List of fatal shark attacks in Australia

For non-fatal attacks and general information, see Shark attacks in Australia.

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

2020s

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

2010s

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

2000s

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

1990s

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

1980s

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

1970s

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]

1960s

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

1950s

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

1940s

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

1930s

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

1920s

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

1910s

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

1900s

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

Before 1900

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

See also

• List of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States
• List of fatal shark attacks in California
• List of shark attacks in South Africa
• List of fatal shark attacks in South Africa
• Western Australian shark cull

References

• "The International Shark Attack File" . Retrieved 14 January 2014.
• "Global Shark Attack File" . Retrieved 14 January 2014.
• "Go Shark" . Retrieved 13 February 2014.
• "Tracking Sharks" . Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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External links

• "Australian Shark Incident Database". Taronga Conservation Society Australia.