List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and November 2025 there were 312 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
Since 2000 there have been 59 fatal shark attacks in Australia, including 24 incidents since 2020.
2020s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 2026-01-18 | 16:20 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Vaucluse - Shark Beach | estuary - bay | bull | jumping off rocks | Nicolas Antic | male | 12 | major lacerations - legs | ||
| 2025-11-27 | 06:30 | NSW | Crowdy Bay - Kylies Beach | bull | swimming | Livia Mulheim | female | 25 | major lacerations | |||
| 2025-09-06 | 10:00 | NSW | Sydney - Long Reef Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Mercury Psillakis | male | 57 | leg and arm severed | ||
| 2025-03-10 | 12:10 | WA | Esperance - Wharton Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Steven Payne | male | 37 | body not recovered | 1277 | |
| 2025-02-03 | 16:45 | Qld | Moreton Bay - Bribie Island - Woorim Beach | coastal - surf beach | bull | swimming | Charlize Zmuda | female | 17 | Injuries to upper body | 1271 | |
| 2025-01-02 | SA | Australian Bight - Westall | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Lance Appleby | male | 26 | body not recovered | 1269 | ||
| 2024-12-28 | 16:37 | Qld | Keppel Bay - Humpy Island | island - open ocean | spearfishing | Luke Walford | male | 40 | major laceration - neck | 1268 | ||
| 2023-12-28 | 13:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Yorke Peninsula - Ethel Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Khai Cowley | male | 15 | leg bitten off | 1249 | |
| 2023-10-31 | 10:20 | SA | Australian Bight - Streaky Bay | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Tod Gendle | male | 55 | body not recovered | 1240 | |
| 2023-05-13 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Simon Baccanello | male | 46 | remains not recovered | 1231 | ||
| 2023-02-04 | 15:00 | WA | Swan River - N Fremantle | river | bull | swimming after jumping off jet ski | Stella Berry | female | 16 | major lacerations - leg | 1223 | |
| 2022-02-16 | 16:35 | NSW | Little Bay Beach, Sydney | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | swimming | Simon Nellist | male | 35 | consumed | 1202 | |
| 2022-11-06 | 10:00 | WA | Fremantle - Port Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Paul Millachip | male | 57 | bitten in half | 1193 | |
| 2021-09-05 | 11:45 | NSW | Coffs Harbour - Emerald Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Timothy Thompson | male | 31 | Multiple injuries | 1189 | |
| 2021-05-18 | 11:00 | NSW | Forster - Tuncurry Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Mark Sanguinetti | male | 59 | leg injury | 1181 | |
| 2021-01-21 | 17:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Walkers Rocks | coastal - surf beach | white | snorkeling | Duncan Craw | male | 32 | major lacerations | 1168 | |
| 2020-11-22 | 08:45 | WA | Broome - Cable Beach | coastal | bull | surfing | Charles Cernobori | male | 55 | 1163 | ||
| 2020-10-09 | 16:00 | WA | Esperance - Wylie Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | surfing | Andrew Sharpe | male | 52 | body not recovered | 1158 | |
| 2020-09-08 | 17:00 | Qld | Gold Coast - Greenmount Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Nick Slater | male | 46 | 1154 | ||
| 2020-07-11 | 14:30 | NSW | Northern Rivers - Wooli Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Mani Hart-Deville | male | 15 | legs injured | 1149 | |
| 2020-07-04 | 14:00 | Qld | Fraser Island - Indian Head | coastal - open ocean | whaler | spearfishing | Matthew Tratt | male | 36 | lacerations - leg, foot | 1147 | |
| 2020-06-07 | 10:00 | NSW | Kingscliff - Casuarina Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | surfing | Rob Pedretti | male | 60 | thigh bitten | 1142 | |
| 2020-04-06 | Qld | North West Island | island - open ocean reef | swimming | Zachary Robba | male | 23 | injuries to arm, leg, torso | 1137 | |||
| 2020-01-05 | 13:00 | WA | Esperance - Cull Island | island - open ocean | white | diving | Gary Johnson | male | 57 | 1131 |
2010s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 2018-11-05 | 17:30 | Qld | Whitsunday Islands - Cid Harbour | coastal | swimming | Daniel Christidis | male | 33 | lacerations - leg, arm | 1096 | ||
| 2017-04-17 | 16:00 | WA | Esperance - Wylie Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | surfing | Laeticia Brouwer | female | 17 | leg ripped off | 1064 | |
| 2016-06-05 | Late morning | WA | Perth - Mindarie - One Mile Reef | pelagic - reef | white | diving | Doreen Collyer | female | 60 | 3 limbs removed | 1035 | |
| 2016-05-31 | Dusk | WA | Mandurah - Gearies Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Ben Gerring | male | 29 | leg removed | 1033 | |
| 2016-02-16 | Qld | Kennedy Shoal | white | diving | Steven Foster | male | 54 | body not recovered | ||||
| 2015-07-25 | 07:00 | Tas | Lachlan Point - Maria Island | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | diving | Damian Johnson | male | 46 | major lacerations - torso, pelvic region | 1007 | |
| 2015-02-09 | 09:55 | NSW | Ballina - Shelly Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Tadashi Nakahara | male | 41 | legs severed | 995 | |
| 2014-12-30 | 12:20 | WA | Cheynes Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | white | spearfishing | Jay Muscat | male | 17 | multiple injuries | 987 | |
| 2014-12-15 | 11:30 | Qld | Port Douglas - Rudder Reef | island open ocean - reef | tiger | spearfishing | Daniel Smith | male | 18 | major lacerations - arm, thigh | 988 | |
| 2014-09-09 | 10:40 | NSW | Byron Bay - Clarkes Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | snorkelling | Paul Wilcox | male | 50 | major lacerations - thigh | 977 | |
| 2014-04-03 | 08:50 | NSW | South Coast - Tathra Beach | coastal | presumed to be bronze whaler | swimming | Christine Armstrong | female | 63 | remains not recovered | 968 | |
| 2014-02-08 | 12:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Yorke Peninsula - Goldsmith Beach | coastal | white | spearfishing | Sam Kellett | male | 28 | remains not recovered | 964 | |
| 2013-11-30 | 14:00 | NSW | Coffs - Campbells Beach | coastal | tiger | surfing, in an area with whales present | Zac Young | male | 19 | major lacerations - arm, torso, leg | 961 | |
| 2013-11-23 | 09:00 | WA | Gracetown - Umbies Break | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing, in an area with dolphins and baitfish present | Chris Boyd | male | 35 | major lacerations - leg | 960 | |
| 2012-07-14 | 09:05 | WA | Wedge Island | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Ben Linden | male | 24 | remains not recovered | 943 | |
