Shark attack, 1947-11-08 (Unprovoked)
Location: Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Time: 16h00
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Rupert Elford (M, age 13)
Injury: Thighs & knee lacerated
Fatal: N
Source: G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.86; A. Sharpe, p. 86