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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 ...
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.
A Great White Shark swimming here, was spotted in waters where a shark is suspected of attacking a surfer on Granites Beach in South Australia on Jan. 2, 2025, police said.
Australia's last fatal shark attack happened in December 2023, when a teenage boy was killed in the south. Just this year, there have been four other shark incidents in Australia, according to a ...
A surfer is fighting for his life in the hospital after he was attacked by a shark off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday.
The 2016 yearly total of 81 shark attacks worldwide was on par with the most recent five-year (2011–2015) average of 82 incidents annually. [18] By contrast, the 98 shark attacks in 2015 was the highest yearly total on record. [18]
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 ...