Historical reference record — not independently verified
1961 Lambert's Beach, Mackay shark incidents
What happened
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Multi-incident location/year archive
What remains uncertain
- The historical URL collapses two separate records on the same date and beach, so the restored page must show both.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- Multiple dates — see individual records
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- 1961 Lambert's Beach, Mackay shark incidents, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
- Country
- AUSTRALIA
- Activity
- Unknown
- Incident classification
- Multi-incident location/year archive
- Area / state
- Queensland
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Individual historical records
This historical URL contains multiple incidents at the recorded locality. Each record is retained separately.
The historical URL collapses two separate records on the same date and beach, so the restored page must show both.
Margaret Hobbs — 1961-12-27
- date
- 1961-12-27
- person
- Margaret Hobbs
- age
- 18
- sex
- F
- activity
- Standing
- outcome
- Fatal
- species
- 3 m (10 ft) shark
- injury
- Severe injuries including arm/hand and thigh; died the next day.
Martyn Steffens — 1961-12-27
- date
- 1961-12-27
- person
- Martyn Steffens
- age
- 24
- sex
- M
- activity
- Standing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- species
- 3 m (10 ft) shark
- injury
- Survived; detailed injury not recovered in this pass.
Incident location
1961 Lambert's Beach, Mackay shark incidents, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Approximate area: Queensland
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
The interactive map loads when it comes into view. Incident details remain available as text.
Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Queensland from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Shark Data Lab Australia 1961 (GSAF-derived) — www.sharkdatalab.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.