Australia Shark attacks

Australia shark attack data

1453 attacks recorded (306 fatal)
Australia shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Apr 12th 2002 New South Wales Bar Beach, Newcastle N
Feb 16th 2002 Queensland Sunshine Beach N
Feb 7th 2002 New South Wales Paramatta River (near Sydney) N
Jan 30th 2002 New South Wales Just north of Fingal Spit N
Jan 30th 2002 Western Australia Collie River N
Dec 21st 2001 Western Australia Honeycombs, 250 km south of Perth N
Nov 23rd 2001 New South Wales Flat Rock Beach, Lennox Head N
Nov 7th 2001 Western Australia Leighton Beach, south of North Cottesloe N
Oct 2nd 2001 Queensland 200 miles offshore N
Sep 30th 2001 Queensland Moreton Bay, NE of Brisbane N
Jun 9th 2001 New South Wales Lord Howe Island (island group 440 miles northeast of Sydney) N
May 4th 2001 New South Wales Noraville N
Apr 8th 2001 New South Wales Bronte Beach N
Apr 2nd 2001 New South Wales Nambucca River Entrance N
Feb 26th 2001 Western Australia Albany (incident took place 200 metres from swimmers) N
Feb 4th 2001 New South Wales Broome Head N
Jan 24th 2001 New South Wales South West Rocks N
Jan 21st 2001 South Australia Adelaide N
Dec 24th 2000 Queensland Flinders Cay N
Dec 11th 2000 South Australia 3 km off Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula N
Dec 3rd 2000 Queensland Sykes Reef, Great Barrier Reef N
Nov 21st 2000 South Australia Ceduna N
Nov 21st 2000 Queensland Orpheus Island N
Nov 6th 2000 Western Australia Cottesloe Beach, Perth N
Nov 6th 2000 Western Australia Cottesloe Beach, Perth Y
Oct 29th 2000 Queensland Peel Island N
Sep 25th 2000 South Australia Black Point, Eyre Peninsula Y
Sep 24th 2000 South Australia Cactus Beach near Penong Y
Sep 19th 2000 New South Wales Wollongong N
May 9th 2000 Victoria Koonya Beach, Melbourne N
Mar 30th 2000 Queensland Main Beach, Gold Coast N
Mar 14th 2000 New South Wales McMasters Beach, Central Coast N
Mar 10th 2000 New South Wales Parramatta River N
Mar 9th 2000 New South Wales Parramatta River N
Mar 2nd 2000 New South Wales Taronga Wharf, Athol Bay, Sydney Harbor N
Feb 1st 2000 South Australia Point Sinclair, Cactus Beach near Penong N
May 29th 1999 South Australia Hardwicke Bay, Yorke Peninsula Y
Feb 23rd 1999 New South Wales Scotts Head N
Dec 22nd 1998 South Australia Middleton Beach N
Dec 15th 1998 South Australia Middleton Beach N
Jun 28th 1998 South Australia South Neptune Island Y
Jan 28th 1998 New South Wales Whale Beach N
Jan 17th 1998 South Australia Middleton Beach N
Nov 9th 1997 Western Australia Albany N
Nov 5th 1997 Botany Bay N
Oct 28th 1997 Western Australia Cottesloe Beach, Perth N
Jul 27th 1997 Queensland Pincushion, north of Maroochydore Beach N
Feb 28th 1997 Queensland Carrara, Nerang River N
Feb 28th 1997 Queensland Hook Island, Whitsundays N
Feb 3rd 1997 New South Wales Iron Cove, Sydney N
Jan 25th 1997 Queensland Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays Island N
Jan 20th 1997 Western Australia Geraldton Y
Jan 1st 1997 Victoria Seal Rocks, Phillip Island N
Dec 29th 1996 Queensland Coolum Beach N
Jun 6th 1996 Victoria Suicide Point, Point Leo N
May 24th 1996 New South Wales Wreck of paddle steamer, Koputai, 6 km off Bondi Beach Y
Apr 25th 1996 New South Wales Mona Vale N
Apr 25th 1996 New South Wales Mona Vale N
Apr 16th 1996 Western Australia Black Rock, Carnavon N
Mar 5th 1996 Queensland Heron Island N
Mar 1st 1996 New South Wales Lord Howe Island N
Feb 26th 1996 New South Wales Charles Street Wharf, Parramatta River N
Feb 4th 1996 New South Wales Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island N
Jan 22nd 1996 Queensland Brown's Inlet, Broadwater N
Jan 14th 1996 Western Australia Mutton Bird Island, Albany N
Jan 12th 1996 New South Wales Eight-mile reef off Port Kembla N
Nov 17th 1995 Queensland Great Keppel Island N
Oct 11th 1995 Queensland Pialba, Hervey Bay N
Sep 11th 1995 Western Australia Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown Y
Jul 1st 1995 Queensland Gladstone Reef N
May 18th 1995 Western Australia Bernier Island, Shark Bay N
Apr 9th 1995 New South Wales Honeysuckle Point, Eden N
Mar 21st 1995 New South Wales Clark Island, Sydney Harbour N
Mar 11th 1995 South Australia Cactus Beach N
Dec 9th 1994 Queensland Hinchinbrook Channel, Queensland N
Jan 12th 1994 Western Australia Albany N
Jan 9th 1994 Queensland Katana Downs Reach, Brisbane River N
Nov 21st 1993 Western Australia A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay, Broome Y
Aug 14th 1993 Western Australia Off Rottnest Island N
Jun 9th 1993 New South Wales Julian Rocks, Byron Bay Y
Jun 8th 1993 Tasmania Barren Joey Island N
Jun 5th 1993 Tasmania Tenth Island (King Island) Y
Feb 4th 1993 Queensland Mooloolaba N
Jan 5th 1993 Queensland Line Reef, northeast of Hamilton Island, Whitsundays N
Oct 15th 1992 New South Wales Avalon Beach N
Oct 1st 1992 Queensland North Point Beach, Moreton Island Y
Aug 25th 1992 South Australia Lipson Cove, Tumby Bay N
Mar 10th 1992 Victoria Point Lonsdale N
Feb 9th 1992 Tasmania Clifton Beach, southwest of Hobart N
Jan 29th 1992 New South Wales Tweed Heads N
Nov 1st 1991 Western Australia Backbeach, Halls Head N
Sep 8th 1991 South Australia Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach, Adelaide Y
Aug 30th 1991 Queensland On board the Japanese longline trawler Fukuya No.38, 100 nm northeast of Brisbane N
Mar 3rd 1991 New South Wales Bass Point N
Jan 19th 1991 Queensland Mermaid Waters N
Jan 9th 1991 Western Australia Scarborough N
Jan 1st 1991 Queensland Pelican Banks near Gladstone N
Nov 28th 1990 Queensland Nerang River N
Oct 27th 1990 Queensland Mermaid Waters N
Oct 25th 1990 South Australia Goolwa Beach N

Attacks by region

Attacks by location

  • Sydney (10)
  • Sydney Harbor (10)
  • Near Thursday Island (9)
  • Brisbane River (9)
  • Moreton Bay (8)
  • Newcastle (8)
  • Bunbury (7)
  • Coogee (7)
  • Ross River, Townsville (7)
  • Bondi (7)

Attacks by month

  • January (219)
  • February (156)
  • March (130)
  • April (116)
  • May (65)
  • June (68)
  • July (57)
  • August (54)
  • September (65)
  • October (97)
  • November (142)
  • December (190)