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This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
Great white shark. Between 1791 and April 2018 it was reported that there have been 1068 shark attacks in Australia with 237 of them being fatal.. Four species of sharks account for the vast majority of fatal attacks on humans: the bull shark, tiger shark, oceanic whitetip shark and the great white shark.
Many of South Australia's fatal shark attacks have been attributed to the Great white shark. A total of 24 people have been killed by sharks in South Australian waters since the establishment of the colony in 1836. Prior to 2014, there had been 82 recorded shark attacks in South Australia. 20 of those have involved a single fatality. Victims ...
The severed leg of a 23-year-old Australian surfer who was attacked by a great white shark off the mid-north coast of New South Wales has washed up on the beach, police said.. Kai McKenzie was ...
Surfer Jeff Schmucker told 7News on Tuesday that he went out into the water hoping to find the victim, but instead saw a great white shark measuring more than 13 feet long and a surfboard with a ...
A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 10-foot great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state on Sunday, officials said.
The first deployment followed a shark attack near Esperance in October 2014. The drum lines caught and killed two great white sharks. [86] The appearance of a large great white shark in Warnbro Sound in December prompted a further deployment which did not result in a capture. [87]
A man died after being attacked by a shark at a diving spot off Australia’s southwest coast. The victim is believed to have been bitten by a white shark near Cull Island, which is close to the ...