Shark attack, 1961-04-16 (Provoked)
Location: Otford, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Spearfishing
Victim: Douglas  John Spooner (M, age 21)
Injury: Speared shark bit his foot  PROVOKED INCIDENT
Fatal: N
Species: Wobbegong shark, O. barbatus,  1.8 m [6'], identified by G.P. Whitley
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 4/17/1961; G. P. Whitley; Perth Daily News, 4/19/1961;  V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.252; H.D. Baldridge, p.165