# List of fatal 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 April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.

## New South Wales

| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species | Reference |
| 1791 | | Port Jackson | | Aboriginal woman | Female | | Fatal. "bitten in two" | 3:00 AM | Unknown shark | |
| 1837 | 17 January | Macleay River | Washing his feet | Alfred Australia Howe | Male | 12 | Initially injured non-fatally. Later died later due to tetanus | Evening | Unknown shark | [4] [5] |
| 1840 | December | Off The Domain, Sydney Harbour | Swimming | | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1841 | 27 March | Cockatoo Island, Sydney | Bathing | Andrew Goggin | Male | | Fatal | 14:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1845 | 26 December | Newcastle | Fishing | John Williams | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown Shark | |
| 1849 | 1 December | Woolloomooloo, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) | Bathing | Sailor from the steamship Eagle | Male | | Fatal | Afternoon | Unknown shark | |
| 1849 | 9 December | Sydney Harbour | | | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1852 | 9 October (reported) | Coalcliff | Fell overboard | James Rogers | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1863 | 10 January | "Bellynahinch" on the Manning River | Bathing | James Brown | Male | 17 | Fatal | Evening | Unknown shark | |
| 1871 | | Manning River | | | Male | | Fatal. "Caught by legs" | | Unknown shark | |
| 1876 | | Sydney | | Unnamed boy | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1876 | 14 May | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Frederick Brown | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1877 | 12 December | Near Sydney | Washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1878 | | Balmain, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing in 2 feet of water | | Male | 11 | Fatal. Leg severed | | Unknown shark. | |
| 1882 | 23 January (reported) | Darling Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | George Sinclair | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1882 | 15 April | Lake Macquarie | Fishing | | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1883 | 21 January | Iron Cove, Sydney | Bathing | John Eaton | Male | 37 | Fatal | 05:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1883 | 19 December | Parramatta River | Swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | Male | 21 | Fatal | 12:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1887 | 4 December | Ryde, Sydney (Estuary) | | Thomas Cochrane (William Charles Corkhill) | Male | | Fatal | 11:30 | 12 to 15 foot shark | |
| 1888 | December | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr. Ryland | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1888 | 9 December | Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary) | Swimming | Stephen Carter | Male | 11 | Fatal. | 13:00 | Unknown shark. | |
| 1895 | 27 February | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | Male | 14 | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1895 | 16 November | Jervis Bay | Fishing | Edward Bailey | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1895 | 9 December | West Balmain, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas John Terrill | Male | 14 | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1896 | 11 January | Johnstons Bay, Sydney | Bathing | William Ready | Male | 11 | Fatal | Afternoon | Unknown shark | |
| 1898 | 26 July (reported) | Sydney | Swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | Male | 20 | Reported fatal, but this is a questionable incident | | | |
| 1900 | 27 December | Middle Harbour, Sydney | Bathing | Thomas Houstan | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1902 | 25 January (reported) | Kerosene Bay | Dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1903 | 10 January | Lane Cove River, Sydney Harbour (Estuary) | | Sydney James | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown | |
| 1903 | 21 June | Georges River | Boat capsized in the water | William Price | Male | | | | Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack | [33] [34] |
| Before 1906 circa | | New South Wales | Swimming inside string of cedar logs | Arab boy | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark. Reported a Grey Nurse that leaped out of the water but identification is questionable as there have been no known fatalities caused by this species. | |
| 1906 | 28 January | Georges River, Near Lugarno | Bathing | William Joseph Dobson | Male | 31 or 33 | Fatal | 14:10 | A large shark | |
| 1907 | 23 December | Middle Harbour, Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney (Estuary) | Bathing | Henry Jones | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark, possibly a bull shark | |
| 1909 | 15 December | 20 miles off Sydney | Fell overboard | Mr. Witt | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1910 | 26 January | Newcastle Harbour | | Alfred Victor Clulow | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1912 | 26 January | Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney | Swimming | James Edward Morgan | Male | 21 | Fatal | 15:00 | 2.8 m [9'3"] Presumed whaler type shark eg bull shark | [39] [40] |
