Shark attack, 2003-02-08 (Unprovoked)
Location: Burleigh Lake on the Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: Morning
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Bob Purcell (M, age 84)
Injury: FATAL
Fatal: Y
Species: Thought to involve a >2 m [6.75'] bull shark
Source: T. Peake, GSAF; Sunday Territorian, 2/9/2003, p.9