| 2012-03-31 | 09:30 | WA | Bunbury - Stratham Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | diving | Peter Kurmann | male | 33 | 935 | ||
| 2011-10-22 | 13:25 | WA | Rottnest Island - Little Armstrong Bay | coastal - surf beach | white | diving | George Wainwright | male | 32 | major lacerations - torso | 919 | |
| 2011-10-09 | 08:10 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Bryn Martin | male | 64 | eaten whole | 921 | |
| 2011-09-04 | 13:26 | WA | Dunsborough - Bunker Bay - The Boneyards | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing, in an area with dolphins and seals present | Kyle James Burden | male | 21 | major lacerations - leg | 918 | |
| 2011-08-29 | 19:30 | Qld | Palm island - Challenger Bay | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | 'Rooster' | male | 48 | major lacerations - torso | 917 | |
| 2011-02-17 | 18:20 | SA | Australian Bight - Coffin Bay - Perforated Island | island open ocean | whites - 2 | diving, in an area with other sharks present | Peter Clarkson | male | 49 | remains not recovered | 911 | |
| 2010-08-17 | 08:05 | WA | Gracetown - Cowaramup Bay - South Point Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing, in an area with seals | Nicholas Edwards | male | 31 | leg severed | 906 |
2000s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 2008-12-27 | 07:00 | WA | Rockingham - Port Kennedy Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | snorkeling | Brian Guest | male | 51 | remains not recovered | 867 | |
| 2008-04-08 | 08:05 | NSW | Ballina - Lighthouse Beach | coastal - surf beach | bull | surfing | Peter Edmonds | male | 16 | major lacerations - thigh, calf | 860 | |
| 2006-01-07 | 17:15 | Qld | North Stradbroke Island - Amity Point | coastal - surf beach | bull | swimming | Sarah Whiley | female | 21 | major lacerations - leg, hand | 828 | |
| 2005-08-24 | 16:10 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Glenelg Beach | coastal - ocean beach | white | diving | Jarrod Stehbens | male | 23 | major laceration - torso | 819 | |
| 2005-03-19 | 14:00 | WA | Houtman Abrolhos - Pelsaert Island - Wreck Point | island open ocean | white | snorkeling | Geoffrey Brazier | male | 26 | major laceration - torso | 815 | |
| 2004-12-16 | 15:15 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | white - 2 | surfing | Nick Peterson | male | 18 | fully consumed | 811 | |
| 2004-12-11 | 13:00 | Qld | Port Douglas - Opal Reef | pelagic - reef | tiger | spearfishing | Mark Thompson | male | 38 | major laceration - thigh | 810 | |
| 2004-07-10 | 14:10 | WA | Gracetown - Lefthanders near Margaret River | coastal - surf beach | white - 2 | surfing | Bradley Smith | male | 30 | eaten whole | 804 | |
| 2003-02-08 | Morning | Qld | Gold Coast | river | bull | swimming, in an area with Pinnipeds present | Bob Purcell | male | 84 | major lacerations - leg | 779 | |
| 2002-12-16 | 02:30 | Qld | Lake Heron, Miami Lakes | river | bull | swimming | Beau Martin | male | 23 | major lacerations - torso, leg | 775 | |
| 2002-04-30 | 12:40 | SA | Australian Bight - Smoky Bay - near Saddle Point | coastal | white | diving for scallops | Paul Buckland | male | 23 | major lacerations - leg | 770 | |
| 2000-11-06 | 06:30 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming, in an area with a seal present | Ken Crew | male | 49 | torso attacked | 749 | |
| 2000-09-25 | 13:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Eyre Peninsula - Elliston - Blacks | coastal - reef | white | surfing near a seal and dolphins | Jevan Wright | male | 17 | fully consumed | 743 | |
| 2000-09-24 | 07:30 | SA | Australian Bight - Ceduna - Cactus Beach | coastal - reef | white | surfing, in an area with Pinnipeds present | Cameron Bayes | male | 25 | fully consumed | 744 |
1990s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1999-05-29 | 14:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Yorke Peninsula - Hardwicke Bay - Flahertys Beach | coastal | white | boarding or windsurfing | Tony Donoghue | male | 22 | body not recovered | 729 | |
| 1998-06-28 | 14:00 | SA | Australian Bight - S Neptune Island | coastal | white | snorkeling, in an area with seals present | Doug Chesher | male | 26 | leg injuries | 723 | |
| 1997-01-20 | 18:00 | WA | Geraldton | tiger | windsurfing | Werner Schonhofer | male | 41 | eaten whole | |||
| 1995-09-11 | 15:00 | WA | Hopetoun - Honeymoon Island | island open ocean | white | diving | David Alan Weir | male | 29 | eaten in half | 691 | |
| 1993-11-21 | 15:15 | WA | Broome - Roebuck Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | tiger | diving | Richard Peter Bisley | male | 27 | 678 | ||
| 1993-06-09 | 09:30 | NSW | Byron Bay - Julian Rocks | coastal - surf beach | white | diving | John Ford | male | 31 | consumed | 677 | |
| 1993-06-05 | 10:55 | Tas | Tenth Island - Georgetown | island open ocean | white | diving, in an area with seals and scuba diving present | Therese Cartwright | female | 35 | remains not recovered | 676 | |
| 1992-10-01 | 14:30 | Qld | Moreton Island - North Point | coastal | white | surfing | Michael Docherty | male | 28 | 672 | ||
| 1991-09-08 | 15:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Aldinga Beach | coastal | white | diving | Jonathon Lee | male | 19 | major lacerations - torso | 665 | |
| 1990-04-08 | 14:00 | Qld | Townsville - Dingo Reef | island open ocean - reef | tiger | snorkeling, freediving for trochus | Robert Bullen | male | 37 | body not recovered | 653 |
1980s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1989-03-09 | 20:15 | SA | Encounter Bay - Waitpinga Beach | coastal | white | surfing | Matthew Foale | male | 27 | major lacerations - thigh | 643 | |
| 1988-11-08 | Early morning | Qld | North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | open ocean | tiger - 3 | swimming with a dinghy, after ship sank | Bruce Coucom | male | 17 | bitten in torso before shark swam away, body in mouth | 636 | |
| 1988-11-07 | Nightfall | Qld | North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | tiger - 2 | swimming with a dinghy, after ship sank | Cedric Coucom | male | 62 | 635 | |||
| 1987-09-18 | SA | Adelaide - Marino Rocks | coastal | white | diving, in an area with dolphins present | Terrance Gibson | male | 47 | 628 | |||
| 1987-02 | Vic | Mornington Peninsula - Wilsons Prom | coastal - open ocean | white | surfing, in an area withspearfishing | male | major lacerations | 625 | ||||
| 1986-01 | Qld | Torres Strait - Muralag (Prince of Wales Island) | island open ocean | tiger | spearfishing | male | 617 | |||||
| 1985-03-03 | 12:30 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Port Lincoln - Wisemans Beach | coastal | white | diving for scallops | Shirley Durdin | female | 33 | major lacerations - torso; victim consumed | 614 | |