| 1915 | 1 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour | Bathing about 100 yards from shore | Warren Tooze | Male | 17 | Fatal. Upper leg injury | | Unknown shark | |
| 1916? | 25 April? (reported) | Manly Beach | Swimming | Thomas Harrington | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1916 | 8 December | Seven Shillings Beach, Middle Harbour, Sydney (Estuary) | Taking wife to beach & about 1 m from the shore | Walter C. German | Male | 41 | Fatal. Right arm severed, chest punctured | 09:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1919 | 9 January | Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour | Wading | Richard Simpson | Male | | Fatal. Right thigh bitten | | 12 feet shark | |
| 1919 | 7 December | Pelican Island, Macleay River | Swimming | James Ridley | Male | 47 | Fatal. Left leg & calf bitten, leg surgically amputated | 05:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1920 | 15 January | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | David Miller | Male | | Fatal. Leg bitten | 10:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1922 | 4 January | Stockton Beach, Newcastle | Surfing | John Manning Rowe | Male | 26 | Fatal. Disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore | Evening | Thought to be a shark | |
| 1922 | 4 February | Coogee, Sydney | Swimming | Milton Coughlan | Male | 18 | Fatal. Both arms & shoulder bitten | 15:30 | Thought to be a Great White shark | |
| 1922 | 2 March | Coogee, Sydney | Bathing in knee-deep water | Mervyn Gannon | Male | 21 | Right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene. | 11:00 | 8-foot (2.4m) Great White Shark | |
| 1922 | 26 April | Hawkesbury River | Swimming | William A. Munro | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1923 | 16 June | Bellambi Reef, Wollongong | Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark | J. Rigby | Male | | Fatal. Taken by shark. Two other men drowned, only 1 man survived | | White shark | |
| 1923 | 2 November | Bellinger Heads | Fishing | | Male | | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | | Great White | |
| 1923 | 2 December | Urunga, Bellinger Heads | Fishing, standing in waist-deep water | James Elton | Male | | Disappeared, thought to have been taken by a shark | | Great White | |
| 1924 | 9 January | Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Sydney, Parramatta River | Had just dived into water & was swimming | Charles Brown | Male | 16 | Fatal. Right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated | 16:00 | 3 m [10'] shark | |
| 1924 | 25 April | Kiama | Fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore | Ernest Conroy | Male | 20 | Fatal. Partial remains recovered | Afternoon | Unknown shark | |
| 1925 | 12 March | Newcastle Beach | Swimming | Jack Canning | Male | 16 | Fatal. Right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel | 15:15 | Unknown shark. | |
| 1927 | | 15 miles up the Cataract River | Swimming | | Male | 10 | Fatal. Shoulder bitten | | | |
| 1927 | 3 January | Grays Point, Port Hacking, Sydney | Swimming | Mervwyn Allum | Male | 15 | Fatal. Leg bitten from thigh to ankle | 11:30 | Large 3.7 m (12 ft) shark | |
| 1928 | 4 April | Cooks Hill, Newcastle | Standing in waist-deep water | Edward Arthur Lane | Male | 28 | Fatal. Right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh | 18:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1929 | 12 January | Bondi | Body surfing | Colin James Stewart | Male | 14 | Fatal. Right thigh & hip bitten | 18:10 | Large 12ft (3.7m) shark | |
| 1929 | 8 February | Bondi | Swimming | John Gibson | Male | 39 | Fatal. Right thigh bitten, femoral artery severed | 16:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1929 | 18 February | Maroubra Bay, Sydney | Body surfing | Allan Butcher | Male | 20 | Both thighs lacerated, right foot, fingers and knee abraded, died of sepsis | 15:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1929 | 26 December | White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbour | Diving by wharf | William Oakley | Male | 16 | Fatal. Left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions | | Large 8-10 ft shark | |
| 1930 | December | Parramatta River | | | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1930 | 13 December | Sailor Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney | Fell overboard | Frank Kenny | Male | | Fatal | | Unknown shark | |
| 1934 | 12 March | Dee Why | Swimming | Frank Athol Riley | Male | 17 | Leg removed | 15:00 | Great White | |
| 1934 | 1 April | North Steyne | Swimming | Leon Hermes | Male | 15 | Right leg injures | 12:30 | Great White | [66] [67] |
| 1934 | 23 December | Woy Woy | Swimming | Roy Inman | Male | 14 | Fatal | 13:00 | Unknown shark | |
| 1934 | 31 December | Georges River Moorebank | Swimming | Richard Soden | Male | 19 | Fatal. Left leg bitten | 16:30 | Unknown shark | |
| 1935 | 2 March | North Narrabeen | Standing | Herbert McFarlane | Male | 22 | Fatal. Thigh bitten | 17:30 | Great White | |
