This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and November 2025 there were 312 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [1] Since 2000 there have been 59 fatal shark attacks in Australia. Including 23 incidents since 2020. [2]
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-27 | 06:30 | NSW | Crowdy Bay - Kylies Beach | bull | swimming | Livia Mulheim | female | 25 | major lacerations | [4] | ||
| 2025 | 2025-09-06 | 10:00 | NSW | Sydney - Long Reef Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Mercury Psillakis | male | 57 | Both legs severed | [5] [6] | |
| 2025 | 2025-03-10 | 12:10 | WA | Esperance - Wharton Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Steven Payne | male | 37 | body not recovered | [7] [8] | 1277 |
| 2025 | 2025-02-03 | 16:45 | Qld | Moreton Bay - Bribie Island - Woorim Beach | coastal - surf beach | unknown | swimming | Charlize Zmuda | female | 17 | Injuries to upper body | [9] | 1271 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-02 | SA | Australian Bight - Westall | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Lance Appleby | male | 26 | body not recovered | [10] | 1269 | |
| 2024 | 2024-12-28 | 16:37 | Qld | Keppel Bay - Humpy Island | island - open ocean | unknown | diving | Luke Walford | male | 40 | [11] | 1268 | |
| 2023 | 2023-12-28 | 13:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Yorke Penisula - Ethel Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Khai Cowley | male | 15 | leg bitten off | [12] [13] | 1249 |
| 2023 | 2023-10-31 | 10:20 | SA | Australian Bight - Streaky Bay | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Tod Gendle | male | 55 | Body not recovered | [14] | 1240 |
| 2023 | 2023-05-13 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks | coastal - surf beach | a whaler | surfing | Simon Baccanello | male | 46 | Body not recovered | [15] [16] | 1231 | |
| 2023 | 2023-02-04 | 15:00 | WA | Swan River - N Fremantle | river | bull | swimming | Stella Berry | female | 16 | Injury to legs | [17] [18] | 1223 |
| 2022 | 16 Feb | 16:35 | NSW | Little Bay Beach, Sydney | coastal - bay to open ocean | white - 4.5m | swimming | Simon Nellist | male | 35 | consumed | [19] [20] | 1202 |
| 2021 | 6 Nov | 10:00 | WA | Fremantle - Port Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Paul Millachip | male | 57 | bitten in half | [21] | 1193 |
| 2021 | 2021-09-05 | 11:45 | NSW | Coffs Harbour - Emerald Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Timothy Thompson | male | 31 | Multiple injuries | [22] | 1189 |
| 2021 | 2021-05-18 | 11:00 | NSW | Forster - Tuncurry Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Mark Sanguinetti | male | 59 | leg injury | [23] [24] | 1181 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-21 | 17:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks | coastal - surf beach | white | snorkelling | Duncan Craw | male | 32 | major lacerations | [25] | 1168 |
| 2020 | 2020-11-22 | 08:45 | WA | Broome - Cable Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Charles Cernobori | male | 55 | [26] [27] | 1163 | |
| 2020 | 2020-10-09 | 16:00 | WA | Esperance - Wylie Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | surfing | Andrew Sharpe | male | 52 | Body not recovered | [28] [29] | 1158 |
| 2020 | 2020-09-08 | 17:00 | Qld | Gold Coast - Greenmount Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Nick Slater | male | 46 | [30] [31] | 1154 | |
| 2020 | 2020-07-11 | 14:30 | NSW | Northern Rivers - Wooli Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Mani Hart-Deville | male | 15 | legs injured | [32] [33] | 1149 |
| 2020 | 2020-07-04 | 14:00 | Qld | Fraser Island - Indian Head | coastal - open ocean | white | diving | Matthew Tratt | male | 36 | [34] | 1147 | |
| 2020 | 2020-06-07 | 10:00 | NSW | Kingscliff - Casuarina Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | surfing | Rob Pedretti | male | 60 | legs mauled | [3] [35] [36] | 1142 |
| 2020 | 2020-04-06 | Qld | North West Island | island - open ocean reef | white | swimming | Zachary Robba | male | 23 | [37] | 1137 | ||
| 2020 | 2020-01-05 | 13:00 | WA | Esperance - Cull Island | island - open ocean | white | diving | Gary Johnson [38] | male | 57 | [39] | 1131 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018-11-05 | 17:30 | Qld | Whitsunday Islands - Cid Harbour | coastal | white | swimming | Daniel Christidis | male | 33 | [40] [41] | 1096 | |
| 2017 | 2017-04-17 | 16:00 | WA | Esperance - Wylie Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | surfing | Laeticia Brouwer | female | 17 | leg ripped off | [42] | 1064 |
| 2016 | 2016-06-05 | Late morning | WA | Perth - Mindarie - One Mile Reef | pelagic - reef | white | diving | Doreen Collyer [43] | female | 60 | 3 limbs removed | [44] | 1035 |
| 2016 | 2016-05-31 | Dusk | WA | Mandurah - Gearies Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Ben Gerring | male | 29 | leg removed | [45] | 1033 |
| 2016 | 2016-02-16 | Qld | Kennedy Shoal | white | diving | Steven Foster | male | 54 | Body not recovered | [46] | |||
| 2015 | 2015-07-25 | 07:00 | Tas | Lachlan Point - Maria Island | coastal - bay to open ocean | white - 3.9 m [13 ft] to 4.2 m [14 ft] | diving | Damian Johnson | male | 46 | legs amputated, back and chest bitten | [47] | 1007 |
| 2015 | 2015-02-09 | 09:55 | NSW | Ballina - Shelly Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Tadashi Nakahara | male | 41 | legs severed | [48] [49] | 995 |
| 2014 | 2014-12-30 | 12:20 | WA | Cheynes Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | white | diving | Jay Muscat | male | 17 | multiple injuries | [50] | 987 |
| 2014 | 2014-12-15 | 11:30 | Qld | Port Douglas - Rudder Reef | island open ocean - reef | tiger | spearfishing, diving | Daniel Smith | male | 18 | major lacerations - arm, leg | [51] | 988 |
| 2014 | 2014-09-09 | 10:40 | NSW | Byron Bay - Clarkes Beach [3] | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Paul Wilcox | male | 50 | leg severed | [52] [53] | 977 |
| 2014 | 2014-04-03 | 08:50 | NSW | South Coast - Tathra Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Christine Armstrong | female | 63 | consumed | [54] | 968 |
| 2014 | 2014-02-08 | 12:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Yorke Peninsula - Goldsmith Beach | coastal | white | diving | Sam Kellett | male | 28 | body not recovered | [55] [56] | 964 |
| 2013 | 2013-11-30 | 14:00 | NSW | Coffs - Campbells Beach [3] | coastal | tiger | surfing | Zac Young | male | 19 | legs mauled | [57] [58] | 961 |
| 2013 | 2013-11-23 | 09:00 | WA | Gracetown - Umbies Break | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Chris Boyd | male | 35 | leg removed | [59] | 960 |
| 2012 | 2012-07-14 | 09:05 | WA | Wedge Island | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Ben Linden | male | 24 | eaten whole | [60] | 943 |
| 2012 | 2012-03-31 | 09:30 | WA | Bunbury - Stratham Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | diving | Peter Kurmann | male | 33 | [61] | 935 | |