| 1984-11-30 | 12:33 | Qld | Mackay - Blacks Beach | coastal - surf beach | tiger | fell into water while sailing on catamaran | Nicholas Bos | male | 16 | major lacerations - arm, head, torso | 611 | |
| 1983-07-26 | 04:00 | Qld | Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef | ocean - pelagic | tiger | adrift after prawn trawling vessel sank | Linda Ann Horton | female | 21 | remains not recovered; seized by the chest and taken underwater | 601 | |
| 1983-07-25 | Night | Qld | Great Barrier Reef - off Lodestone Reef | pelagic | tiger | swimming from the New Venture | Dennis Patrick Murphy | male | 24 | remains not recovered; leg bitten, then dragged underwater | 600 | |
| 1982-03-07 | 12:00 | NSW | Byron Bay - Tallow Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | surfing | Martin Ford | male | 20 | major lacerations - leg | 598 | |
| 1982-02-28 | Tas | South Cape Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | ≈ | Geert Talen | male | 32 | remains not recovered | 597 |
1970s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site categoryD | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1977-08-23 | 16:00 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - Buddina Beach | coastal - surf beach | tiger | floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | male | 25 | major lacerations - arm, torso, foot | 579 | |
| 1977-03-13 | 16:30 | Qld | near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger | drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship | Victor Beaver | male | 74 | taken | 577 | |
| 1977-03-13 | 16:30 | Qld | near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger | drifting in the sea, clinging to an icebox for 2 days, after cabin cruiser was struck by a freight ship | John Hayes | male | 45 | remains not recovered | 576 | |
| 1975-07-30 | 13:00 | Tas | Bruny Island - Fluted Cape | coastal - open ocean | white | diving | Robert Slack | male | 37 | remains not recovered | 572 | |
| 1975-02-10 | 18:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Ceduna - Point Sinclair | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | swimming near cray pots, in water containing fresh blood and offal | Wade Shipard | male | 12 | major lacerations - bit leg off | 568 | |
| 1975-01-19 | 11:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Port Lincoln - Almonta Beach | coastal | white | surfing | David Barrowman | male | 17 | major lacerations - torso | 566 | |
| 1974-09-01 | Qld | Stradbroke Island - Jumpinpin | pelagic - open ocean | tiger | drifting in the current after boat sank | Adrian Te Veluwe | male | 23 | body never found | 564 | ||
| 1974-01-09 | 13:00 | SA | Australian Bight - Streaky Bay - Highcliff | coastal | white | diving | Terry Manuel | male | 26 | major lacerations - arm, leg, torso | 563 | |
| 1971-12-05 | 15:00 | Qld | Gladstone - Cape Capricorn | open ocean | tiger | swimming | Gregory Carroll | male | 20 | remains not recovered | 552 | |
| 1971-09-05 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide | coastal | fishing | Leslie Harris | male | 51 | suffered three heart attacks shortly after a shark bite |
1960s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1967-08-19 | 11:00 | WA | Jurien Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | white | spearfishing, in an area with pinnipeds and other sharks present | Robert Bartle | male | 23 | major laceration - torso | 543 | |
| 1966-05-20 | After dark | NSW | Jervis Bay | coastal - bay | white | Shipwreck | Daniel Mangel | male | 38 | major lacerations - arm, shoulder | ||
| 1966-05-20 | Night | NSW | Jervis Bay | coastal - bay | white | Shipwreck | Kor Van Helden | male | 40 | consumed | ||
| 1965-11-21 | Qld | near Brisbane | unconfirmed | fishing from a boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | male | 43 | |||||
| 1964-11-18 | 13:30 | Qld | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | male | 29 | |||||
| 1963-01-28 | 13:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | standing in water | Marcia Hathaway | female | 32 | major lacerations - leg | 523 | |
| 1962-12-09 | 14:30 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Carrickalinga Headland | coastal | white | spearfishing, with baitfish | Geoffrey Corner | male | 16 | major lacerations - leg | 522 | |
| 1961-12-28 | 16:15 | Qld | Mackay - Lamberts Beach | coastal - surf beach | tiger | swimming | Margaret Hobbs | female | 18 | major lacerations - arms, leg; died the next day | 516 | |
| 1961-12-18 | 06:15 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Noosa Heads - Main Beach | coastal - surf beach | bull | surfing | John Grayson Andrews | male | 22 | major lacerations - leg, arm | 514 | |
| 1960-01-16 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Roseville Bridge | estuary - bay | bull | snorkeling, in an area with baitfish present | Kenneth Murray | male | 13 | major lacerations - leg | 499 |
1950s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1959-12-19 | 06:00 | Qld | Moreton Bay - off Wynnum | tiger | swimming from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas | Stanley Arthur Mullen | male | 29 | major lacerations | 496 | ||
| 1959-01-17 | 16:30 | Tas | Port Arthur - Safety Cove | coastal - bay to open ocean | white - multiple | swimming | Brian Derry | male | 22 | body not recovered | 489 | |
| 1958-11-23 | 15:15 | Qld | Surfers Paradise | coastal | tiger | swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | male | 21 | major lacerations - torso | 486 | |
| 1958-03 | Qld | Torres Strait - Masig (Yorke) Island | island open ocean | tiger | spearfishing | male | 24 | major lacerations - leg | 483 | |||
| 1957-02 | WA | Cape Leveque | coastal - open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | 475 | |||||
| 1956-03-04 | 16:45 | Vic | Portsea Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | John Wishart | male | 26 | 471 | ||
| 1956-02-26 | 11:00 | Qld | Mackay - Pioneer River - Rocklea Reach | river | bull | swimming | Barry Keith Antonini | male | 15 | major lacerations - leg | 467 | |
| 1955-03-09 | 18:00 | NSW | Central Coast - Wamberal Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Noel Langford | male | 22 | body not recovered | 464 | |
| 1955-02-05 | 14:35 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | Bruno Rautenberg | male | 25 | major lacerations - leg | 463 | |
| 1955-01-18 | 14:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - BalmoralBeach - Wyargine Point | estuary - bay | bull | spearfishing | John Willis | male | 13 | major lacerations - leg, hand | 462 | |
| 1954-12-11 | 11:00 | Vic | Point Lonsdale | white | swimming | Lawrence Burns | male | 23 | ||||
| 1954-09-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Erub (Darley Island) | island open ocean | tiger | spearfishing, hunting crayfish | Kapua Gutchen | male | 35 | major lacerations | 461 | ||
| 1954-02-27 | 17:15 | NSW | Central Coast - The Entrance | coastal | white | swimming | Reg Fabrizius | male | 23 | major lacerations - thigh | 459 | |
| 1951-12-06 | 16:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Merewether Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Frank Olkulich | male | 21 | major lacerations - arm, leg, torso | 442 | |
| 1951-10-22 | 19:10 | Qld | Townsville - Kissing Point Beach ocean baths | coastal | tiger | swimming | Arthur James Kenealey | male | 42 | major lacerations - hand, torso, thigh | 441 | |
| 1951-09-04 | Qld | Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton | river | bull | major lacerations - leg, torso; found on luxury yacht | Dr. E. Al Joske | male | 56 | major lacerations - leg, torso | 440 | ||
| 1950-12-16 | 16:15 | Qld | Brisbane - Palm Beach North, north of Burleigh Heads | coastal | tiger | treading water | Desmond Quinlan, a lifesaver | male | 20 | major lacerations - leg, torso | 436 | |
| 1950-04-09 | Qld | Cairns - Ella Bay - Cooper Point | coastal | tiger | swimming, after shipwreck | John McDonald | male | 50 | major lacerations | 433 | ||
1940s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1949-11-12 | Vic | Port Phillip - Middle Brighton Pier | coastal - bay | unknown | unknown | John W Smith | male | body, without head or hands found in bay | ||||
| 1949-08-28 | 13:20 | Qld | Cairns - Yorkeys Knob Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | James Howard | male | 34 | major lacerations - torso; right leg, thigh and fingers lacerated | 430 | |
| 1949-04-17 | 13:30 | Qld | Cairns - Ellis Beach | coastal | tiger | bathing in water deep | Richard Joseph Maguire | male | 13 | major lacerations - leg | 426 | |
| 1949-01-23 | 15:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Bar Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Ray Land | male | 20 | |||
| 1948-12-27 | WA | Lancelin Island | tiger | swimming | Arthur Strahan | male | 17 | eaten whole | ||||
| 1948-12-26 | 11:30 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra - King's Beach | coastal - surf beach | tiger | Treading water, waiting for a wave | Eric Keys | male | 28 | major lacerations - arm, leg, pelvic region | 419 | |
| 1948-02-12 | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Ronald Johnson | male | 16 | major lacerations - torso, leg | 417 | ||
| 1947-11-30 | Qld | Moreton Bay | D. Smith | 78 | ||||||||
| 1947-11-08 | 16:00 | NSW | Port Macquarie - Wilson River | river | bull | swimming | Edwin Elford | male | 12 | major lacerations - leg | 413 | |
| 1946-11-20 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island - 64 km off | island open ocean - reef | tiger | pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, a Torres Strait Islander man | male | 30 | major lacerations - arm | 409 | ||
| 1946-08-18 | 15:20 | Qld | Cairns - Ellis Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming after a tennis ball | Phillip South Collin | male | 30 | major lacerations - torso | 407 | |
| 1946-04-19 | 13:30 | Qld | Cairns - Trinity Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Robert McAuliffe | male | 17 | major lacerations - arm, leg | 406 | |
| 1946-01-05 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River, Oatley Bay | river | bull | swimming | Valma Tegel | female | 14 | major lacerations - leg | 404 | ||
| 1945-06-15 | 16:00 | Qld | Cairns - Trinity Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | E. J. McHugh | male | 402 | |||
| 1943-05-14 | After 04:00 | Qld | off Brisbane | awaiting rescue from a hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during WWII | ||||||||
| 1942-12-26 | 10:50 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay | estuary | bull | swimming | Denise Burch | female | 15 | major lacerations - leg | 398 | |
| 1942-01-04 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bantry Bay | estuary | bull | swimming | Zita Steadman | female | 28 | major lacerations - torso | 393 | |
| 1941-10 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | 390 | |||||
| 1940-12-28 | 09:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Clarence Hammond | male | 23 | injuries to torso | 388 | |
| 1940-02-04 | 14:00 | NSW | Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands | estuary - bay to open ocean | bull | wading | John William Eke | male | 55 | injuries to both arms | 385 | |
| 1940-01-23 | 10:40 | NSW | Sydney - Botany Bay - Brighton-Le-Sands | estuary - bay to open ocean | tiger | swimming | Maxwell Farrin | male | 13 | left leg severed | 384 |
1930s
| Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1939-12-14 | 12:15 | Qld | Mackay - Rubbish Dump Creek | river | shark landed 2 hours later | swimming | Frank Gurran | male | 20 | major lacerations - leg and foot | 380 | |
| 1938-12-27 | NSW | Urunga | unknown | swimming | Daniel Graham | male | 19 | not recovered | ||||
| 1938-07-12 | NT | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | male | 25 | body not recovered | 372 | ||||
| 1938-06 | Qld | Torres Strait | island open ocean - reef | diving | male | body not recovered | 371 | |||||
| 1937-11-11 | Qld | Ota/Otter Reef | unconfirmed - shark | diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | male | 17 | 366 | ||||
| 1937-10-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Coolangatta - Kirra Beach | coastal | tiger - A, female contained Girvan's remains | swimming | Norman Girvan | male | 18 | remains found in shark | 363 | |
| 1937-10-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Coolangatta - Kirra Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | Jack Brinkley | male | 25 | 364 | ||
| 1937-07-16 | NT | Elcho Island | pearl diving | Japanese hard hat diver | male | |||||||
| 1937-05-15 | Night | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | 2 days later a shark was caught from the site | swimming across the river after being refused permission to cross on the ferry | William Tennant | male | 33 | major lacerations - leg, hand | 360 | |
| 1937-02-13 | 15:20 | NSW | Newcastle - Bar Beach | coastal | white | swimming | John Welsh | male | 32 | major lacerations - torso, leg | 358 | |
| 1936-12-12 | 11:30 | NSW | Newcastle - Throsby Creek | estuary | bull | swimming | George Lundberg | male | 15 | leg severed | 356 | |
| 1936-12-01 | Vic | Mordialloc | white | fishing | Charles Swann | male | 46 | |||||
| 1936-06-26 | Qld | Torres Strait - Nepean Island | island open ocean | tiger - | swimming to surface after diving for trochus | Willie, an Indigenous Australian | male | 16 | 351 | |||