| 1935 | 9 March | Maroubra Beach | Swimming | Ernest MacDonald | Male | 27 | Multiple injuries | 12:30 | Great White | |
| 1936 | 4 February | South Steyne, Manly | Swimming | David Paton | Male | 14 | Body not recovered | 15:00 | Great White | |
| 1936 | 12 December | Throsby Creek, Newcastle | Swimming | George Lundberg | Male | 15 | Leg severed | 11:30 | Unknown | |
| 1937 | 13 February | Bar Beach Newcastle | Swimming | John Welsh | Male | 32 | Multiple injuries | 15:20 | Great White | |
| 1938 | 27 December | Botany bay | Swimming | Daniel Graham | Male | 19 | Not recovered | | Unknown | |
| 1940 | 23 January | Botany bay | Swimming | Maxwell Farrin | Male | 13 | Fatal. Left leg severed | 10:40 | Unknown | |
| 1940 | 4 February | Botany bay | Wading | John William Eke | Male | 55 | Injuries to both arms | 14:00 | Unknown | |
| 1940 | 28 December | Stockton Beach | Swimming | Clarence Hammond | Male | 23 | Injuries to torso | 09:00 | Great White | [78] [79] |
| 1942 | 4 January | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Zita Steadman | Female | 28 | Fatal. Bitten in two | 15:00 | Unknown | |
| 1942 | 26 December | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Denise Burch | Female | 15 | Fatal. Legs bitten | 10:50 | Unknown | |
| 1946 | 5 January | Como | Swimming | Valma Tegel | Female | 14 | Both legs severed | | Unknown | [82] [83] |
| 1947 | 8 November | Port Macquarie | Swimming | Edwin Elford | Male | 12 | Leg Severed | 16:00 | Great White | [84] [85] |
| 1948 | 12 February | Stockton Beach | Swimming | Ronald Johnson | Male | 16 | Legs mauled | | Great White | [86] [87] |
| 1949 | 23 January | Bar Beach, Newcastle | Swimming | Ray Land | Male | 20 | Fatal | 15:00 | Great White | |
| 1951 | 6 December | Merewether Beach | Swimming | Frank Olkulich | Male | 21 | Fatal | 16:00 | Great White | |
| 1954 | 27 February | The Entrance | Swimming | Reg Fabrizius | Male | 23 | Fatal. Right thigh bitten | 17:15 | Great White | [90] [91] |
| 1955 | 18 January | Balmoral Beach | Diving | John Willis | Male | 13 | Legs mauled | 14:30 | Unknown | [92] [93] |
| 1955 | 5 February | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Bruno Rautenberg | Male | 25 | Legs Mauled | 14:35 | Unknown | |
| 1955 | 9 March | Wamberal | Swimming | Noel Langford | Male | 22 | Fatal | 18:00 | Great White | |
| 1960 | 16 January | Sydney Harbour | Diving | Kenneth Murray | Male | 13 | Leg removed | 15:30 | Unknown | [95] [96] |
| 1963 | 28 January | Sydney Harbour | Swimming | Marcia Hathaway | Female | 32 | Leg mauled | 13:30 | Unknown | |
| 1966 | 20 May | Jervis Bay | Shipwreck | Kor Van Helden | Male | 40 | Fatal | Night | Great White | [98] [99] |
| 1966 | 20 May | Jervis Bay | Shipwreck | Daniel mangel | Male | 38 | Body Missing | Dark | Great White | [100] [101] |
| 1982 | 7 March | Byron Bay | Surfing | Martin Ford | Male | 20 | Legs Attacked | 12:00 | Great White | [102] [103] |
| 1993 | 9 June | Byron Bay | Diving | John Ford | Male | 31 | Eaten whole | 09:30 | Great White | |
| 2008 | 8 April | Ballina | Surfing | Peter Edmonds | Male | 16 | Fatal | 08:05 | Great White | [105] [106] [107] |
| 2013 | 30 November | Campbells Beach | Surfing | Zac Young | Male | 19 | Fatal | 14:00 | Unknown | [108] [109] [110] |
| 2014 | 3 April | Tathra Beach | Swimming | Christine Armstrong | Female | 63 | Totally consumed | 08:50 | Great White | |
| 2014 | 9 September | Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay | Swimming | Paul Wilcox | Male | 50 | Leg taken off | 10:40 | Great White | [112] [113] |
| 2015 | 9 February | Shelly Beach, Ballina | Surfing | Tadashi Nakahara | Male | 41 | Legs removed | 9:55 | Great White | [114] [115] |
| 2020 | 7 June | Kingscliff | Surfing | Rob Pedretti | Male | 60 | Legs mauled | 10:00 | Great White | |
| 2020 | 11 July | Wooli Beach | Surfing | Mani Hart-Deville | Male | 15 | Boths legs injured | 14:30 | Great White | |
| 2021 | 18 May | Tuncurry Beach | Surfing | Mark Sanguinetti | Male | 59 | Fatal leg injury | | Great White | [120] [121] [122] |
| 2021 | 5 September | Shelly Beach, Emerald Beach | Surfing | Timothy Thompson | Male | 31 | Arm taken off | 11:45 | Great White | [123] [124] |
| 2022 | 16 February | Little Bay | Swimming | Simon Nellist | Male | 35 | Catastrophic injuries | 16:35 | Great White | |

## Northern Territory

| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age |
| 1883 | 25 February (reported) | Pearling beds | Diving | | Male | |
| 1934 | 9 October | Redcliff, Cobourg Peninsula | Bathing | Aboriginal woman | Female | 38 |
| 1937 | 16 July (reported) | Elcho Island | Pearl diving | Japanese hard hat diver | Male | |

## Queensland

    Includes Torres Strait
| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species |
| 1853 | | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | | | | |
| 1862 | 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | Trying to catch a wounded bird | | Male | | | | |
| 1863 | April | Caloundra Heads | Launching a boat | Mr. Barnsfield | Male | | | | 2 sharks |
| 1872 | 26 February | Bramble Reef | Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria | | | | Some were taken by sharks | | |