| 2011 | 2011-10-22 | 13:25 | WA | Rottnest Island - Little Armstrong Bay | coastal - surf beach | white | diving | George Wainwright | male | 32 | [62] | 919 | |
| 2011 | 2011-10-09 | 08:10 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Bryn Martin | male | 64 | eaten whole | [63] | 921 |
| 2011 | 2011-09-04 | 13:26 | WA | Dunsborough - Bunker Bay - The Boneyards | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Kyle James Burden | male | 21 | eaten in half | [64] | 918 |
| 2011 | 2011-08-29 | 19:30 | Qld | Challenger Bay - Palm Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | 'Rooster' | male | 48 | major lacerations - torso | [65] | 917 |
| 2011 | 2011-02-17 | 18:20 | SA | Australian Bight - Coffin Bay - Perforated Island | island open ocean | whites - 2 | diving | Peter Clarkson | male | 49 | [66] | 911 | |
| 2010 | 2010-08-17 | 08:05 | WA | Gracetown - Cowaramup Bay - South Point Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Nicholas Edwards | male | 31 | leg severed | [67] | 906 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008-12-27 | 07:00 | WA | Rockingham - Port Kennedy Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | diving | Brian Guest | male | 51 | [68] | 867 | |
| 2008 | 2008-04-08 | 08:05 | NSW | Ballina - Lighthouse Beach | coastal - surf beach | bull | surfing near discharge site | Peter Edmonds | male | 16 | major lacerations | [69] [70] | 860 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-07 | 17:15 | Qld | North Stradbroke Island - Amity Point | coastal - surf beach | Multiple sharks | swimming | Sarah Whiley | female | 21 | [71] | 828 | |
| 2005 | 2005-08-24 | 16:10 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Glenelg Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | diving | Jarrod Stehbens | male | 23 | [72] | 819 | |
| 2005 | 2005-03-19 | 14:00 | WA | Houtman Abrolhos - Pelsaert Island - Wreck Point | island open ocean | white | diving | Geoffrey Brazier | male | 26 | [73] | 815 | |
| 2004 | 2004-12-16 | 15:15 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | Great whites - 2 | Scurfing | Nick Peterson | male | 18 | fully consumed | [74] | 811 |
| 2004 | 2004-12-11 | 13:00 | Qld | Port Douglas - Opal Reef | pelagic - reef | unknown | diving | Mark Thompson | male | 38 | [75] | 810 | |
| 2004 | 2004-07-10 | 14:10 | WA | Gracetown - Lefthanders near Margaret River | coastal - surf beach | Great whites - 2 | surfing | Bradley Smith | male | 30 | eaten whole | [76] | 804 |
| 2003 | 2003-02-08 | Morning | Qld | Gold Coast | river | bull | swimming | Bob Purcell | male | 84 | [77] | 779 | |
| 2002 | 2002-12-16 | 02:30 | Qld | Lake Heron, Miami Lakes | river | bull | swimming | Beau Martin | male | 23 | [78] | 775 | |
| 2002 | 2002-04-30 | 12:40 | SA | Australian Bight - Smoky Bay - near Saddle Point | coastal | white | diving for scallops | Paul Buckland | male | 23 | [79] | 770 | |
| 2000 | 2000-11-06 | 06:30 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Ken Crew | male | 49 | torso attacked | [80] | 749 |
| 2000 | 2000-09-25 | 13:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Elliston - Blacks | coastal - reef | white | surfing near a seal and dolphins | Jevan Wright | male | 17 | fully consumed | [81] [82] [83] | 743 |
| 2000 | 2000-09-24 | 07:30 | SA | Australian Bight - Ceduna - Cactus Beach | coastal - reef | white | surfing | Cameron Bayes | male | 25 | fully consumed | [84] | 742 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-05-29 | 14:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Yorke Peninsula - Hardwicke Bay - Flahertys Beach | coastal | white | windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | male | 22 | body not recovered | [85] | 729 |
| 1998 | 1998-06-28 | 14:00 | SA | Australian Bight - S Neptune Island | coastal | white | diving | Doug Chesher | male | 26 | leg injuries | [86] | 723 |
| 1997 | 1997-01-20 | 18:00 | WA | Geraldton | white | Windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | male | 41 | eaten whole | [87] [88] | ||
| 1995 | 1995-09-11 | 15:00 | WA | Hopetoun - Honeymoon Island | island open ocean | white | diving | David Alan Weir | male | 29 | eaten in half | [89] | 691 |
| 1993 | 1993-11-21 | 15:15 | WA | Broome - Roebuck Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | tiger | diving | Richard Peter Bisley | male | 27 | [90] | 678 | |
| 1993 | 1993-06-09 | 09:30 | NSW | Byron Bay - Julian Rocks | coastal - surf beach | white | diving | John Ford | male | 31 | consumed | [91] | 677 |
| 1993 | 1993-06-05 | 10:55 | Tas | Tenth Island - Georgetown | island open ocean | white | diving | Therese Cartwright | female | 35 | body not recovered | [92] | 676 |
| 1992 | 1992-10-01 | 14:30 | Qld | Moreton Island - North Point | coastal | white | surfing | Michael Docherty | male | 28 | [93] | 672 | |
| 1991 | 1991-09-08 | 15:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Aldinga Beach | coastal | white | diving | Jonathon Lee | male | 19 | major lacerations - torso | [94] | 665 |
| 1990 | 1990-04-08 | 14:00 | Qld | Townsville - Dingo Reef | island open ocean - reef | tiger | freediving for trochus | Robert Bullen | male | 37 | body not recovered | [95] | 653 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1989-03-09 | 20:15 | SA | Encounter Bay - Waitpinga Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Matthew Foale | male | 27 | thigh bitten | [96] | 643 |
| 1988 | 1988-11-08 | Early morning | Qld | North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | open ocean | tiger | adrift on a dinghy after ship sank | Bruce Coucom | male | 17 | [97] | 636 | |
| 1988 | 1988-11-07 | Nightfall | Qld | North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | tiger | adrift on a dinghy after ship sank | Cedric Coucom | male | 62 | [98] | 635 | ||
| 1987 | 1987-09-18 | SA | Adelaide - Marino Rocks | coastal | white | diving | Terrance Gibson | male | 47 | [99] | 628 | ||
| 1987 | 1987-02 | Vic | Mornington Peninsula - Wilsons Prom | coastal - open ocean | white [3] | surfing | male [3] | major lacerations | [3] [100] | 625 | |||
| 1986 | 1986-01 | Qld | Torres Strait - Muralag (Prince of Wales Island) | island open ocean | tiger | spearfishing | male | [3] | 617 | ||||
| 1985 | 1985-03-03 | 12:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Port Lincoln - Wisemans Beach [3] | coastal | white | diving for scallops | Shirley Durdin | female | 33 | fully consumed | [101] | 614 |
| 1984 | 1984-11-30 | 12:33 | Qld | Mackay - Blacks Beach | coastal - surf beach | fell into water while sailing on catamaran | Nicholas Bos | male | 16 | [102] | 611 | ||
| 1983 | 1983-07-26 | 04:00 | Qld | Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef | ocean - pelagic | tiger - 5 m [16 ft 5 in] | adrift after prawn trawling vessel sank | Linda Ann Horton | female | 21 | seized by the chest and taken underwater | [103] | 601 |
| 1983 | 1983-07-25 | Night | Qld | Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef | pelagic | tiger - 5 m [16 ft 5 in] shark | swimming from the New Venture | Dennis Patrick Murphy | male | 24 | leg bitten, then dragged underwater | [104] | 600 |
