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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.
The species responsible were the white shark, the bull shark, and the tiger shark. 48% of the reported attacks since 1990 were by white sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks. [2] Divers in Australia were especially susceptible to shark attacks in the country, with over a hundred separate and recorded incidents, bites, and attacks involving ...
Australia has seen 3 shark attacks in last few months, reports say. A shark swims through the water off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, on May 18, 2022.
In June 2016 a drum line was set off Falcon Beach in Mandurah following a fatal shark attack on a local surfer. A 4.2-metre (13 ft 9 in) great white was killed and disposed of at sea. A few days later a 60-year-old female diver was killed by a shark in Mindarie, north of Perth, and drum lines were set in that area. [citation needed]
There have been more than 1,200 shark attacks in Australia since 1791, of which more than 250 were fatal, according to a national database. Most serious bites are from white sharks, bull sharks ...
Teenage girl killed in shark attack in Australia. Alex Loftus - BBC News. February 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM. File photo of a shark floating off the coast of Queensland, Australia [Getty Images]
The Australian Shark Attack File [126] has recorded that since 1791 there have been 639 shark attacks in Australia with 190 of them being fatal. [127] Since shark netting began in 1937, the number of deaths from sharks on beaches has been reduced in New South Wales, with only one fatal attack on a netted beach during that time.
The number of shark attacks worldwide increased in 2023, and so did fatalities related to shark attacks. Shark attacks are on the rise worldwide, scientists researching why [Video] Skip to main ...