Shark Incidents

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Fatal Wading Attack

1961 Lambert's Beach, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ 16h15

📍 Location

Lambert's Beach, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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