| 1982 | 1982-03-07 | 12:00 | NSW | Byron Bay - Tallow Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Martin Ford | male | 20 | legs attacked | [105] | 598 |
| 1982 | 1982-02-28 | Tas | South Cape Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | spearfishing, diving | Geert Talen | male | 32 | body not recovered | [106] | 597 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1977-08-23 | 16:00 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - Buddina Beach (south of Noosa) | coastal - surf beach | tiger | floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | male | 25 | left arm severed, legs bitten | [107] | 579 |
| 1977 | 1977-03-13 | 16:30 | Qld | near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger | drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship | Victor Beaver | male | 74 | taken | [108] | 577 |
| 1977 | 1977-03-13 | 16:30 | Qld | near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger | drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship | John Hayes | male | 45 | body not recovered | [109] | 576 |
| 1975 | 1975-07-30 | 13:00 | Tas | Bruny Island - Fluted Cape | coastal - open ocean | white | diving | Robert Slack | male | 37 | body not recovered | [110] | 572 |
| 1975 | 1975-02-10 | 18:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Ceduna - Point Sinclair | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | swimming near cray pots, in water containing fresh blood and offal | Wade Shipard | male | 12 | right leg severed | [111] | 568 |
| 1975 | 1975-01-19 | 11:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Port Lincoln - Almonta Beach | coastal | white | surfing | David Barrowman | male | 17 | body not recovered | [112] | 566 |
| 1974 | 1974-09-01 | Qld | Stradbroke Island - Jumpinpin | pelagic - open ocean | tiger | drifting in the current after boat sank | Adrian Treveluwe | male | 30 | [113] | 564 | ||
| 1974 | 1974-01-09 | 13:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Streaky Bay - Highcliff | coastal | white | diving | Terry Manuel | male | 26 | right leg severed | [114] | 563 |
| 1971 | 1971-12-05 | 15:00 | Qld | Gladstone - Cape Capricorn | open ocean | tiger | swimming | Gregory Carroll | male | 20 | body not recovered | [115] | 552 |
| 1971 | 1971-09-05 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide | coastal | fishing | Leslie Harris | male | 51 | suffered three heart attacks shortly after a shark bite | [116] |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1967-08-19 | 11:00 | WA | Jurien Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | diving | Robert Bartle | male | 23 | bitten in two | [117] | 543 |
| 1966 | 1966-05-20 | After dark | NSW | Jervis Bay | coastal - bay | white | Shipwreck | Daniel Mangel | male | 38 | major lacerations | [118] [119] | |
| 1966 | 1966-05-20 | Night | NSW | Jervis Bay | coastal - bay | white | Shipwreck | Kor Van Helden | male | 40 | consumed | [120] | |
| 1965 | 1965-11-21 | Qld | near Brisbane | unconfirmed 4.7 m [15 ft] shark | fishing from a boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | male | 43 | [121] | ||||
| 1964 | 1964-11-18 | 13:30 | Qld | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | male | 29 | [122] | ||||
| 1963 | 1963-01-28 | 13:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | standing in water | Marcia Hathaway | female | 32 | major lacerations - leg | [123] | 523 |
| 1962 | 1962-12-09 | 14:30 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Carrickalinga Headland | coastal | white | diving | Geoffrey Corner | male | 16 | right leg injured | [124] | 522 |
| 1961 | 1961-12-28 | 16:15 | Qld | Mackay - Lamberts Beach | coastal - surf beach | unconfirmed 3 m [9 ft 10 in] shark | standing | Margaret Hobbs | female | 18 | right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten; died the next day | [125] | 516 |
| 1961 | 1961-12-18 | 06:15 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Noosa Heads - Main Beach | coastal - surf beach | unconfirmed - a 3 m [9 ft 10 in] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut | surfing, pushing board ashore | John Grayson Andrews | male | 22 | right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee | [126] | 514 |
| 1960 | 1960-01-16 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Roseville Bridge | estuary - bay | bull | diving | Kenneth Murray | male | 13 | leg removed | [127] [128] | 499 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1959-12-19 | 06:00 | Qld | Moreton Bay - off Wynnum | tiger | dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas | Stanley Arthur Mullen | male | 29 | [129] | 496 | ||
| 1959 | 1959-01-17 | 16:30 | Tas | Port Arthur - Safety Cove | coastal - bay to open ocean | white - multiple | swimming | Brian Derry | male | 22 | body not recovered | [130] | 489 |
| 1958 | 1958-11-23 | 15:15 | Qld | Surfers Paradise | coastal | unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] shark | swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | male | 21 | [131] | 486 | |
| 1958 | 1958-03 | Qld | Torres Strait - Masig (Yorke) Island | island open ocean | [3] | 483 | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957-02 | WA | Cape Leveque | coastal - open ocean | [3] | 475 | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956-03-04 | 16:45 | Vic | Portsea Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | John Wishart | male | 26 | [132] | 471 | |
| 1956 | 1956-02-26 | 11:00 | Qld | Mackay - Pioneer River - Rocklea Reach | river | unknown - 1.8 m [5.9 ft] shark | diving into water | Barry Keith Antonini | male | 15 | large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed | [133] | 467 |
| 1955 | 1955-03-09 | 18:00 | NSW | Central Coast - Wamberal Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Noel Langford | male | 22 | body not recovered | [134] | 464 |
| 1955 | 1955-02-05 | 14:35 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | Bruno Rautenberg | male | 25 | legs mauled | [3] [ citation needed ] | 463 |
| 1955 | 1955-01-18 | 14:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - BalmoralBeach - Wyargine Point | estuary - bay | Bronze Whaler | spearfishing | John Willis | male | 13 | [135] | 462 | |
| 1954 | 1954-12-11 | 11:00 | Vic | Point Lonsdale | white | swimming | Lawrence Burns | male | 23 | [136] | |||
| 1954 | 1954-09-14 | Qld | Torres Strait - Erub (Darley Island) | island open ocean | spearfishing | male | [137] | ||||||
| 1954 | 1954-09-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Erub (Darley Island) | island open ocean | unknown - 2.7 m [9 ft]shark | spearfishing, hunting crayfish | Kapua Gutchen | male | 35 | [138] | |||
| 1954 | 1954-02-27 | 17:15 | NSW | Central Coast - The Entrance | coastal | white | swimming | Reg Fabrizius | male | 23 | right thigh bitten | [139] | 459 |
| 1951 | 1951-12-06 | 16:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Merewether Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Frank Olkulich | male | 21 | major lacerations - arm, leg, torso | [140] | 442 |