| 1880 | 25 November | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | Swimming | Alexey Drury | Male | 12 | Feet bitten, surgically amputated | Afternoon | |
| 1886 | 17 June | Off Bribie Heads | Swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | Male | 18 | | | |
| 1890 | 30 December | Moreton Bay | Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | | | but death may have been due to drowning | | |
| 1892 | | Badu Island | Dress diving | Mr. A. Rotaman | Male | | Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT | | |
| 1898 | 28 December (reported) | The Narrows | Fell overboard | James Waters | Male | | | | |
| 1901 | 30 January | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | | Thigh bitten | | |
| 1903 | 12 March | Logan River | Swimming | William Bartlett | Male | | | | Unknown |
| 1904 | 7 February | Brisbane | Swimming after his hat | George Grant | Male | | | | |
| 1906 | 14 April | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | | | |
| 1906 | 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | | | | |
| 1907 | 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | | Morning | |
| 1907 | 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | Bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | Male | | | | |
| 1908 | 21 September | Thursday Island | Fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | Male | | | | Remains recovered from 3 sharks |
| pre–1909 | | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | Male | | | | |
| 1909 | 18 June | Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane | 1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors sheltered on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently, the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909 | Master of the Errol | Male | | only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered | | |
| 1912 | 1 January | Ross Creek | Bathing | Samuel Tristing | Male | | | Morning | |
| 1916 | 9 November | Kissing Point Camp, Townsville | Bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | Male | 27 | | Evening | |
| 1916 | 10 November | Townsville | Swimming | Walter Gregson | Male | | | 06:00 | |
| 1918 | 19 September | Townsville | Bathing | Joseph Bartlett | Male | 22 | | | |
| 1919 | 5 January | Ross River, Townsville | Wading (shrimping) | Jack Hoey | Male | 38 | Thigh bitten, leg amputated | 10:00 | |
| 1920 | 24 January (reported) | Arlington Reef | Free diving | Japanese diver | Male | | | | |
| 1920–1923 | | Great Barrier Reef | | 3 Japanese divers | Male | | | | |
| 1921 | 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | Male | 22 | Left thigh bitten | Afternoon | |
| 1921 | 27 November | Gay's Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River | Fell from his father's back into the water | George Jack | Male | 8 | Disappeared, body not recovered | Morning | |
| 1922 | 15 January | Ross River, Townsville | Swimming | Robert Milroy | Male | 54 | | 17:30 | |
| 1922 | 5 December | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | Bathing in 3' to 4' of water | Alfred Gassman | Male | 19 | Severe injuries to torso | | 2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark |
| 1923 | 22 May | Great Barrier Reef | Diving? | Keizo Masoyo | Male | | | Midday | |
| 1926 | 2 December (reported) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | | | | |
| 1927 | 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | |
| 1928 | 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | | | |
| 1928 | 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | |
| 1928 | 28 March (reported) | | | Bob | Male | | | | |
| 1929 | 27 January | Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville | Swimming | Harry Weatherall | Male | 18 | Right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated | 17:30 | |
| 1929 | 12 March | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | Male | | | | |
| 1929 | 4 April | Badu Island | Swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | |
| 1929 | 9 April | Badu Island | | | Male | | | | |
| 1929 | 1 September | Ross River, Townsville | Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | Male | 42 | Severe injuries to both legs | | |
| 1929 | 3 December (reported) | Townsville | | | Male | 50s | | | |
| 1930 | 4 June | Near Mabuiag Island | | Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander | Male | | | | |
| 1931 | 22 March | Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | Male | 19 | Left thigh severely bitten | | |
| 1931 | 1 August | Port Douglas | Fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | Male | | | | |
| 1932 | 12 May | Near Warrior Reefs | Pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | Male | | | | |
| 1933 | 4 January | Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville | Swimming | Stanley Victor Locksley | Male | 38 | Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark) | 17:30 | |
| 1933 | 20 November | Near Boydong Cay | Free diving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | Male | | Right buttock & thigh bitten | | 3.4 m [11'] tiger shark |
| 1934 | 26 August | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | Male | | Body was not recovered | | |
