Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Exact location not recorded in source, AUSTRALIA — 1953-02
What happened
Historical record: Exact location not recorded in source, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1953-02. Classification: Unprovoked.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Unprovoked
What remains uncertain
- The legacy URL is country-only because the structured incident record does not preserve a location.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- 1953-02
- Date precision
- Approximate
- Location
- Exact location not recorded in source, AUSTRALIA
- Country
- AUSTRALIA
- Activity
- Spearfishing
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Person / vessel
- Ron Ware
- Sex
- M
- Injury / case note
- Foot bitten; leather footwear reduced the injury; scars were reported.
- Outcome
- Non-fatal
- Species
- Wobbegong shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Incident location
Exact location not recorded in source, AUSTRALIA
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- GSAF-derived structured record cross-checked with period diving literature — www.scribd.comSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.