| 1951 | 1951-10-22 | 19:10 | Qld | Townsville - Kissing Point Beach ocean baths | coastal | tiger | swimming | Arthur James Kenealey | male | 42 | major lacerations - hand, torso, thigh | [141] | 441 |
| 1951 | 1951-09-04 | Qld | Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton | river | bull | Body found on deserted luxury yacht | Dr. E. Al Joske | male | 56 | major lacerations - leg, torso | [142] | 440 | |
| 1950 | 1950-12-16 | 16:15 | Qld | Brisbane - Palm Beach North, 5 miles [8.0 km] north of Burleigh Heads | coastal | tiger | treading water | Desmond Quinlan, a lifesaver | male | 20 | major lacerations - leg, torso | [143] | 436 |
| 1950 | 1950-04-09 | Qld | Cairns - Ella Bay - Cooper Point | coastal | tiger | Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis | John McDonald | male | 50 | major lacerations | [144] | 433 | |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1949-11-12 | Vic | Port Phillip - Middle Brighton Pier | coastal - bay | unknown | unknown | John W Smith | male | body, without head or hands found in bay | [145] | |||
| 1949 | 1949-08-28 | 13:20 | Qld | Cairns - Yorkeys Knob Beach | coastal | swimming | James Howard | male | 34 | right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated | [146] | 430 | |
| 1949 | 1949-04-17 | 13:30 | Qld | Cairns - Ellis Beach | coastal | unknown - 3.3 m [11 ft] shark | bathing in water 90 cm [2 ft 11 in] deep | Richard Joseph Maguire | male | 13 | left leg severed | [147] | 426 |
| 1949 | 1949-01-23 | 15:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Bar Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Ray Land | male | 20 | [148] | ||
| 1948 | 1948-12-27 | WA | Lancelin Island | tiger | swimming | Arthur Strahan | male | 17 | eaten whole | [149] | |||
| 1948 | 1948-12-26 | 11:30 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - King's Beach | coastal - surf beach | Treading water, waiting for a wave | Eric Keys | male | 28 | left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee | [150] | 419 | |
| 1948 | 1948-02-12 | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Ronald Johnson | male | 16 | legs mauled | [151] | 417 | |
| 1947 | 1947-11-30 | Qld | Moreton Bay | D. Smith | 78 | [152] | |||||||
| 1947 | 1947-11-08 | 16:00 | NSW | Port Macquarie - Wilson River | river | white | swimming | Edwin Elford | male | 12 | leg severed | [153] | 413 |
| 1946 | 1946-11-20 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island - 64 km off | island open ocean - reef | pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, a Torres Strait Islander man | male | 30 | right arm severed | [154] | 409 | ||
| 1946 | 1946-08-18 | 15:20 | Qld | Cairns - Ellis Beach | coastal | unknown - 4.3 m [14 ft 1 in] shark | swimming after a tennis ball | Phillip South Collin | male | 30 | body not recovered | [155] | 407 |
| 1946 | 1946-04-19 | 13:30 | Qld | Cairns - Trinity Beach | coastal | swimming | Robert McAuliffe | male | 17 | [156] | 406 | ||
| 1946 | 1946-01-05 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River, Oatley Bay | river | unknown | swimming | Valma Tegel | female | 14 | both legs severed | [157] | 404 | |
| 1945 | 1945-06-15 | 16:00 | Qld | Cairns - Trinity Beach | coastal | swimming | E. J. McHugh | male | [158] | 402 | |||
| 1943 | 1943-05-14 | After 04:00 | Qld | off Brisbane | awaiting rescue from a hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during WWII | [159] | |||||||
| 1942 | 1942-12-26 | 10:50 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay | estuary | unknown | swimming | Denise Burch | female | 15 | legs bitten | [160] | 398 |
| 1942 | 1942-01-04 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay | estuary | unknown | swimming | Zita Steadman | female | 28 | bitten in two | [161] | 393 |
| 1941 | 1941-10 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | [3] | 390 | ||||
| 1940 | 1940-12-28 | 09:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Clarence Hammond | male | 23 | injuries to torso | [162] | 388 |
| 1940 | 1940-02-04 | 14:00 | NSW | Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands | estuary - bay to open ocean | unknown | wading | John William Eke | male | 55 | injuries to both arms | [163] | 385 |
| 1940 | 1940-01-23 | 10:40 | NSW | Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands | estuary - bay to open ocean | tiger | swimming | Maxwell Farrin | male | 13 | left leg severed | [164] | 384 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1939-12-14 | 12:15 | Qld | Mackay - Rubbish Dump Creek | river | 2.6 m [8.5 ft] shark landed 2 hours later | swimming | Frank Gurran | male | 20 | left foot & right leg bitten | [165] | 380 |
| 1938 | 1938-12-27 | NSW | Urunga | unknown | swimming | Daniel Graham | male | 19 | not recovered | [166] | |||
| 1938 | 1938-07-12 | NT | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | male | 25 | body not recovered | [167] | 372 | |||
| 1938 | 1938-06 | Qld | Torres Strait | island open ocean - reef | diving | male | body not recovered | 371 | |||||
| 1937 | 1937-11-11 | Qld | Ota/Otter Reef | unconfirmed - 3.7 m [12 ft] shark | diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | male | 17 | [168] | 366 | |||
| 1937 | 1937-10-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Coolangatta - Kirra Beach | coastal | tiger - A 3.6 m [12 ft], 850 kg [1,870 lb] female contained Girvan's remains | swimming | Norman Girvan | male | 18 | remains found in shark | [169] | 364 |
| 1937 | 1937-10-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Coolangatta - Kirra Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Jack Brinkley | male | 25 | [170] | 363 | |
| 1937 | 1937-07-16 | NT | Elcho Island | pearl diving | Japanese hard hat diver | male | [171] | ||||||
| 1937 | 1937-05-15 | Night | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | 2 days later a 270 kg [600 lb] shark was caught 91 m [100 yd] from the site | swimming across the river after being refused permission to cross on the ferry | William Tennant | male | 33 | major lacerations - leg, hand | [172] | 360 |
| 1937 | 1937-02-13 | 15:20 | NSW | Newcastle - Bar Beach | coastal | white | swimming | John Welsh | male | 32 | major lacerations - torso, leg | [173] | 358 |
| 1936 | 1936-12-12 | 11:30 | NSW | Newcastle - Throsby Creek | estuary | unknown | swimming | George Lundberg | male | 15 | leg severed | [174] | 356 |
| 1936 | 1936-12-01 | Vic | Mordialloc | white | fishing | Charles Swann | male | 46 | [175] | ||||
| 1936 | 1936-06-26 | Qld | Torres Strait - Nepean Island | island open ocean | tiger - 2.4 m [7 ft 10 in] | swimming to surface after diving for trochus | Willie, an Indigenous Australian | male | 16 | [176] | 351 | ||
| 1936 | 1936-02-04 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney - Manly - S Steyne | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | David Paton | male | 14 | body not recovered | [177] | 345 |
| 1936 | 1936-01-22 | 18:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | white | swimmer | Ray Bennett | male | 13 | [178] | 344 | |
| 1936 | 1936 | Vic | Port Phillip | swimming | male | [179] | |||||||
