Fatal Bull Shark Attack

1942 Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ 10h50

📍 Location

Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, legs bitten

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Bull Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks sleep like humans do.