| 1934 | 22 October | Warrior Reefs | Freediving for trochus shell (submerged) | David Younger, Torres Strait Islander | Male | | Forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards | | |
| 1935 | 13 August | Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland | Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | Male | | Right buttock & thigh bitten | | |
| 1935 | 26 August | At Flat Top, near Mackay | Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy | Patrick Quinn | Male | 38 | His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn | Night | 3.7 m [12'] shark |
| 1936 | 26 June | Nepean Island | Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface | Willie, an aborigine | Male | 16 | | | 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark |
| 1937 | 15 May | Ross River, Townsville | Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river | William Tennant | Male | 33 | Left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee | Night | 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site |
| 1937 | 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Norman Girvan | Male | 18 | | 17:30 | A 3.6 m [11 ft 10 in], 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains |
| 1937 | 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Jack Brinkley | Male | 25 | | 17:30 | Tiger shark |
| 1937 | 11 November | Ota Reef | Diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | Male | 17 | | | 12' shark |
| 1938 | 12 July | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | Male | 25 | Dragged out of diving helmet | | |
| 1939 | 14 December | Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay | Swimming | Frank Gurran | Male | 20 | Left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated | 12:15 | 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later |
| 1943 | 14 May | Off Brisbane | Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177 | | Male | | | After 04:00 | |
| 1945 | 15 June | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | E. J. McHugh | Male | | | 16:00 | |
| 1946 | 19 April | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | Robert McAuliffe | Male | 17 | | 13:30 | |
| 1946 | 18 August | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Swimming after a tennis ball | Phillip South Collin | Male | 30 | Body not recovered | 15:20 | 4.3 m [14'] shark |
| 1946 | 20 November | 40 miles off Thursday Island | Pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander | Male | 30 | Right arm severed | | |
| 1947 | November | Moreton Bay | | D. Smith | | 78 | | | |
| 1948 | 26 December | King's Beach, Caloundra | Treading water, waiting for a wave | Eric Keys | Male | 28 | Left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee | 11:30 | |
| 1949 | 17 April | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Bathing in water 0.9 m deep | Richard Joseph Maguire | Male | 13 | Left leg severed | 13:30 | 3.3 m [10 ft 10 in] shark |
| 1949 | 28 August | Yorkeys Knob | Swimming | James Howard | Male | 34 | Right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated | 13:20 | |
| 1950 | 9 April | Cooper's Point | Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis | John McDonald | Male | 50 | | | |
| 1950 | 16 December | Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane | Treading water | Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver | Male | 20 | Lower abdomen severely bitten, left leg severed | 16:15 | |
| 1951 | 4 September (reported) | Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton | Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38' Christine | Dr. E. Al Joske | Male | 56 | Abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip | | |
| 1951 | 22 October | Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach | Swimming | Arthur James Kenealey | Male | 42 | Leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net | 19:10 | |
| 1954 | 4 September | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spearfishing, hunting crayfish | Kapua Gutchen | Male | 35 | After being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died | | 9' shark |
| 1954 | 14 September (reported) | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spear fishing | male | Male | | | | |
| 1956 | 26 February | Pioneer River, near Mackay | Diving into water | Barry Keith Antonini | Male | 15 | Large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed | 11:00 | 1.8 m [6'] shark |
| 1958 | 23 November | Surfers Paradise | Swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | Male | 21 | | 15:15 | 12' shark |
| 1959 | 19 December | Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane | Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas | Stanley Arthur Mullen | Male | 29 | | 06:00 | |
| 1961 | 18 December | Noosa Heads | Surfing, pushing board ashore | John Grayson Andrews | Male | 22 | Right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee | 06:15 | Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut |
| 1961 | 28 December | Lambert's Beach, Mackay | Standing | Margaret Hobbs | Female | 18 | Right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack | 16:15 | 3 m [10'] shark |
