Shark attack, 1951-12-06 (Unprovoked)
Location: Merewether Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Time: 16h00
Activity: Treading water
Victim: Frank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion (M, age 21)
Injury: FATAL
Fatal: Y
Species: 2.4 m [8']  shark
Source: V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.79; A. Sharpe, p.85