| 1936-02-04 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney - Manly - S Steyne | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | David Paton | male | 14 | body not recovered | 345 | |
| 1936-01-22 | 18:00 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - West Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | white | swimmer | Ray Bennett | male | 13 | 344 | ||
| 1936 | Vic | Port Phillip | swimming | male | ||||||||
| 1935-08-26 | Night | Qld | at Flat Top, near Mackay | pelagic | unknown - | fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy | Patrick Quinn | male | 38 | body not recovered, but sharks were caught with human remains thought to be those of Quinn | ||
| 1935-08-13 | Qld | Torres Strait - Warrior Reefs | pelagic | diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | male | major lacerations - right buttock and thigh | 340 | ||||
| 1935-03-09 | 12:30 | NSW | Maroubra Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Ernest MacDonald | male | 27 | multiple injuries | 335 | |
| 1935-03-02 | 17:30 | NSW | Sydney - North Narrabeen Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | standing | Herbert McFarlane | male | 22 | thigh bitten | 338 | |
| 1935-01 | Qld | Torres strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean - reef | tiger | swimming | male | 333 | |||||
| 1934-12-31 | 16:30 | NSW | Georges River Moorebank | estuary | bull | swimming | Richard Soden | male | 19 | left leg bitten | 330 | |
| 1934-12-23 | 13:00 | NSW | Central Coast - Horsefield Bay - Brisbane Waters | estuary | bull | swimming | Roy Inman | male | 14 | 331 | ||
| 1934-10-22 | Qld | Torres Strait - Warrior Reef Islands | island open ocean - reef | freediving for trochus shell | David Younger, a Torres Strait Islander | male | forearm lacerated; died of gas gangrene 13 days later | 327 | ||||
| 1934-10-09 | NT | Cobourg Peninsula - Redcliff | coastal | bathing | Aboriginal woman | female | 38 | 328 | ||||
| 1934-08-26 | Qld | off Eva Island from Cardwell | coastal | swimming, immediately after entering the sea | Robert Steele | male | body not recovered | 326 | ||||
| 1934-04-01 | 12:30 | NSW | Sydney - Manly, North Steyne | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Leon Hermes | male | 15 | right leg injures | 325 | |
| 1934-03-12 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney - Dee Why Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Frank Athol Riley | male | 17 | leg removed | 323 | |
| 1933-11-20 | Qld | Torres Strait - near Boydong Cay | tiger - | freediving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | male | major lacerations - right buttock and thigh | 316 | ||||
| 1933-01-04 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach, Kissing Point | coastal | swimming | Stanley Victor Locksley | male | 38 | 285 | 309 | ||
| 1932-05-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - near Warrior Reefs | island open ocean | pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | male | 305 | |||||
| 1931-08-01 | Qld | Port Douglas | fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | male | |||||||
| 1931-03-22 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | male | 19 | left thigh bitten | 299 | |||
| 1930-12-31 | NSW | Parramatta River | unknown | male | ||||||||
| 1930-12-13 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | fell overboard | Frank Kenny | male | |||||
| 1930-07 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | 16 | 292 | ||||
| 1930-06-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island | island open ocean | Ibigan, a Torres Strait Islander | male | 291 | ||||||
| 1930-02-15 | 16:30 | Vic | Port Philip - Middle Brighton Pier | coastal - bay | white | swimming | Norman Clark | male | 18 | 289 |
1920s
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1929 | 1929-12-26 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Bald Rock Wharf, White Bay | estuary | bull | swimming | William Oakley | male | 16 | multiple injuries | 285 | ||
| 1929 | 1929-12-03 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | male | 50s | 283 | ||||||
| 1929 | 1929-09-01 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | male | 42 | both legs injured | 281 | |||
| 1929 | 1929-04-09 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | male | ||||||||
| 1929 | 1929-04-04 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | male | ||||||
| 1929 | 1929-03-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - Dauan Island | island open ocean | bathing | a Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | male | 275 | |||||
| 1929 | 1929-02-18 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney - Maroubra Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | Allan Butcher | male | 20 | multiple injuries | 269 | |
| 1929 | 1929-02-08 | 16:00 | NSW | Sydney - Bondi Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | swimming | John Gibson | male | 39 | leg injuries | 270 | |
| 1929 | 1929-01-27 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Magnetic Island - Alma Bay | coastal | swimming | Harry Weatherall | male | 18 | major lacerations - arm, torso | 265 | ||
| 1929 | 1929-01-12 | 18:10 | NSW | Sydney - Bondi Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | Body surfing | Colin Stewart | male | 14 | leg injuries | 267 | |
| 1928 | 1928-04-04 | 18:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Cooks Hill - Bar Beach | coastal | white | swimming - 1m depth | Edward Arthur Lane | male | 28 | major lacerations - hand, leg, torso | 262 | |
| 1928 | 1928-03-28 | Qld | Bob | male | |||||||||
| 1928 | 1928-02-20 | Qld | near Barrow Point | island open ocean - reef | pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | male | 258 | |||||
| 1928 | 1928-01-27 | Qld | Torres Strait - Deliverance Island | island open ocean | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | male | 78 | 257 | ||||
| 1927 | 1927-05-09 | Qld | off Cairns | coastal | walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | male | 255 | |||||
| 1927 | 1927-01-03 | 11:30 | NSW | Sydney - Port Hacking - Grays Point | river | tiger | swimming | Mervwyn Allum | male | 15 | leg bitten from thigh to ankle | 250 | |
| 1927 | 1927 | NSW | up the Cataract River | river | swimming | male | 10 | shoulder bitten | up the Cataract River | ||||
| 1926 | 1926-12-02 | Qld | Palm Island | island open ocean - reef | diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | male | 248 | |||||
| 1926 | 1926-03-17 | 15:45 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Adelaide - Brighton Pier | coastal - ocean beach | white | swimming | Primrose Whyte | female | 245 | |||
| 1925 | 1925-11-22 | 15:15 | WA | Perth - Cottesloe Beach | coastal - surf beach | white | Floating on his back | Simeon Ettelton | male | 55 | thigh & torso bitten | 244 | |
