| Date of attack: | February 4th 1936 |
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| Location: | South Steyne, Manly, New South Wales |
| Shark species: | Great white shark |
| Name of victim: | David Paton |
| Age of victim: | 14 years old |
| Sex of victim: | M |
| Activity: | Swimming |
| Injury: | FATAL, taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches |