Injury
Back of thigh bitten
1923
1923
Year
1923
Date
23 November
Area
Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland
Activity
Dry shelling
Victim
Selim and Dea Opre, Koepang Islanders
Sex
Male
Injury
Disappeared, partial remains of Selim was found, there was no trace of Dea Opre
1925
1925
Year
1925
Date
22 November
Area
Cottesloe Beach
Activity
Floating on his back
Victim
Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton
Sex
Male
Age
55
Injury
Thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat
Time
15:15
Species
4 m [13'] female tiger shark
1948
1948
Year
1948
Date
27 December
Area
Lancelin Island
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Arthur Strahan
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Disappeared while swimming
Species
His hand was found in a 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 1/5/1949
1967
1967
Year
1967
Date
19 August
Area
Jurien Bay
Activity
Diving
Victim
Robert Bartle
Sex
Male
Age
23
Injury
Bitten in two
Time
11:00
Species
Great White shark
1993
1993
Year
1993
Date
21 November
Area
A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay
Activity
Diving
Victim
Richard Peter Bisley
Sex
Male
Age
27
Time
15:15
Species
Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver's remains in its gut
1995
1995
Year
1995
Date
11 September
Area
Honeymoon Island, near Hopetoun
Activity
Diving
Victim
David Alan Weir
Sex
Male
Age
29
Injury
Head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 13/09/1995
Time
15:00
Species
Great White Shark
1997
1997
Year
1997
Date
20 January
Area
Geraldton
Activity
Windsurfing
Victim
Werner Schonhofer
Sex
Male
Age
41
Injury
Eaten whole
Time
18:00
Species
White shark
2000
2000
Year
2000
Date
6 November
Area
Cottesloe Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Ken Crew
Sex
Male
Age
49
Injury
Torso attacked leg torn off.
Time
06:30
Species
Great White
2004
2004
Year
2004
Date
10 July
Area
Margaret River
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Bradley Smith
Sex
Male
Age
30
Injury
Stomach and legs attacked
Time
14:10
Species
2 Great Whites
2005
2005
Year
2005
Date
19 March
Area
Abrolhos Islands
Activity
Diving
Victim
Geoffrey Brazier
Sex
Male
Age
26
Time
14:00
Species
Great White
2008
2008
Year
2008
Date
27 December
Area
Port Kennedy
Activity
Diving
Victim
Brian Guest
Sex
Male
Age
51
Time
07:00
Species
Great White
2010
2010
Year
2010
Date
17 August
Area
Cowaramup Bay
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Nicholas Edwards
Sex
Male
Age
31
Injury
Leg severed
Time
08:05
Species
Great White
2011
2011
Year
2011
Date
4 September
Area
Bunker Bay
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Kyle James Burden
Sex
Male
Age
21
Injury
Eaten in half
Time
13:26
Species
Great White
2011
2011
Year
2011
Date
9 October
Area
Cottesloe Beach
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Bryn Martin
Sex
Male
Age
64
Injury
Eaten whole
Time
08:10
Species
Great White
2011
2011
Year
2011
Date
22 October
Area
Rottnest Island
Activity
Diving
Victim
George Wainwright
Sex
Male
Age
32
Time
13:25
Species
Great White
2012
2012
Year
2012
Date
31 March
Area
Stratham Beach
Activity
Diving
Victim
Peter Kurmann
Sex
Male
Age
33
Time
09:30
Species
Great White
2012
2012
Year
2012
Date
14 July
Area
Off Wedge Island
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Ben Linden
Sex
Male
Age
24
Injury
Eaten Whole
Time
09:05
Species
Great White
2013
2013
Year
2013
Date
23 November
Area
Gracetown
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Chris Boyd
Sex
Male
Age
35
Injury
Leg Removed
Time
09:00
Species
Great White
2014
2014
Year
2014
Date
30 December
Area
Cheynes Beach
Activity
Diving
Victim
Jay Muscat
Sex
Male
Age
17
Injury
Attacked at the leg-torso
Time
Midday
Species
Great White
2016
2016
Year
2016
Date
31 May
Area
Mandurah
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Ben Gerring
Sex
Male
Age
29
Injury
Leg removed
Time
Dusk
Species
Great White
2016
2016
Year
2016
Date
5 June
Area
Mindarie
Activity
Diving
Victim
Doreen Collyer
Sex
Female
Age
60
Injury
3 limbs removed
Time
Late morning
Species
Great White
2017
2017
Year
2017
Date
17 April
Area
Wylie Bay
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Laeticia Brouwer
Sex
Female
Age
17
Injury
Leg ripped off
Time
16:00
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
5 January
Area
Esperance
Activity
Diving
Victim
Gary Johnson
Sex
Male
Age
57
Injury
Mauled while scuba diving