| 1925 | 1925-03-12 | 15:15 | NSW | Newcastle Beach | coastal | white | swimming | Jack Canning | male | 16 | right forearm severed, lacerations from buttocks to heel | 243 | |
| 1924 | 1924-04-25 | Afternoon | NSW | Kiama - Blowhole | coastal - ocean beach | white | fishing, fell in water and swimming to shore | Ernest Conroy | male | 20 | partial remains recovered | 240 | |
| 1924 | 1924-01-09 | 16:00 | NSW | Sydney - Parramatta River - near Camellia | river | bull | swimming soon after diving into water | Charles Brown | male | 16 | right thigh severely bitten, left arm lacerated | 237 | |
| 1923 | 1923-12-02 | NSW | Bellinger Heads - Urunga | coastal | white | fishing in waist-deep water | James Elton | male | disappeared while attempting to haul in a catch | ||||
| 1923 | 1923-11-23 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour | Selim Opre, a local Aboriginal man | male | partial remains found | 235 | ||||
| 1923 | 1923-11-23 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | dry shelling Pinctada albina, as forced labour | Dea Opre, a local Aboriginal man | male | body not recovered | 234 | ||||
| 1923 | 1923-11-02 | NSW | Bellinger Heads | suspected shark involvement | fishing | male | body not recovered | ||||||
| 1923 | 1923-06-16 | NSW | Wollongong - Bellambi | coastal | white | Attempting to swim ashore after rowing skiff was holed by shark | J. Rigby | male | taken by shark; two other men drowned, only 1 man survived | 232 | |||
| 1923 | 1923-05-22 | Midday | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | pelagic - reef | diving? | Keizo Masoyo | male | 229 | ||||
| 1923 | 1923-01-27 | WA | Swan River, Freshwater Bay, Claremont | river | swimming | Charles Topsail Robertson | male | 13 | back of thigh bitten | 226 | |||
| 1920 - 1923 | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | three Japanese divers | males | |||||||||
| 1922 | 1922-12-05 | 09:15 | Qld | Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Pialba Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | a 2.7 m "blue" shark | bathing in water - depth | Alfred Gassman | male | 19 | severe injuries to torso | 225 | |
| 1922 | 1922-04-26 | NSW | Hawkesbury River | river | unknown | swimming | William A Munro | male | |||||
| 1922 | 1922-03-02 | 11:00 | NSW | Sydney - Coogee Beach | coastal - surf beach | white - | bathing in knee-deep water | Mervyn Gannon | male | 21 | right hand severed; lacerations on left thigh & left hand; died of gas gangrene | 224 | |
| 1922 | 1922-02-04 | 15:30 | NSW | Sydney - Coogee Beach | coastal - surf beach | thought to be a white | swimming | Milton Coughlan | male | 18 | both arms & shoulder bitten | 223 | |
| 1922 | 1922-01-15 | 17:30 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | swimming | Robert Milroy | male | 54 | 222 | |||
| 1922 | 1922-01-04 | Evening | NSW | Newcastle - Stockton Beach | surfing | John Manning Rowe | male | 26 | disappeared, then his shark-bitten remains washed ashore | ||||
| 1921 | 1921-11-27 | Morning | Qld | Brisbane River -Bulimba Reach - Gay's Corner | river | fell from his father's back into the water | George Jack | male | 8 | body not recovered | 218 | ||
| 1921 | 1921-10-04 | Afternoon | Qld | Great Barrier Reef | pelagic | diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | male | 22 | left thigh bitten | |||
| 1920 | 1920-01-24 | Qld | Arlington Reef | pelagic - reef | freediving | a Japanese diver | male | 217 | |||||
| 1920 | 1920-01-15 | 10:00 | NSW | Newcastle - Throsby Creek | estuary | bull | swimming | David Miller | male | leg bitten | 207 |
1910s
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1919 | 1919-12-07 | 05:30 | NSW | Macleay River - Pelican Island | river | bull | swimming | James Ridley | male | 47 | left leg & calf bitten | 206 | |
| 1919 | 1919-01-09 | 07:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove | estuary | unknown - | wading | Richard Simpson | male | 13 | right thigh bitten | 203 | |
| 1919 | 1919-01-05 | 10:00 | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | wading while shrimping | Jack Hoey | male | 38 | thigh bitten | 204 | ||
| 1918 | 1918-11 | 1500 | Qld | Arlington Reef - Green Island | pelagic | tiger | snorkeling | male | major lacerations - torso | 201 | |||
| 1918 | 1918-09-19 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach | coastal | bathing | Joseph Bartlett | male | 22 | 200 | ||||
| 1916 | 1916-12 | QLD | Yeppoon - Mens Beach | coastal | tiger | swimming | male | 26 | major lacerations - calf | 191 | |||
| 1916 | 1916-12-08 | 09:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Point - Seven Shillings Beach | estuary | unknown | returning to shore after rescuing wife from shark attack, from the shore | Walter C German | male | 41 | right arm severed, chest punctured | ||
| 1916 | 1916-11 | WA | Port Headland - Condon Creek | coastal - open ocean | tiger | snorkelling | male | major lacerations - leg | 189 | ||||
| 1916 | 1916-11-10 | 06:00 | Qld | Townsville - Strand Beach | coastal | swimming | Walter Gregson | male | 187 | ||||
| 1916 | 1916-11-09 | Evening | Qld | Townsville - Kissing Point Camp | coastal | bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | male | 27 | 186 | |||
| 1916 | 1916-04-25 | NSW | Manly Beach | coastal - surf beach | swimming | Thomas Harrington | male | ||||||
| 1916 | 1916-04-03 | Vic | Carrum | clinging to overturned rowing boat | Monte Robinson & Andrew McNeill | males | 17 | ||||||
| 1915 | 1915-01-01 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sirius Cove | estuary | unknown | bathing about from shore | Warren Tooze | male | 17 | upper leg injury | 180 | ||
| 1914 | 1914-06-10 | Afternoon | Vic | Port Phillip - Sandringham Beach | coastal - bay | swimming | Mr Croxford | male | 43 | 177 | |||
| 1912 | 1912-01-26 | 15:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River - Figtree | river | unconfirmed - whaler type shark, possibly a bull | swimming | James Edward Morgan | male | 21 | 161 | ||
| 1912 | 1912-01-01 | Morning | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | bathing | Samuel Tristing | male | 162 | ||||
| 1911 | 1911-03 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | 16 | major lacerations - torso, thigh | 158 | |||
| 1910 | 1910-12-23 | WA | Green Island | escaping a shipwrecked pearling schooner | captain and all but one crew | males | |||||||
| 1910 | 1910-01-26 | NSW | Newcastle Harbour | estuary | Alfred Victor Clulow | male | 16 | 153 |
1900s
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1909 | 1909-12-15 | NSW | off Sydney | open ocean | unknown | fell overboard | Mr C Witt | male | |||||