| 1935 | 1935-08-26 | Night | Qld | at Flat Top, near Mackay | pelagic | unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] | fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy | Patrick Quinn | male | 38 | body not recovered, but sharks were caught with human remains thought to be those of Quinn | [180] | |
| 1935 | 1935-08-13 | Qld | Torres Strait - Warrior Reefs | pelagic | diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | male | right buttock & thigh bitten | [181] | 340 | |||
| 1935 | 1935-03-09 | 12:30 | NSW | Maroubra Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Ernest MacDonald | male | 27 | multiple injuries | [182] | 335 |
| 1935 | 1935-03-02 | 17:30 | NSW | Sydney - North Narrabeen Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | standing | Herbert McFarlane | male | 22 | thigh bitten | [183] | 338 |
| 1935 | 1935-01 | Qld | Torres strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean - reef | tiger | swimming | male | 333 | |||||
| 1934 | 1934-12-31 | 16:30 | NSW | Georges River Moorebank | estuary | unknown | swimming | Richard Soden | male | 19 | left leg bitten | [184] | 330 |
| 1934 | 1934-12-23 | 13:00 | NSW | Central Coast - Horsefield Bay - Brisbane Waters | estuary | unknown | swimming | Roy Inman | male | 14 | [185] | 331 | |
| 1934 | 1934-10-22 | Qld | Torres Strait - Warrior Reef Islands | island open ocean - reef | freediving for trochus shell (submerged) | David Younger, a Torres Strait Islander | male | forearm lacerated; died of gas gangrene 13 days later | [186] | 327 | |||
| 1934 | 1934-10-09 | NT | Cobourg Peninsula - Redcliff | coastal | bathing | Aboriginal woman | female | 38 | [187] | 328 | |||
| 1934 | 1934-08-26 | Qld | off Eva Island 32 km [20 miles] from Cardwell | coastal | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | male | body not recovered | [188] | 326 | |||
| 1934 | 1934-04-01 | 12:30 | NSW | Sydney - Manly, North Steyne | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Leon Hermes | male | 15 | right leg injures | [189] | 325 |
| 1934 | 1934-03-12 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney - Dee Why Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Frank Athol Riley | male | 17 | leg removed | [190] | 323 |
| 1933 | 1933-11-20 | Qld | Torres Strait - near Boydong Cay | tiger - 3.4 m [11 ft 2 in] | freediving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | male | right buttock & thigh bitten | [191] | 316 | |||
| 1933 | 1933-01-04 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach, Kissing Point | coastal | swimming | Stanley Victor Locksley | male | 38 | 285 | [192] | 309 | |
| 1932 | 1932-05-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - near Warrior Reefs | island open ocean | pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | male | [193] | 305 | ||||
| 1931 | 1931-08-01 | Qld | Port Douglas | fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | male | [194] | ||||||
| 1931 | 1931-03-22 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | male | 19 | left thigh bitten | [195] | 299 | ||
| 1930 | 1930-12-31 | NSW | Parramatta River | unknown | male | [ citation needed ] | |||||||
| 1930 | 1930-12-13 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | fell overboard | Frank Kenny | male | [196] | ||||
| 1930 | 1930-07 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | 16 | 292 | ||||
| 1930 | 1930-06-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island | island open ocean | Ibigan, a Torres Strait Islander | male | [197] | 291 | |||||
| 1930 | 1930-02-15 | 16:30 | Vic | Port Philip - Middle Brighton Pier | coastal - bay | white | swimming | Norman Clark | male | 18 | [198] | 289 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 1929-12-26 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bald Rock Wharf, White Bay | estuary | unknown | swimming | William Oakley | male | 16 | multiple injuries | [199] | 285 | |
| 1929 | 1929-12-03 (reported) | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | male | 50s | [200] | 283 | |||||
| 1929 | 1929-09-01 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | male | 42 | both legs injured | [201] | 281 | ||
| 1929 | 1929-04-09 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | male | [202] | |||||||
| 1929 | 1929-04-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | male | [203] | |||||
| 1929 | 1929-03-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - Dauan Island | island open ocean | bathing | a Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | male | [204] | 275 | ||||
| 1929 | 1929-02-18 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney - Maroubra Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Allan Butcher | male | 20 | multiple injuries | [205] | 269 |
| 1929 | 1929-02-08 | 16:00 | NSW | Sydney - Bondi Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | John Gibson | male | 39 | leg injuries | [206] | 270 |
| 1929 | 1929-01-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Magnetic Island - Alma Bay | coastal | swimming | Harry Weatherall | male | 18 | right buttock lacerated, arms severed | [207] | 265 | |
| 1929 | 1929-01-12 | 18:10 | NSW | Sydney - Bondi Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | Body surfing | Colin Stewart | male | 14 | leg injuries | [208] | 267 |
| 1928 | 1928-04-04 | 18:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Cooks Hill - Bar Beach | coastal | unknown | standing in waist-deep water | Edward Arthur Lane | male | 28 | right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh | [209] | 262 |
| 1928 | 1928-03-28 (reported) | Qld | Bob | male | [210] | ||||||||
| 1928 | 1928-02-20 | Qld | near Barrow Point | island open ocean - reef | pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | male | [211] | 258 | ||||
| 1928 | 1928-01-27 | Qld | Torres Strait - Deliverance Island | island open ocean | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | male | 78 | [212] | 257 | |||
| 1927 | 1927-05-09 (reported) | Qld | off Cairns | coastal | walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | male | [213] | 255 | ||||
| 1927 | 1927-01-03 | 11:30 | NSW | Sydney - Port Hacking - Grays Point | river | unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft 2 in] | swimming | Mervwyn Allum | male | 15 | leg bitten from thigh to ankle | [214] | 250 |
| 1927 | 1927 | NSW | 24 km [15 miles] up the Cataract River | river | swimming | male | 10 | shoulder bitten | 24 km [15 miles] up the Cataract River | [215] | |||
| 1926 | 1926-12-02 | Qld | Palm Island | island open ocean - reef | diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | male | [216] | 248 | ||||
| 1926 | 1926-03-17 | 15:45 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Brighton Pier [3] | coastal - ocean beach | white | swimming | Primrose Whyte | female | [217] | 245 | ||
| 1925 | 1925-11-22 | 15:15 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | Floating on his back | Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton | male | 55 | thigh & torso bitten | [218] | 244 |