Time
13:00
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
9 October
Area
Wylie Bay
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Andrew Sharpe
Sex
Male
Age
52
Injury
Body never recovered
Time
16:00
Species
Great White
2020
2020
Year
2020
Date
22 November
Area
Cable Beach
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Charles Cernobori
Sex
Male
Age
55
Injury
Multiple Sharks
Time
08:45
Species
Great white
2021
2021
Year
2021
Date
6 November
Area
Fremantle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Paul Millachip
Sex
Male
Age
57
Injury
Eaten whole
Time
10:00
Species
Great White
2023
2023
Year
2023
Date
4 February
Area
Fremantle
Activity
Swimming
Victim
Stella Berry
Sex
Female
Age
16
Injury
Injury to legs
Time
15:00
Species
Bull Shark
2025
2025
Year
2025
Date
10 March
Area
Esperance
Activity
Surfing
Victim
Steven Payne
Sex
Male
Age
30's
Injury
Fully consumed
Time
12:10
Species
Great White
| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| pre–1903 | Pearl diving | Ahmun | Male | |||||||
| pre–1903 | Roebuck Bay | Diving | Male | |||||||
| mid–1870s | Circa | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | Male | |||||
| 1882 | 7 February (reported) | Pearl diving | Native diver | Male | Thigh bitten | |||||
| 1882 | 12 May (reported) | Pearl diving | Malay diver | Male | Torso bitten | |||||
| 1895 | 3 June (reported) | Barrow Passage, Barrow Island | Pearl diving | Japanese diver | Male | |||||
| 1896 | 1 November | Esperance | Boat swamped | Louis | Male | |||||
| 1896 | 29 November | Albany | Swimming | Davies | Male | |||||
| 1910 | 23 December (reported) | Fremantle | Shipwrecked pearling schooner | Theodore Anderson's captain & rest of crew taken by sharks | Male | |||||
| 1923 | 27 January | Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont | Swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | Male | 13 | Back of thigh bitten | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 1967 | 19 August | Jurien Bay | Diving | Robert Bartle | Male | 23 | Bitten in two | 11:00 | Great White shark | |
| 1993 | 21 November | A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay | Diving | Richard Peter Bisley | Male | 27 | 15:15 | Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver's remains in its gut | ||
| 1995 | 11 September | Honeymoon Island, near Hopetoun | Diving | David Alan Weir | Male | 29 | Head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 13/09/1995 | 15:00 | Great White Shark | |
| 1997 | 20 January | Geraldton | Windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | Male | 41 | Eaten whole | 18:00 | White shark | |
| 2000 | 6 November | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Ken Crew | Male | 49 | Torso attacked leg torn off. | 06:30 | Great White | |
| 2004 | 10 July | Margaret River | Surfing | Bradley Smith | Male | 30 | Stomach and legs attacked | 14:10 | 2 Great Whites | |
| 2005 | 19 March | Abrolhos Islands | Diving | Geoffrey Brazier | Male | 26 | 14:00 | Great White | ||
| 2008 | 27 December | Port Kennedy | Diving | Brian Guest | Male | 51 | 07:00 | Great White | ||
| 2010 | 17 August | Cowaramup Bay | Surfing | Nicholas Edwards | Male | 31 | Leg severed | 08:05 | Great White | |
| 2011 | 4 September | Bunker Bay | Surfing | Kyle James Burden | Male | 21 | Eaten in half | 13:26 | Great White | |
| 2011 | 9 October | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Bryn Martin | Male | 64 | Eaten whole | 08:10 | Great White | |
| 2011 | 22 October | Rottnest Island | Diving | George Wainwright | Male | 32 | 13:25 | Great White | ||
| 2012 | 31 March | Stratham Beach | Diving | Peter Kurmann | Male | 33 | 09:30 | Great White | ||
| 2012 | 14 July | Off Wedge Island | Surfing | Ben Linden | Male | 24 | Eaten Whole | 09:05 | Great White | |
| 2013 | 23 November | Gracetown | Surfing | Chris Boyd | Male | 35 | Leg Removed | 09:00 | Great White | |
| 2014 | 30 December | Cheynes Beach | Diving | Jay Muscat | Male | 17 | Attacked at the leg-torso | Midday | Great White | |
| 2016 | 31 May | Mandurah | Surfing | Ben Gerring | Male | 29 | Leg removed | Dusk | Great White | |
| 2016 | 5 June | Mindarie | Diving | Doreen Collyer | Female | 60 | 3 limbs removed | Late morning | Great White | |
| 2017 | 17 April | Wylie Bay | Surfing | Laeticia Brouwer | Female | 17 | Leg ripped off | 16:00 | Great White | |
