Australia Shark attacks

Australia shark attack data

1453 attacks recorded (306 fatal)
Australia shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Sep 6th 1961 Western Australia Broome N
Jul 7th 1961 Queensland Cape Moreton N
Jul 1st 1961 New South Wales South coast N
May 7th 1961 Western Australia Quinn N
Apr 25th 1961 New South Wales Trial Bay, north of Kempsey N
Apr 16th 1961 New South Wales Otford N
Apr 14th 1961 New South Wales 10 miles off Nambucca Heads onboard trawler N
Apr 3rd 1961 Victoria Flinders Island N
Apr 1st 1961 Western Australia Rottnest Island N
Mar 30th 1961 South Australia Glenelg Breakwater N
Mar 18th 1961 Victoria Lady Beach at Warrnambool N
Mar 14th 1961 Western Australia Shark Bay N
Mar 12th 1961 South Australia Aldinga Beach N
Feb 17th 1961 Victoria Mount Martha Beach N
Feb 1st 1961 Western Australia Carnac Island N
Jan 15th 1961 New South Wales Cook Island N
Jan 6th 1961 Northern Territory Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin N
Dec 27th 1960 New South Wales Bondi Beach, Sydney N
Dec 20th 1960 Queensland College N
Dec 1st 1960 Queensland Colledge's Crossing, Brisbane River N
Nov 27th 1960 Queensland Black N
Nov 11th 1960 Queensland Scott N
Nov 6th 1960 Western Australia Hamelin Bay N
Oct 1st 1960 North Head N
Sep 18th 1960 Western Australia Frenchman Bay N
Apr 22nd 1960 Western Australia Rottnest Island N
Apr 12th 1960 New South Wales Horseshoe Bay, near Kempsey N
Apr 3rd 1960 Victoria Canadian Bay near Mount Eliza, 30 miles from Melbourne N
Apr 3rd 1960 New South Wales Off Broughton Island near Port Stephens N
Apr 1st 1960 South Australia Hog Bay N
Feb 29th 1960 Tasmania Ralph Bay N
Feb 10th 1960 New South Wales Near Bondi Beach N
Feb 7th 1960 New South Wales Wattamolla National Park N
Jan 21st 1960 South Australia Millicent N
Jan 16th 1960 New South Wales Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney Y
Jan 13th 1960 Western Australia Geraldton N
Jan 7th 1960 Tasmania Eaglehawk Neck N
Dec 29th 1959 Queensland Scotts Point Beach N
Dec 28th 1959 New South Wales Leichardt, Sydney N
Dec 19th 1959 Queensland Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane Y
Dec 11th 1959 Victoria Altona, Melbourne N
Dec 7th 1959 South Australia Laura Bay N
Nov 29th 1959 Victoria Fairhaven Beach, Lorne N
Nov 28th 1959 Queensland North Burleigh, near Brisbane N
Nov 22nd 1959 Queensland Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe N
Nov 12th 1959 South Australia Near Port Vincent N
Nov 9th 1959 Western Australia Perth N
Aug 30th 1959 Tasmania N
Apr 26th 1959 New South Wales Maroubra Bay N
Apr 11th 1959 Torres Strait Coconut Island , 100 miles east of Thursday Island N
Apr 5th 1959 New South Wales Thirroul N
Feb 28th 1959 Victoria Port Phillip Bay N
Jan 31st 1959 Western Australia South Perth N
Jan 24th 1959 Tasmania Whale Bay, King Island, Bass Strait N
Jan 17th 1959 Tasmania Safety Cove Y
Jan 17th 1959 Queensland Alexandra Headland near Mooloolaba N
Jan 1st 1959 Tasmania Badger Head N
Nov 23rd 1958 Queensland Surfer's Paradise Y
Jun 15th 1958 Queensland Green Island N
Feb 19th 1958 New South Wales N
Jan 27th 1958 New South Wales 5 miles south of Sussex Inlet at mouth of Berara Lake N
Jan 19th 1958 New South Wales Brunswick Heads N
Dec 31st 1957 South Australia Port Hughes, 100 miles from Adelaide in Spencer Gulf N
Nov 4th 1957 New South Wales Off Scotts N
Jul 9th 1957 Torres Strait Near Thursday Island N
May 11th 1957 New South Wales Tea Gardens, north of Newcastle N
Apr 23rd 1957 New South Wales Merewether Beach, Newcastle N
Apr 13th 1957 Torres Strait Thursday Island Harbour, Queensland N
Feb 2nd 1957 Western Australia Cape Lev N
Aug 15th 1956 Queensland Near Southport N
Jun 28th 1956 Torres Strait Fishman's Island (near Port Moresby, PNG) N
May 1st 1956 Torres Strait N
Mar 11th 1956 New South Wales Cronulla, near Sydney N
Mar 4th 1956 Victoria Portsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay Y
Mar 1st 1956 Western Australia Fremantle N
Feb 26th 1956 Queensland Pioneer River near Mackay Y
Feb 10th 1956 Victoria Cowes N
Jan 16th 1956 Torres Strait Palm Island N
Jan 5th 1956 New South Wales North Bondi N
Dec 31st 1955 Torres Strait N
Oct 16th 1955 Queensland Tully, North Queensland N
Aug 1st 1955 South Australia Port Augusta N
Mar 9th 1955 New South Wales Wamberal Y
Mar 1st 1955 New South Wales Sydney N
Mar 1st 1955 Western Australia Woodman N
Feb 5th 1955 New South Wales Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney Y
Feb 1st 1955 New South Wales Parramatta River N
Feb 1st 1955 New South Wales Coff N
Jan 18th 1955 New South Wales Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Beach, Sydney Y
Dec 11th 1954 Victoria Point Lonsdale Y
Sep 14th 1954 Queensland Darnley Island, Torres Strait Y
Sep 4th 1954 Torres Strait Darnley Island, Torres Strait Y
Jun 27th 1954 Queensland Fitzroy Island N
Feb 27th 1954 New South Wales The Entrance, near Gosford Y
Jan 30th 1954 New South Wales Avoca Beach N
Jan 22nd 1954 Naghir Island N
Dec 13th 1953 Queensland Palm Beach N
Dec 1st 1953 New South Wales Maroubra Beach N
Oct 1st 1953 New South Wales Boat Harbour, north of Cronulla N
Jul 1st 1953 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)