| 1964 | 18 November | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | Male | 29 | | 13:30 | |
| 1965 | 21 November | Near Brisbane | Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | Male | 43 | | | 4.6 m [15'] shark |
| 1971 | 5 December | Gladstone | | Gregory Carroll | Male | 20 | | | |
| 1974 | 1 September | Junpinpin, off Stradbroke Island | His and Peter Hodgeson's 3.3 m boat sank and were drifting in the current | Adrian Treveluwe | Male | 30 | | | |
| 1977 | 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | John Hayes | Male | 45 | | | |
| 1977 | 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | Victor Beaver | Male | 74 | | | |
| 1977 | 23 August | Buddina Beach, south of Noosa | Floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | Male | 25 | Left arm severed, legs bitten | | Great White Shark |
| 1983 | 25 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Dennis Patrick Murphy | Male | 24 | Shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater | Night | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark |
| 1983 | 26 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Linda Ann Horton | Female | 21 | Shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater | 04:00 | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark |
| 1984 | 30 November | 1 km off Black's Beach | Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water | Nicholas Bos | Male | 16 | | 12:33 | |
| 1988 | 7 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Cedric Coucom | Male | 62 | | Nightfall | |
| 1988 | 8 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Bruce Coucom | Male | 17 | When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy" | Early morning | |
| 1990 | 8 April | Dingo Reef | Free diving for trochus | Robert Bullen | Male | 37 | Presumed fatal | | |
| 1992 | 1 October | Moreton Island | Surfing | Michael Docherty | Male | 28 | | 14:30 | Great White |
| 2002 | 16 December | Lake Heron, Miami Lakes | Swimming | Beau Martin | Male | 23 | | 02:30 | Bull shark |
| 2003 | 8 February | Gold Coast | Swimming | Bob Purcell | Male | 84 | | Morning | Bull shark |
| 2004 | 11 December | Opal Reef | Diving | Mark Thompson | Male | 38 | Fatal Injuries | 13:00 | Unknown |
| 2006 | 7 January | Stradbroke Island | Swimming | Sarah Whiley | Female | 21 | Fatal Injuries | 17:15 | Multiple sharks |
| 2014 | 15 December | Port Douglas | Diving | Daniel Smith | Male | 18 | Fatal injuries | 11:30 | Great White |
| 2016 | 16 Feb | Kennedy Shoal | Diving | Steven Foster | Male | 54 | Body not recovered | | Great White |
| 2018 | 5th Nov | Whitsunday Islands | Swimming | Daniel Christidis | Male | 33 | | 17:30 | Great White |
| 2020 | 6 April | North West Island | Swimming | Zachary Robba | Male | 23 | | | Great White |
| 2020 | 4 July | Fraser Island | Diving | Matthew Tratt | Male | 36 | Fatal Injuries | 14:00 | Great White |
| 2020 | 8th Sept | Coolongatta | Surfing | Nick Slater | Male | 46 | Fatal injuries | 17:00 | Great White |
| 2024 | 28th Dec | Keppel Islands | Diving | Luke Walford | Male | 40 | Fatal injuries | 16:37 | Unknown |
| 2025 | 3rd Feb | Bribie Island | Swimming | Charlize Zmuda | Female | 17 | Fatal injuries | 16:45 | Unknown |

## South Australia

| Year | Date | Area | Marine Waters | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species |
| 1855 | 28 March | Port Wakefield | Gulf St. Vincent | Fell overboard | Master Coleman | Male | | | | |
| 1884 | 14 January | Port Pirie | Spencer Gulf | Fell overboard | Miss Warren | Female | | | | 2 sharks |
| 1926 | 17 March | West Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Swimming | Primrose Whyte | Female | | | 15:45 | Great white |
| 1936 | 22 January | West Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Swimmer | Ray Bennett | Male | 13 | | 18:00 | Great White |
| 1962 | 9 December | Carrickalinga Headland | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Geoffrey Corner | Male | 16 | Right leg attacked | 14:30 | Great White |
| 1971 | 5 September | Adelaide | Gulf St. Vincent | Fishing | Leslie Harris | Male | 51 | Heart Attack | | |
| 1974 | 9 January | Streaky Bay | Australian Bight | Diving | Terry Manuel | Male | 26 | Right leg severed | | Great White |
| 1975 | 19 January | Coffin bay | Australian Bight | Surfing | David Barrowman | Male | 17 | Body not recovered | | Great White |
| 1975 | 10 February | Point Sinclair | Australian Bight | Diving | Wade Shipard | Male | 12 | Right leg severed | 18:00 | Great White |
| 1985 | 3 March | Port Lincoln | Spencer Gulf | Diving | Shirley Durdin | Female | 33 | Decapitated | 12:30 | Great White |
| 1987 | 18 September | Marino Rocks | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Terrance Gibson | Male | 47 | | | Great White |
| 1989 | 9 March | Waitpinga Beach | Southern Ocean | Surfing | Matthew Foale | Male | 27 | Thigh bitten | 20:15 | White Shark |
| 1991 | 8 September | Aldinga Beach | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Jonathon Lee | Male | 19 | | 15:00 | Great White |
| 1998 | 28 June | Neptune Islands | Australian Bight | Diving | Doug Chesher | Male | 26 | Legs injuries | 14:00 | Great White |
