Australia Shark attacks

Australia shark attack data

1453 attacks recorded (306 fatal)
Australia shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Dec 5th 1971 Queensland Gladstone Y
Oct 27th 1971 New South Wales Marineland, Sydney N
Sep 5th 1971 South Australia Adelaide Y
Aug 21st 1971 New South Wales Manly Marineland, Sydney N
Jan 1st 1971 Tasmania N
Sep 2nd 1970 New South Wales Marineland, Sydney N
Nov 30th 1969 Western Australia Swan River, 13 miles upstream N
Nov 5th 1969 New South Wales Marineland, Sydney N
May 14th 1969 Queensland Broomfield Reef N
Apr 22nd 1969 New South Wales Kingscliffe Beach, south of Tweed Heads N
Mar 25th 1969 New South Wales Newcastle N
Feb 1st 1969 Queensland Cooktown N
Jan 27th 1969 New South Wales Currarong N
Jan 1st 1969 Victoria Port MacDonnel N
Dec 26th 1968 New South Wales Marineland Aquarium, Manley, Sydney N
Dec 9th 1968 South Australia Thistle Island N
Nov 2nd 1968 Western Australia N
Apr 15th 1968 New South Wales South Coast N
Apr 7th 1968 New South Wales Stockton Bight N
Feb 20th 1968 Western Australia Swan River N
Feb 4th 1968 South Australia Cape Jervis N
Feb 2nd 1968 New South Wales Brunswick Heads N
Dec 17th 1967 Victoria Cheviot Beach, Portsea, Port Phillip Bay Y
Nov 30th 1967 New South Wales Wollongong N
Nov 30th 1967 Queensland Surfer's Paradise N
Aug 19th 1967 Western Australia Jurien Bay Y
Aug 10th 1967 New South Wales Jervis Bay N
May 9th 1967 Aquarium N
Mar 12th 1967 Victoria Geelong N
Mar 10th 1967 New South Wales Dover Heights, Sydney Y
Jan 6th 1967 Victoria Goolwa N
Dec 31st 1966 Tasmania Piccaninny Point, 10 miles from Bicheno N
Dec 27th 1966 New South Wales South West Rocks N
Dec 27th 1966 New South Wales Trial Bay N
Dec 26th 1966 New South Wales Coogee N
Sep 27th 1966 Queensland Broomfield Island, 11 miles from Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef N
Sep 18th 1966 Western Australia Little Beach Reef, Bremer Bay N
Sep 13th 1966 Western Australia Albany N
Sep 10th 1966 Western Australia Roe Reef off Rottnest Island N
Aug 28th 1966 Northern Territory Darwin Harbour N
May 20th 1966 New South Wales Jervis Bay Y
May 20th 1966 New South Wales Bellingen N
May 20th 1966 7 miles offshore on east coast of Australia Y
Apr 1st 1966 New South Wales Botany Bay, Sydney N
Mar 20th 1966 New South Wales Maroubra N
Feb 27th 1966 New South Wales Coledale Beach N
Jan 15th 1966 New South Wales Bellambi N
Jan 10th 1966 Western Australia Woodman Point N
Dec 28th 1965 Western Australia Bathurst Reef, Rottnest Island N
Dec 10th 1965 South Australia Cape Jervis N
Nov 21st 1965 Queensland Near Brisbane Y
Nov 3rd 1965 Queensland Oak Beach N
Jan 10th 1965 Victoria East of Station Pier, Port Melbourne N
Dec 10th 1964 New South Wales Port Jervis N
Nov 29th 1964 Victoria Lady Julia Percy Island N
Nov 18th 1964 Queensland Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads Y
Nov 13th 1964 New South Wales North Solitary Island, 8 miles from Wolli N
Oct 4th 1964 Western Australia Avalon Beach, near Mandurah, 50 miles south of Perth N
Mar 28th 1964 South Australia Surfers Paradise Beach near Victor Harbour N
Feb 2nd 1964 Queensland Brisbane N
Jan 18th 1964 Western Australia Hamelin Bay N
Jan 1st 1964 Western Australia Metro coast N
Dec 26th 1963 Queensland Figtree Ledge, Hervey Bay N
Dec 21st 1963 New South Wales Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour N
Dec 8th 1963 South Australia 55 miles south of Adelaide N
Nov 14th 1963 Queensland Mermaid Beach N
Sep 13th 1963 New South Wales Wanda Beach N
Jul 1st 1963 Torres Strait N
Apr 22nd 1963 New South Wales Clarence Head N
Apr 13th 1963 Western Australia Yallingup N
Feb 24th 1963 New South Wales Wombarra Beach near Austinmeer N
Jan 28th 1963 New South Wales Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney Y
Jan 26th 1963 New South Wales Evans Head N
Jan 4th 1963 South Australia Off Franklin Island between Streaky Bay & Ceduna N
Dec 9th 1962 South Australia Carrickalinga Head Y
Nov 29th 1962 New South Wales Sydney N
Nov 25th 1962 Queensland Townsville N
Nov 10th 1962 New South Wales Off Kisma N
Oct 14th 1962 South Australia Port Phillip Bay N
Jul 1st 1962 South Australia Dangerous Reef N
Jun 7th 1962 Western Australia Emu Point N
Apr 20th 1962 Queensland Nobbys Beach N
Mar 24th 1962 New South Wales Norah Head N
Feb 15th 1962 Queensland Between Smith N
Feb 4th 1962 Queensland Greenmount Beach N
Jan 21st 1962 New South Wales Cronulla N
Jan 14th 1962 New South Wales Long Reef, North Manly N
Jan 14th 1962 New South Wales Lennox Head, Ballina N
Jan 11th 1962 South Australia Marino N
Jan 10th 1962 South Australia Ceduna N
Jan 8th 1962 New South Wales Lake Illawarra N
Jan 7th 1962 Queensland Dicky Beach N
Jan 7th 1962 New South Wales Sydney N
Jan 2nd 1962 New South Wales Seaspray, near Sale N
Dec 28th 1961 Queensland Lambert's Beach, Mackay Y
Dec 28th 1961 Queensland Lambert N
Dec 27th 1961 Western Australia North of main swimming area in Waterman's Bay Beach, Perth N
Dec 19th 1961 South Australia Cowell N
Dec 18th 1961 Queensland Noosa Heads Y
Dec 13th 1961 Torres Strait Horn Island, near Thursday Island 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)