| 1925 | 1925-03-12 | 15:15 | NSW | Newcastle Beach | coastal | unknown | swimming | Jack Canning | male | 16 | right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel | [219] | 243 |
| 1924 | 1924-04-25 | Afternoon | NSW | Kiama - Blowhole | coastal - ocean beach | unknown | fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore | Ernest Conroy | male | 20 | partial remains recovered | [220] | 240 |
| 1924 | 1924-01-09 | 16:00 | NSW | Sydney - Parramatta River - near Camellia | river | unknown - 3 m [9.8 ft] | swimming soon after diving into water | Charles Brown | male | 16 | right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated | [221] | 237 |
| 1923 | 1923-12-02 | NSW | Bellinger Heads - Urunga | coastal | white | fishing in waist-deep water | James Elton | male | disappeared while attempting to haul in a catch | [222] | |||
| 1923 | 1923-11-23 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour | Selim Opre, a local Aboriginal man | male | partial remains found | [223] | 235 | |||
| 1923 | 1923-11-23 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour | Dea Opre, a local Aboriginal man | male | body not recovered | [223] | 234 | |||
| 1923 | 1923-11-02 | NSW | Bellinger Heads | suspected shark involvement | fishing | male | body not recovered | [224] | |||||
| 1923 | 1923-06-16 | NSW | Wollongong - Bellambi | coastal | white | Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark | J. Rigby | male | taken by shark; two other men drowned, only 1 man survived | [225] | 232 | ||
| 1923 | 1923-05-22 | Midday | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | pelagic - reef | diving? | Keizo Masoyo | male | [226] | 229 | |||
| 1923 | 1923-01-27 | WA | Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont | river | swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | male | 13 | back of thigh bitten | [227] | 226 | ||
| 1920 - 1923 | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | three (3) Japanese divers | males | [228] | ||||||||
| 1922 | 1922-12-05 | 09:15 | Qld | Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Pialba Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | a 2.7 m [8 ft 10 in] "blue" shark | bathing in water - depth 1.2 m [3.9 ft] | Alfred Gassman | male | 19 | severe injuries to torso | [229] | 225 |
| 1922 | 1922-04-26 | NSW | Hawkesbury River | river | unknown | swimming | William A Munro | male | [230] | ||||
| 1922 | 1922-03-02 | 11:00 | NSW | Sydney - Coogee Beach | coastal - surf beach | white - 2.4 m [7.9 ft] | bathing in knee-deep water | Mervyn Gannon | male | 21 | right hand severed; lacerations on left thigh & left hand; died of gas gangrene | [231] | 224 |
| 1922 | 1922-02-04 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney - Coogee Beach | coastal - surf beach | thought to be a white | swimming | Milton Coughlan | male | 18 | both arms & shoulder bitten | [232] | 223 |
| 1922 | 1922-01-15 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | swimming | Robert Milroy | male | 54 | [233] | 222 | ||
| 1922 | 1922-01-04 | Evening | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | surfing | John Manning Rowe | male | 26 | disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore | [234] | |||
| 1921 | 1921-11-27 | Morning | Qld | Brisbane River -Bulimba Reach - Gay's Corner | river | fell from his father's back into the water | George Jack | male | 8 | body not recovered | [235] | 218 | |
| 1921 | 1921-10-04 | Afternoon | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | pelagic | diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | male | 22 | left thigh bitten | [236] | ||
| 1920 | 1920-01-24 (reported) | Qld | Arlington Reef | pelagic - reef | freediving | a Japanese diver | male | [237] | 217 | ||||
| 1920 | 1920-01-15 | 10:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Throsby Creek | estuary | unknown | swimming | David Miller | male | leg bitten | [238] | 207 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1919-12-07 | 05:30 | NSW | Macleay River - Pelican Island | river | unknown | swimming | James Ridley | male | 47 | left leg & calf bitten | [239] | 206 |
| 1919 | 1919-01-09 | 07:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove | estuary | unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] | wading | Richard Simpson | male | 13 | right thigh bitten | [240] | 203 |
| 1919 | 1919-01-05 | 10:00 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | wading while shrimping | Jack Hoey | male | 38 | thigh bitten | [241] | 204 | |
| 1918 | 1918-11 | 1500 | Qld | Arlington Reef - Green Island | pelagic | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - torso | [3] | 201 | ||
| 1918 | 1918-09-19 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach | coastal | bathing | Joseph Bartlett | male | 22 | [242] | 200 | |||
| 1916 | 1916-12 | QLD | Yeppoon - Mens Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | male | 26 | major lacerations - calf | [3] | 191 | ||
| 1916 | 1916-12-08 | 09:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Point - Seven Shillings Beach | estuary | unknown | returning to shore after rescuing wife from shark attack, 1 m [1.1 yd] from the shore | Walter C German | male | 41 | right arm severed, chest punctured | [243] | |
| 1916 | 1916-11 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - leg | [3] | 189 | |||
| 1916 | 1916-11-10 | 06:00 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach | coastal | swimming | Walter Gregson | male | [244] | 187 | |||
| 1916 | 1916-11-09 | Evening | Qld | Townsville - Kissing Point Camp | coastal | bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | male | 27 | [245] | 186 | ||
| 1916 | 1916-04-25 | NSW | Manly Beach | coastal - surf beach | swimming | Thomas Harrington | male | [246] | |||||
| 1916 | 1916-04-03 | Vic | Carrum | clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | males | 17 | [247] | |||||
| 1915 | 1915-01-01 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove | estuary | unknown | bathing about 91 m [100 yd] from shore | Warren Tooze | male | 17 | upper leg injury | [248] | 180 | |
| 1914 | 1914-06-10 | Afternoon | Vic | Port Phillip - Sandringham Beach | coastal - bay | swimming | Mr Croxford | male | 43 | [249] | 177 | ||
| 1912 | 1912-01-26 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River - Figtree | river | unconfirmed - 2.8 m [9 ft 2 in] whaler type shark, possibly a bull | swimming | James Edward Morgan | male | 21 | [250] [251] | 161 | |
| 1912 | 1912-01-01 | Morning | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | bathing | Samuel Tristing | male | [252] | 162 | |||
| 1911 | 1911-03 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | 16 | major lacerations - torso, thigh | [3] | 158 | ||
| 1910 | 1910-12-23 | WA | Green Island [253] | escaping a shipwrecked pearling schooner | captain and all but one crew | males | [254] | ||||||
| 1910 | 1910-01-26 | NSW | Newcastle Harbour | estuary | Alfred Victor Clulow | male | 16 | [255] | 153 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 1909-12-15 | NSW | 40 km [25 miles] off Sydney | open ocean | unknown | fell overboard | Mr C Witt | male | [256] | ||||
