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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.
Shark attacks can be a traumatizing event for the victims as well as the bystanders. Knowing how to assist a victim if you are to witness a shark attack is very important. Remaining calm is the first step to ensuring you are able to help the person attacked efficiently and safely.
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 attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also ...
Sydney, Australia — A shark bit and killed a 17-year-old girl swimming off an eastern Australian island on Monday, officials said, in the country's third reported fatal attack in just over five ...
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia; List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion; List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
A 17-year-old girl died after being bitten by a shark while swimming off a beach in the north of Brisbane. The attack marks Australia’s third fatal shark incident in just over five weeks ...
Australia has the highest number of fatal shark attacks in the world, with Western Australia recently becoming the deadliest place in the world for shark attacks, [8] with the number of total and fatal shark bites growing exponentially over the last 40 years. [9] Since 2000 there have been 17 fatal shark attacks along the West Australian coast ...