| 1999 | 29 May | Yorke Peninsula | Spencer Gulf | Windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | Male | 22 | Body not recovered | 14:30 | Great White |
| 2000 | 24 September | Cactus beach | Australian Bight | Surfing | Cameron Bayes | Male | 25 | fully consumed | 07:30 | Great White |
| 2000 | 25 September | Eyre Peninsula | Australian Bight | Surfing | Jevan Wright | Male | 17 | fully consumed | 13:00 | White Shark |
| 2002 | 30 April | Ceduna | Australian Bight | Diving | Paul Buckland | Male | 23 | | 12:40 | White Shark |
| 2004 | 16 December | West Beach, Adelaide | Gulf St. Vincent | Scurfing | Nick Peterson | Male | 18 | Fully consumed | 15:15 | 2 Great Whites |
| 2005 | 24 August | Glenelg | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Jarrod Stehbens | Male | 23 | | 16:10 | Great White |
| 2011 | 17 February | Coffin Bay | Australian Bight | Diving | Peter Clarkson | Male | 49 | | 18:20 | 2 White Sharks |
| 2014 | 8 February | Yorke Peninsula | Gulf St. Vincent | Diving | Sam Kellett | Male | 28 | Body never recovered. | 12:00 | Great White |
| 2023 | 13 May | Eyre Peninsula | Australian Bight | Surfing | Simon Baccanello | Male | 46 | Body never recovered | | White Shark |
| 2023 | 31 October | Streaky Bay | Australian Bight | Surfing | Tod Gendle | Male | 55 | Eaten whole | 10:20 | Great White |
| 2023 | 28 December | Ethel Beach | Spencer Gulf | Surfing | Khai Cowley | Male | 15 | Body recovered | 13:30 | Great White |
| 2025 | 2 January | Westall | Australian Bight | Surfing | Lance Appleby | Male | 26 | | | Great White |

## Tasmania

| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species |
| 1820s | circa | Sweet Water Point, Pittwater | | "Amphibious Jack" | Male | | | | |
| 1831 | 22 January (reported) | Hobart | Boat capsized, clinging to line | Robert Dudlow | Male | | | | |
| 1870 | late | Derwent River | Canoeing | Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile | Male | | Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river | | |
| 1880 | | St George's Bay | | | Male | | | | |
| 1843-1844 | Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. | Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula | Swimming / escaping imprisonment | Owen | Male | | | | |
| 1893 | 4 April | Chimney Point, George's Bay | Boat capsized, swimming ashore | Joseph Meredith | Male | | | 16:30 | |
| 1905 | 25 March | Bridport | Bathing | Charles Taylor | | | | | |
| 1959 | 17 January | Safety Cove | In deep water about 100 yards from his ship | Brian Derry, a Naval Rating | Male | 22 | | 16:30 | Multiple White Sharks |
| 1975 | 30 July | Adventure Bay, Bruny Island | Scuba diving for abalone | Robert Slack | Male | 37 | | Afternoon | Great White Shark |
| 1982 | 28 February | South Cape Bay | Skindiving, but swimming on the surface | Geert Talen | Male | 32 | Body not recovered | | Great White Shark |
| 1993 | 5 June | Tenth Island | Scuba diving at seal colony | Therese Cartwright | Female | 35 | | 10:55 | Great White Shark |
| 2015 | 25 July | Lachlan Point, Maria Island | Scuba diving, collecting scallops | Damian Johnson | Male | 46 | Body not recovered - Attacked while surfacing as his daughter watched. | 7:00 | Great White Shark |

## Victoria

| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species |
| 1839 | 7 August | Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory | Swimming from capsized whale boat | Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby | Male | 39 | '...two wounds made by a shark, one about the middle of the right thigh, and the other, rather above the calf of the left leg.' | | |
| 1849 | 19 September | Warrnambool | Swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | Male | | | | |
| 1855 | 11 November | Melbourne | Swimming | Seaman from whaling brig Curlew | Male | | | | |
| 1858 | 14 March | Hobson Bay | Bathing | Adolphe Bollander | Male | 22 | | 15:00 | |
| 1864 | | Corio Bay, Port Phillip | Swimming | Mr. Warren, Jr. | Male | | Presumed but shark involvement not confirmed | | |
| 1876 | 6 February | Albert Park in Port Phillip Bay | Bathing | Peter Rooney | Male | 18 | Rescued by man on horseback, but died on the beach | | |
| 1877 | 28 January | Emerald Hill | Bathing | William Marks | Male | 30 | "The flesh on each leg, from the knee upwards, was entirely torn out, and there were bite marks of the two jaws of a large fish on one breast, and also on the back." | | |
| 1889 | 8 July | Port Phillip | Fell into the water | | Male | | | | |
| 1914 | 10 June | Sandringham | Bathing | Mr. Croxford | Male | 43 | | Afternoon | |
| 1916 | 3 April | Carrum | Clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | Male | 17 | | | |
| 1930 | 15 February | Middle Brighton, Port Phillip | Diving off pier & treading water | Norman Clark | Male | 18 | | 16:30 | White Shark |
| 1936 | | Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne | Swimming | | Male | | | | |
| 1936 | 1 December | Mordialloc | Fishing | Charles Frederick Swann, a returned soldier | Male | 46 | Swann's 2.4 m dinghy was found with 2' x 3' hole in its side & tooth fragments embedded in the planking | | Presumably a Great White Shark |
| 1949 | 12 November | Port Phillip Bay | No details | John W. Smith | Male | | | | |
