Non-fatal Boating Attack

1923 Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1923

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

He failed to return, his body was recovered 11/9/1922; chest & abdomen had been bitten by shark/s

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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