Shark attack, 1959-12-11 (Provoked)
Location: Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Spearfishing, Smith  & Walker touched shark with tip of their guns
Victim: Barry Smith & Harold Walker (M, age 17 & 35)
Injury: Smith hit by tail of shark, Walker sustained cuts on his  wrist PROVOKED INCIDENT
Fatal: N
Species: 2.7 m [9']  shark
Source: V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.252;