| 1909 | 1909-06-18 | Qld | Middleton Reef, 560 km [300 nmi] from Brisbane | awaiting rescue following shipwreck | some of the 17 dead were taken by sharks; others drowned or died of other causes; only legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered | [257] | |||||||
| 1908 | 1908-12-31 | Qld | Moreton Bay | fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | male | [258] | ||||||
| 1908 | 1908-09-21 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | male | remains recovered from 3 sharks | [259] | |||||
| 1907 | 1907-12-23 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay | estuary | unknown; possibly a bull | bathing | Henry Jones | male | [260] | 151 | |||
| 1907 | 1907-10-18 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | male | [261] | ||||||
| 1907 | 1907-02-03 | Morning | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | bathing | William Williams | male | 18 | [262] | 148 | ||
| 1906 | 1906-09-05 | Qld | Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island | swimming | Smith | male | [263] | 146 | |||||
| 1906 | 1906-04-14 | Qld | Lizard Island | island open ocean | diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | male | 17 | [264] | 145 | |||
| 1906 | 1906-01-28 | 14:10 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River - The Moons (near Lugarno) | river | unknown - large | bathing | William Joseph Dobson | male | 31 or 33 | [265] | 144 | |
| 1905 | 1905-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - thigh | 143 | ||||
| 1905 | 1905-03-25 | Tas | Bridport | bathing | Charles Taylor | male | [266] | ||||||
| pre–1906 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - under Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour | Bull or Grey Nurse | swimming in murky water near floating logs | an Arab boy | male | not recovered | [267] | |||||
| 1904 | 1904-02-07 | Qld | Brisbane | swimming after his hat | George Grant | male | [268] | ||||||
| 1903 | 1903-06-21 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River | river | Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack | Boat capsized in the water | William Price | male | [269] [270] | ||||
| 1903 | 1903-03-12 | Qld | Logan River | river | swimming | William Bartlett | male | [271] | 139 | ||||
| 1903 | 1903-01-10 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River | estuary | unknown | Sydney James | male | [272] | 137 | ||||
| 1902 | 1902-01-25 | NSW | Kerosene Bay | unknown | dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | male | [273] | |||||
| pre–1903 | WA | Broome - Roebuck Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | diving | male | [274] | |||||||
| pre–1903 | WA | pearl diving | Ahmun | male | [275] | ||||||||
| 1901 | 1901-01-30 | Qld | Brisbane River - Rowing Club | river | bathing | John Thompson | male | thigh bitten | [276] | 130 | |||
| 1900 | 1900-12-27 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour - Folly Point | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | Thomas Houstan | male | [277] | 128 | |||
| 1900 | 1900-11 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | snorkelling | male | [3] | 127 |
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category [3] | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 1898-12-28 | Qld | The Narrows | unknown | fell overboard | James Waters | male | [278] | |||||
| 1898 | 1898-07-26 (reported) | NSW | Sydney | swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | male | 20 | source labels incident as a 'questionable incident'; it was extract from newspaper advertising testimonial for pills | [279] | ||||
| 1896 | 1896-11-29 | WA | Albany | coastal - harbour | swimming | Davies | male | [280] | |||||
| 1896 | 1896-11-01 | WA | Esperance | coastal - harbour | boat swamped | Louis | male | [281] | 117 | ||||
| 1896 | 1896-01-11 | Afternoon | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Johnstons Bay - Pyrmont Baths | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | William Ready | male | 11 | [282] | 116 | |
| 1895 | 1895-12-16 | NSW | Jervis Bay | estuary - bay | unknown | fishing | Edward Bailey | male | [283] | ||||
| 1895 | 1895-12-09 | NSW | Sydney - West Balmain - Iron Cove Bridge | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | Thomas John Terrill | male | 14 | [284] | 115 | ||
| 1895 | 1895-11 | NSW | Jervis Bay - Governors Head | coastal - bay to open ocean | a whaler | swimming | male | body not recovered | [3] | 113 | |||
| 1895 | 1895-06-03 (reported) | WA | Barrow Island - Barrow Passage | island open ocean - open ocean | pearl diving | a Japanese diver | male | [285] | 112 | ||||
| 1895 | 1895-02-27 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary - bay | unknown | swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | male | 14 | [286] | 110 | ||
| 1893 | 1893-04-04 | 16:30 | Tas | George's Bay - Chimney Point | swimming ashore after boat capsized | Joseph Meredith | male | [287] | |||||
| 1893 | 1893-01 | Qld | Claremont Isles National Park | pelagic - reef | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | [3] | 106 | |||
| 1892 | 1892-03-06 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | Dress diving | Mr A. Rotaman | male | bitten in two by shark after provoking it with a knife | [288] | ||||
| 1892 | 1892-01 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean - reef | tiger | diving | male | major lacerations - torso | [3] | 101 | |||
| 1890 | 1890-12-30 | Qld | Moreton Bay | swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | death may have been due to drowning | [289] | ||||||
| 1889 | 1889-07-08 | Vic | Port Phillip - Bay Heads | pelagic - open ocean | fell into the water | male | [290] | 97 | |||||
| 1888 | 1888-12-31 | NSW | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | estuary - bay | unknown | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr Ryland | male | [291] | ||||
| 1888 | 1888-12-09 | 13:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove Bridge | estuary - bay | unknown | swimming | Stephen Carter | male | 11 | [292] | 96 | |
| 1887 | 1887-12-04 | 11:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Ryde, Parramatta River | river | unknown - 3.7 m [12 ft] to 4.6 m [15 ft] shark | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) | male | [293] | 94 | |||
| 1886 | 1886-06-17 | Qld | Off Bribie Heads | swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | male | 18 | [294] | |||||
| 1884 | 1884-01-14 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Port Pirie | coastal | white [3] - 2 sharks | Fell overboard | Miss Warren | female | 16 | [295] | 88 | ||
| 1883 | 1883-12-19 | 12:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Parramatta River - Blackwall | estuary - bay | unknown | swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | male | 21 | [296] | 86 | |
| 1883 | 1883-02-25 | NT | Pearling beds | diving | male | [297] | |||||||
| 1883 | 1883-01-21 | 05:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | John Eaton | male | 37 | [298] | 85 | |