| 1909 | 1909-06-18 | Qld | Middleton Reef, from Brisbane | awaiting rescue following shipwreck | some of the 17 dead were taken by sharks; others drowned or died of other causes; only legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered | ||||||||
| 1908 | 1908-12-31 | Qld | Moreton Bay | fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | male | |||||||
| 1908 | 1908-09-21 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | male | remains recovered from 3 sharks | ||||||
| 1907 | 1907-12-23 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Sugarloaf Bay | estuary | bull | bathing | Henry Jones | male | 151 | ||||
| 1907 | 1907-10-18 | Qld | Torres Strait - Thursday Island | bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | male | |||||||
| 1907 | 1907-02-03 | Morning | Qld | Townsville - Ross Creek | estuary | bathing | William Williams | male | 18 | 148 | |||
| 1906 | 1906-09-05 | Qld | Torres Strait - Mabuiag Island | swimming | Smith | male | 146 | ||||||
| 1906 | 1906-04-14 | Qld | Lizard Island | island open ocean | diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | male | 17 | 145 | ||||
| 1906 | 1906-01-28 | 14:10 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River - The Moons | river | bull | bathing | William Joseph Dobson | male | 31 or 33 | 144 | ||
| 1905 | 1905-12 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | tiger | snorkeling | male | major lacerations - thigh | 143 | ||||
| 1905 | 1905-03-25 | Tas | Bridport | bathing | Charles Taylor | male | |||||||
| pre–1906 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - under Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour | Bull or Grey Nurse | swimming in murky water near floating logs | an Arab boy | male | not recovered | ||||||
| 1904 | 1904-02-07 | Qld | Brisbane | swimming after his hat | George Grant | male | |||||||
| 1903 | 1903-06-21 | NSW | Sydney - Georges River | river | Cause of death was actually drowning: the coroner ruled William's death a drowning by asphyxia, dismissing reports of a shark attack | Boat capsized in the water | William Price | male | |||||
| 1903 | 1903-03-12 | Qld | Logan River | river | swimming | William Bartlett | male | 139 | |||||
| 1903 | 1903-01-10 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Lane Cove River | estuary | bull | Sydney James | male | 137 | |||||
| 1902 | 1902-01-25 | NSW | Kerosene Bay | unknown | dangling feet in the water | John Ogier | male | ||||||
| pre–1903 | WA | Broome - Roebuck Bay | coastal - bay to open ocean | diving | male | ||||||||
| pre–1903 | WA | pearl diving | Ahmun | male | |||||||||
| 1901 | 1901-01-30 | Qld | Brisbane River - Rowing Club | river | bathing | John Thompson | male | thigh bitten | 130 | ||||
| 1900 | 1900-12-27 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Middle Harbour - Folly Point | estuary - bay | bull | bathing | Thomas Houstan | male | 21 | major lacerations - leg | 128 | ||
| 1900 | 1900-11 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | snorkelling | male | 127 |
Before 1900
| Year | Date | Time | State | Area | Site category | Species | Activity | Victim | Sex | Age | Injury | Reference | UIN |
| 1898 | 1898-12-28 | Qld | The Narrows | unknown | fell overboard | James Waters | male | ||||||
| 1898 | 1898-07-26 | NSW | Sydney | swimming after their boat capsized | Martin Gunner | male | 20 | source labels incident as a 'questionable incident'; it was extract from newspaper advertising testimonial for pills | |||||
| 1896 | 1896-11-29 | WA | Albany | coastal - harbour | swimming | Davies | male | ||||||
| 1896 | 1896-11-01 | WA | Esperance | coastal - harbour | boat swamped | Louis | male | 117 | |||||
| 1896 | 1896-01-11 | Afternoon | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Johnstons Bay - Pyrmont Baths | estuary - bay | bull | bathing | William Ready | male | 11 | major lacerations - torso | 116 | |
| 1895 | 1895-12-16 | NSW | Jervis Bay | estuary - bay | unknown | fishing | Edward Bailey | male | |||||
| 1895 | 1895-12-09 | NSW | Sydney - West Balmain - Iron Cove Bridge | estuary - bay | bull | bathing | Thomas John Terrill | male | 14 | major lacerations - torso | 115 | ||
| 1895 | 1895-11 | NSW | Jervis Bay - Governors Head | coastal - bay to open ocean | a whaler | swimming | male | body not recovered | 113 | ||||
| 1895 | 1895-06-03 | WA | Barrow Island - Barrow Passage | island open ocean - open ocean | pearl diving | a Japanese diver | male | 112 | |||||
| 1895 | 1895-02-27 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | James Edward Clifton Donald | male | 14 | major lacerations - leg | 110 | ||
| 1893 | 1893-04-04 | 16:30 | Tas | George's Bay - Chimney Point | swimming ashore after boat capsized | Joseph Meredith | male | ||||||
| 1893 | 1893-01 | Qld | Claremont Isles National Park | pelagic - reef | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | 106 | ||||
| 1892 | 1892-03-06 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean | Dress diving | Mr A. Rotaman | male | bitten in two by shark after provoking it with a knife | |||||
| 1892 | 1892-01 | Qld | Torres Strait - Badu Island | island open ocean - reef | tiger | diving | male | major lacerations - torso | 101 | ||||
| 1890 | 1890-12-30 | Qld | Moreton Bay | swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | death may have been due to drowning | |||||||
| 1889 | 1889-07-08 | Vic | Port Phillip - Bay Heads | pelagic - open ocean | fell into the water | male | 97 | ||||||
| 1888 | 1888-12-31 | NSW | Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney | estuary - bay | unknown | Working on the bridge when he fell into the river | Mr Ryland | male | |||||
| 1888 | 1888-12-09 | 13:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove Bridge | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | Stephen Carter | male | 11 | major lacerations - torso | 96 | |
| 1887 | 1887-12-04 | 11:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Ryde, Parramatta River | river | bull | swimming | Thomas Cochrane | male | 25 | major lacerations - torso, leg, pelvic area | 94 | |
| 1886 | 1886-06-17 | Qld | Off Bribie Heads | swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | male | 18 | ||||||
| 1884 | 1884-01-14 | SA | Spencer Gulf - Port Pirie | coastal | white - 2 sharks | swimming; Fell overboard | Miss Warren | female | 16 | remains not recovered | 88 | ||
| 1883 | 1883-12-19 | 12:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Parramatta River - Blackwall | estuary - bay | unknown | swimming | Cuthbert Vere Lysaght | male | 21 | 86 | ||
| 1883 | 1883-02-25 | NT | Pearling beds | diving | male | ||||||||
| 1883 | 1883-01-21 | 05:30 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Iron Cove | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | John Eaton | male | 37 | 85 | ||