| 1954 | 11 December | Point Lonsdale | Swimming | Lawrence David Burns | Male | 23 | | 11:00 | |
| 1956 | 4 March | Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay | Swimming, attacked at surf carnival | John Patrick Wishart | Male | 26 | | 16:45 | Likely great white |
| 1987 | | Mornington Peninsula | Boarding | | | | Major lacerations | | Great White Shark |

## Western Australia

| Year | Date | Area | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Time | Species |
| pre–1903 | | | Pearl diving | Ahmun | Male | | | | |
| pre–1903 | | Roebuck Bay | Diving | | Male | | | | |
| mid–1870s | Circa | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | Male | | | | |
| 1882 | 7 February (reported) | | Pearl diving | Native diver | Male | | Thigh bitten | | |
| 1882 | 12 May (reported) | | Pearl diving | Malay diver | Male | | Torso bitten | | |
| 1895 | 3 June (reported) | Barrow Passage, Barrow Island | Pearl diving | Japanese diver | Male | | | | |
| 1896 | 1 November | Esperance | Boat swamped | Louis | Male | | | | |
| 1896 | 29 November | Albany | Swimming | Davies | Male | | | | |
| 1910 | 23 December (reported) | Fremantle | Shipwrecked pearling schooner | Theodore Anderson's captain & rest of crew taken by sharks | Male | | | | |
| 1923 | 27 January | Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont | Swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | Male | 13 | Back of thigh bitten | | |
| 1923 | 23 November | Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland | Dry shelling | Selim and Dea Opre, Koepang Islanders | Male | | Disappeared, partial remains of Selim was found, there was no trace of Dea Opre | | |
| 1925 | 22 November | Cottesloe Beach | Floating on his back | Simeon (Samuel) Ettelton | Male | 55 | Thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat | 15:15 | 4 m [13'] female tiger shark |
| 1948 | 27 December | Lancelin Island | Swimming | Arthur Strahan | Male | 17 | Disappeared while swimming | | His hand was found in a 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 1/5/1949 |
| 1967 | 19 August | Jurien Bay | Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line | Robert Bartle | Male | 23 | "bitten in two" | 11:00 | Great White shark |
| 1993 | 21 November | A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay | Hookah diving | Richard Peter Bisley | Male | 27 | | 15:15 | Tiger shark caught 6 days later with diver's remains in its gut |
| 1995 | 11 September | Honeymoon Island, near Hopetoun | Abalone diving using Hookah (near calving whales) | David Alan Weir | Male | 29 | Head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995 | 15:00 | Great White Shark |
| 1997 | 20 January | Geraldton | Windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | Male | 41 | Eaten whole | 18:00 | White shark |
| 2000 | 6 November | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Ken Crew | Male | 49 | Torso attacked leg torn off. | 06:30 | Great White |
| 2004 | 10 July | Margaret River | Surfing | Bradley Smith | Male | 30 | Stomach and legs attacked | 14:10 | 2 Great Whites |
| 2005 | 19 March | Abrolhos Islands | Diving | Geoffrey Brazier | Male | 26 | | 14:00 | Great White |
| 2008 | 27 December | Port Kennedy | Diving | Brian Guest | Male | 51 | | 07:00 | Great White |
| 2010 | 17 August | Cowaramup Bay | Surfing | Nicholas Edwards | Male | 31 | Leg severed | 08:05 | Great White |
| 2011 | 4 September | Bunker Bay | Surfing | Kyle James Burden | Male | 21 | Eaten in half | 13:26 | Great White |
| 2011 | 9 October | Cottesloe Beach | Swimming | Bryn Martin | Male | 64 | Eaten whole | 08:10 | Great White |
| 2011 | 22 October | Rottnest Island | Diving | George Wainwright | Male | 32 | | 13:25 | Great White |
| 2012 | 31 March | Stratham Beach | Diving | Peter Kurmann | Male | 33 | | 09:30 | Great White |
| 2012 | 14 July | Off Wedge Island | Surfing | Ben Linden | Male | 24 | Eaten Whole | 09:05 | Great White |
| 2013 | 23 November | Gracetown | Surfing | Chris Boyd | Male | 35 | Leg Removed | 09:00 | Great White |
| 2014 | 30 December | Cheynes Beach | Diving | Jay Muscat | Male | 17 | Attacked at the leg-torso | Midday | Great White |
| 2016 | 31 May | Mandurah | Surfing | Ben Gerring | Male | 29 | Leg removed | Dusk | Great White |
| 2016 | 5 June | Mindarie | Diving | Doreen Collyer | Female | 60 | Mauled to death. | Late morning | Great White |
| 2017 | 17 April | Wylie Bay | Surfing | Laeticia Brouwer | Female | 17 | Leg ripped off | 16:00 | Great White |
| 2020 | 5 January | Esperance | Diving | Gary Johnson | Male | 57 | Mauled while scuba diving | 13:00 | Great White |
| 2020 | 9 October | Wylie Bay | Surfing | Andrew Sharpe | Male | 52 | Body never recovered | 16:00 | Great White |
| 2020 | 22 November | Cable Beach | Surfing | Charles Cernobori | Male | 55 | Multiple Sharks | 08:45 | Great white |
| 2021 | 6 November | Fremantle | Swimming | Paul Millachip | Male | 57 | Eaten whole | 10:00 | Great White |
| 2023 | 4 February | Fremantle | Swimming | Stella Berry | Female | 16 | Injury to legs | 15:00 | Unknown |
| 2025 | 10 March | Esperance | Surfing | Steven Payne | Male | 30's | Fully consumed | 12:10 | Great White |