| 1882 | 1882-12 | WA | Broome | coastal - bay to open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | [3] | 84 | ||||
| 1882 | 1882-05-12 (reported) | WA | Broome - Ninety Mile Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | pearl diving | a Malay diver | male | major lacerations - torso | [299] | 83 | |||
| 1882 | 1882-04-15 | NSW | Lake Macquarie | estuary | unknown | fishing | male | [300] | 81 | ||||
| 1882 | 1882-02-07 | WA | pearl diving | a native diver | male | thigh bitten | [301] | ||||||
| 1882 | 1882-01-23 (reported) | NSW | Darling Harbour, Sydney | unknown | bathing | George Sinclair | male | [302] | |||||
| 1881 | 1881-11 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Rushcutters Bay | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | body not recovered | 78 | ||||
| 1880 | 1880-11-25 | Afternoon | Qld | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River - Kangaroo Point | river | swimming | Alexey Drury | male | 12 | feet bitten | [303] | 74 | |
| 1880 | 1880 | Tas | St George's Bay | male | [304] | ||||||||
| 1880 | 1880-01 | Qld | Cairns - Fitzroy Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | 71 | ||||
| 1879 | 1879-06 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Darling Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | major lacerations - leg | 69 | ||||
| 1878 | NSW | Sydney - Balmain | estuary | unknown | bathing in 61 cm [2 ft] of water | male | 11 | leg severed | [305] | ||||
| 1877 | 1877-12-12 | NSW | near Sydney | unknown | washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | male | [306] | |||||
| 1877 | 1877-01-28 | Vic | Port Phillip - Emerald Hill | coastal - bay | bathing | William Marks | male | 30 | flesh on legs torn out; bites to face and torso | [307] | 60 | ||
| 1876 | 1876-05-14 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | swimming | Frederick Brown | male | [308] | ||||
| 1876 | 1876-02-06 | 06:00 [3] | Vic | Port Phillip - Albert Park pier | coastal - bay | bathing | Peter Rooney | male | 18 | major lacerations - leg, pelvic region [3] | [309] | 57 | |
| 1876 | 1876-02 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - torso | 56 | ||||
| 1875 | 1875-10 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - leg | 51 | ||||
| 1876 | NSW | Sydney | unknown | an unnamed boy | male | [310] | |||||||
| 1875 | 1875 | WA | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | male | [311] | ||||||
| 1872 | 1872-02-26 | Qld | Bramble Reef | ship-wrecked | some were taken by sharks | [312] | |||||||
| 1871 | NSW | Manning River | river | unknown | male | "caught by legs" | [313] | ||||||
| 1870 | 1870-12-31 | Tas | Derwent River | Canoeing | Sub Lieut Bowyer of HMS Chile | male | [314] | ||||||
| 1865 | 1865-11 | Vic | Port Phillip - Williamstown | coastal - bay | white | swimming | male | 33 | major lacerations - thigh | 39 | |||
| 1864 | 1864 | Vic | Port Phillip - Corio Bay | swimming, attempting to rescue his dog who had fallen from his boat | Mr Warren Jr | male | disappeared suddenly; shark involvement presumed | [315] | |||||
| 1863 | 1863-04-30 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra Heads | coastal - surf beach | unknown - 2 sharks | launching a boat | Mr Barnsfield | male | [316] | 38 | |||
| 1863 | 1863-01 | Qld | Moreton Bay - Victoria Point | coastal | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | 36 | ||||
| 1863 | 1863-01-10 | Evening | NSW | Manning River - "Bellynahinch" | river | unknown | bathing | James Brown | male | 17 | [317] | 35 | |
| 1862 | 1862-12-19 | Qld | Brisbane River | river | trying to catch a wounded bird | male | [318] | 34 | |||||
| 1858 | 1858-03-14 | 15:00 | Vic | Port Phillip - Hobsons Bay | coastal - bay | bathing | Adolphe Bollander | male | 22 | [319] | 30 | ||
| 1855 | 1855-11 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Millers Point | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | major lacerations - leg | 27 | ||||
| 1855 | 1855-11-11 | Vic | Port Phillip - Williamstown | coastal - bay | swimming | a seaman from whaling brig Curlew | male | [320] | |||||
| 1855 | 1855-07 | Qld | Torres Strait - Keriri (Hammond) Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | major lacerations - torso | 26 | ||||
| 1855 | 1855-03-28 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Port Wakefield | Fell overboard | Master Coleman | male | [321] | ||||||
| 1853 | 1853 | Qld | Moreton Bay | fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | male | [322] | ||||||
| 1852 | 1852-10-09 | NSW | Coalcliff | unknown | fell overboard | James Rogers | male | [323] | |||||
| 1850 | 1850-01 | Qld | Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger shark | swimming | male | body not recovered | 21 | ||||
| 1849 | 1849-12-09 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | male | [324] | ||||||
| 1849 | 1849-12-01 | Afternoon | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | a Sailor from the steamship Eagle | male | [325] | |||
| 1849 | 1849-09-19 | Vic | Warrnambool | swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | male | [326] | ||||||
| 1849 | 1849-01 | WA | Dunsborough - Castle Rock - Quindalup | pelagic - open ocean | white | swimming | male | [3] | 18 | ||||
| 1845 | 1845-12-26 | NSW | Newcastle | unknown | fishing; fell overboard | John Williams | male | [327] | |||||
| 1843 | 1843-09-14 | Tas | Between Pt Arthur Penal Colony and Forestier Peninsula | swimming to escape imprisonment | Owen | male | [328] | ||||||
| 1841 | 1841-03-27 | 14:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Cockatoo Island | estuary - bay | bull | bathing | Andrew Goggin | male | 22 | major lacerations - thigh [3] | [329] | 15 |
| 1840 | 1840-12 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay - off The Domain | estuary - bay | bull | swimming; dead whale in the water [3] | male | 18 | major lacerations - legs | [330] | 14 | ||
| 1839 | 1839-08-07 | Vic | Wilsons Prom - Sealer's Cove | coastal | white [3] | swimming from capsized whale boat | Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby | male | 39 | major lacerations - legs [3] | [331] | 13 | |
| 1837 | 1837-01-17 | Evening | NSW | Macleay River | river | bull | washing his feet | Alfred Australia Howe | male | 12 | major lacerations on leg [3] ; later died due to tetanus | [332] [333] | 12 |
| 1836 | 1836-08 | Qld | K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point | coastal | a whaler | swimming | male | body not recovered | [3] | 11 | |||
| 1836 | 1836-08 | Qld | K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point | coastal | a whaler | swimming | male | other: body not recovered | 10 | ||||
| 1831 | 1831-01-22 | Tas | Hobart | clinging to line after boat capsized | Robert Dudlow | male | [334] | ||||||
| 1829 | Tas | Pittwater - Sweet Water Point | estuary - bay to open ocean | "Amphibious Jack" | male | major lacerations - leg | [335] | 4 | |||||
| 1791 | 03:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | an Aboriginal woman | female | major lacerations - torso; "bitten in two" | [336] [337] | 1 |
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