| 1882 | 1882-12 | WA | Broome | coastal - bay to open ocean | tiger | snorkeling | male | 84 | |||||
| 1882 | 1882-05-12 | WA | Broome - Ninety Mile Beach | coastal - beach to open ocean | pearl diving | a Malay diver | male | major lacerations - torso | 83 | ||||
| 1882 | 1882-04-15 | NSW | Lake Macquarie | estuary | unknown | fishing | male | 81 | |||||
| 1882 | 1882-02-07 | WA | pearl diving | a native diver | male | thigh bitten | |||||||
| 1882 | 1882-01-23 | NSW | Darling Harbour, Sydney | unknown | bathing | George Sinclair | male | ||||||
| 1881 | 1881-11 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Rushcutters Bay | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | body not recovered | 78 | ||||
| 1880 | 1880-11-25 | Afternoon | Qld | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River - Kangaroo Point | river | swimming | Alexey Drury | male | 12 | feet bitten | 74 | ||
| 1880 | 1880 | Tas | St George's Bay | male | |||||||||
| 1880 | 1880-01 | Qld | Cairns - Fitzroy Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | 71 | ||||
| 1879 | 1879-06 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Darling Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | major lacerations - leg | 69 | ||||
| 1878 | NSW | Sydney - Balmain | estuary | unknown | bathing in of water | male | 11 | leg severed | |||||
| 1877 | 1877-12-12 | NSW | near Sydney | unknown | washed overboard from the barque Mary Eady | 2 males | male | ||||||
| 1877 | 1877-01-28 | Vic | Port Phillip - Emerald Hill | coastal - bay | bathing | William Marks | male | 30 | flesh on legs torn out; bites to face and torso | 60 | |||
| 1876 | 1876-05-14 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | swimming | Frederick Brown | male | |||||
| 1876 | 1876-02-06 | 06:00 | Vic | Port Phillip - Albert Park pier | coastal - bay | bathing | Peter Rooney | male | 18 | major lacerations - leg, pelvic region | 57 | ||
| 1876 | 1876-02 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | tiger | snorkeling | male | major lacerations - torso | 56 | ||||
| 1875 | 1875-10 | Qld | Torres Strait - unknown pearl beds | island open ocean | tiger | snorkeling | male | major lacerations - leg | 51 | ||||
| 1876 | NSW | Sydney | unknown | an unnamed boy | male | ||||||||
| 1875 | 1875 | WA | Shark Bay | Sitting on gunwale of boat | Andrew Farmer | male | |||||||
| 1872 | 1872-02-26 | Qld | Bramble Reef | ship-wrecked | some were taken by sharks | ||||||||
| 1871 | NSW | Manning River | river | unknown | male | "caught by legs" | |||||||
| 1870 | 1870-12-31 | Tas | Derwent River | Canoeing | Sub Lieut Bowyer of HMS Chile | male | |||||||
| 1865 | 1865-11 | Vic | Port Phillip - Williamstown | coastal - bay | white | swimming | male | 33 | major lacerations - thigh | 39 | |||
| 1864 | 1864 | Vic | Port Phillip - Corio Bay | swimming, attempting to rescue his dog who had fallen from his boat | Mr Warren Jr | male | disappeared suddenly; shark involvement presumed | ||||||
| 1863 | 1863-04-30 | Qld | Sunshine Coast - Caloundra Heads | coastal - surf beach | unknown - 2 sharks | launching a boat | Mr Barnsfield | male | 38 | ||||
| 1863 | 1863-01 | Qld | Moreton Bay - Victoria Point | coastal | tiger | swimming | male | body not recovered | 36 | ||||
| 1863 | 1863-01-10 | Evening | NSW | Manning River - "Bellynahinch" | river | unknown | bathing | James Brown | male | 17 | 35 | ||
| 1862 | 1862-12-19 | Qld | Brisbane River | river | trying to catch a wounded bird | male | 34 | ||||||
| 1858 | 1858-03-14 | 15:00 | Vic | Port Phillip - Hobsons Bay | coastal - bay | bathing | Adolphe Bollander | male | 22 | 30 | |||
| 1855 | 1855-11 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Millers Point | estuary - bay | bull | swimming | male | major lacerations - leg | 27 | ||||
| 1855 | 1855-11-11 | Vic | Port Phillip - Williamstown | coastal - bay | swimming | a seaman from whaling brig Curlew | male | ||||||
| 1855 | 1855-07 | Qld | Torres Strait - Keriri (Hammond) Island | island open ocean | tiger | swimming | male | major lacerations - torso | 26 | ||||
| 1855 | 1855-03-28 | SA | Gulf St Vincent - Port Wakefield | Fell overboard | Master Coleman | male | |||||||
| 1853 | 1853 | Qld | Moreton Bay | fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | male | |||||||
| 1852 | 1852-10-09 | NSW | Coalcliff | unknown | fell overboard | James Rogers | male | ||||||
| 1850 | 1850-01 | Qld | Moreton Bay | coastal | tiger shark | swimming | male | body not recovered | 21 | ||||
| 1849 | 1849-12-09 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary - bay | bull | male | |||||||
| 1849 | 1849-12-01 | Afternoon | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay | estuary - bay | unknown | bathing | a Sailor from the steamship Eagle | male | ||||
| 1849 | 1849-09-19 | Vic | Warrnambool | swimming | a sailor from the schooner Brother | male | |||||||
| 1849 | 1849-01 | WA | Dunsborough - Castle Rock - Quindalup | pelagic - open ocean | white | swimming | male | 18 | |||||
| 1845 | 1845-12-26 | NSW | Newcastle | unknown | fishing; fell overboard | John Williams | male | ||||||
| 1843 | 1843-09-14 | Tas | Between Pt Arthur Penal Colony and Forestier Peninsula | swimming to escape imprisonment | Owen | male | |||||||
| 1841 | 1841-03-27 | 14:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Cockatoo Island | estuary - bay | bull | bathing | Andrew Goggin | male | 22 | major lacerations - thigh | 15 | |
| 1840 | 1840–12 | NSW | Sydney Harbour - Woolloomooloo Bay - off The Domain | estuary - bay | bull | swimming; dead whale in the water | male | 18 | major lacerations - legs | 14 | |||
| 1839 | 1839-08-07 | Vic | Wilsons Prom - Sealer's Cove | coastal | white | swimming from capsized whale boat | Captain Wishart of the whaler Wallaby | male | 39 | major lacerations - legs | 13 | ||
| 1837 | 1837-01-17 | Evening | NSW | Macleay River | river | bull | washing his feet | Alfred Australia Howe | male | 12 | major lacerations on leg; later died due to tetanus | 12 | |
| 1836 | 1836-08 | Qld | K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point | coastal | a whaler | swimming | male | body not recovered | 11 | ||||
| 1836 | 1836-08 | Qld | K'gari (Fraser Island) to Inskip Point | coastal | a whaler | swimming | male | other: body not recovered | 10 | ||||
| 1831 | 1831-01-22 | Tas | Hobart | clinging to line after boat capsized | Robert Dudlow | male | |||||||
| 1829 | Tas | Pittwater - Sweet Water Point | estuary - bay to open ocean | "Amphibious Jack" | male | major lacerations - leg | 4 | ||||||
| 1791 | 03:00 | NSW | Sydney Harbour | estuary | unknown | an Aboriginal woman | female | major lacerations - torso; "bitten in two" | 1 |