This geographic category preserves access to historical references associated with New Guinea. The incident list below uses the same public database as the archive and map.
Only individually published records are counted. An empty list means that this website has no matching published records, not that no incidents ever occurred. Where a year filter is selected, only records with that supported event year are shown.
Historical dates, species identifications and locations can be uncertain. Raw counts are not a personal risk rate and do not measure swimming, surfing or boating exposure.
Matches use a stored region or the named place explicitly present in a record’s location text. They do not assign new administrative boundaries or coordinates.
1966 · Unknown · Unknown
A historical reference describes an event at New Ireland Province Papua New Guinea in 1966. Recorded activity: Unknown. Classification: Unknown. Outcome: Unknown.
December 8, 1964 · Air/sea disaster · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Off Sing Village Buka Island Bougainville North Solomons Papua New Guinea in 1964-12-08. Recorded activity: Swimming after a canoe swamped. Classification: Air/sea disaster. Outcome: Non-fatal.
April 30, 1960 · Unprovoked · Fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Taludig Madang Papua New Guinea in 1960-04-30. Recorded activity: Unknown. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
December 25, 1956 · Unprovoked · Fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Samarai Island South End Milne Bay Province Papua New Guinea in 1956-12-25. Recorded activity: Spearfishing. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
1954 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Volupai Talasea West New Britain Province Papua New Guinea in 1954. Recorded activity: Swimming. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.