| 2020 | 5 January | Esperance | Diving | Gary Johnson | Male | 57 | Mauled while scuba diving | 13:00 | Great White | |
| 2020 | 9 October | Wylie Bay | Surfing | Andrew Sharpe | Male | 52 | Body never recovered | 16:00 | Great White | |
| 2020 | 22 November | Cable Beach | Surfing | Charles Cernobori | Male | 55 | Multiple Sharks | 08:45 | Great white | |
| 2021 | 6 November | Fremantle | Swimming | Paul Millachip | Male | 57 | Eaten whole | 10:00 | Great White | |
| 2023 | 4 February | Fremantle | Swimming | Stella Berry | Female | 16 | Injury to legs | 15:00 | Bull Shark | |
| 2025 | 10 March | Esperance | Surfing | Steven Payne | Male | 30's | Fully consumed | 12:10 | Great White |
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- ABC News (Australia)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-01/search-continues-for-surfer-after-suspected-fatal-shark-attack/103047538
- ABC News (Australia)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-28/police-report-shark-attack-innes-national-park/103270468
- Yahoo! Newshttps://au.news.yahoo.com/boy-15-killed-shark-attack-133626086.html
- The National Tribunehttps://www.nationaltribune.com.au/shark-attack-at-westall/
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- The Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/tasmania-shark-attack-victims-family-remembers-great-bloke-20150726-gikw9t
- The Colonist(Sydney)https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31723675
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- "Historical Fatal Shark Attacks in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne"https://melbinmarvels.com/2020/01/21/shark-attacks-in-port-phillip-bay-melbourne/
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- Zenodohttps://zenodo.org/records/11334212
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- The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)https://web.archive.org/web/20210928013306/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/diver-killed-by-shark-off-busselton/news-story/73fb9fbcc3a32ecf64749c24c04a4b1a
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- "Shark attack at Cheynes Beach: Teen killed spearfishing near Albany"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-29/shark-attack-at-cheynes-beach-albany/5991766
- ABC Newshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-04/mandurah-shark-attack-victim-ben-gerring-dies-in-hospital/7477300
- "Shark attack victim identified as hunt continues"https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31769187/shark-attack-victim-identified-as-hunt-continues/
- WA Todayhttp://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/woman-diver-killed-by-shark-at-mindarie-20160605-gpbzc6.html
- ABC Newshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-18/wa-shark-attack-esperance-beach-to-remain-closed-teenage-girl/8448526
- The Australianhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/person-dies-after-shark-attack-at-west-beach-near-esperance/news-story/90df8c78b0be0ccd2b48cc9839ecbea1
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/fatal-shark-attack-at-cable-beach-in-broome/12908578
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-11/search-suspended-for-esperance-man-attacked-by-shark/12752810
- "Hope lost for finding shark attack victim Andrew Sharpe alive off Esperance on Western Australia's south coast"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-10/search-for-shark-attack-victim-resumes-esperance-kelp-beds-wa/12750054
- www.abc.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/fatal-shark-attack-at-cable-beach-in-broome/12908578
- WAtodayhttps://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/shark-attack-kills-swimmer-at-broome-s-cable-beach-20201122-p56gt5.html
- "Australian swimmer dies in shark attack; shark bites New Zealand surfer's fingers"https://www.trackingsharks.com/australian-swimmer-dies-in-shark-attack-shark-bites-new-zealand-surfers-fingers/
- ABC News (Australia)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-04/swan-river-shark-attack/101931866
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/fatal-swan-river-shark-attack/101821420
- ABC News (Australia)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/search-continues-surfer-missing-shark-attack-esperance/105034378
- Canberra Timeshttps://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8914392/holidaying-surfer-presumed-dead-after-shark-mauling/?cs=14231