This page groups public shark-human incident records associated with Madang Province. It is a normalized geographic page, not a raw copy of free-text locations from historical data.
The incident list is generated from the same public database as the main map. Each record keeps its date, source status, classification, outcome and species-confidence information.
A regional total is descriptive, not a direct risk rate. Human exposure, beach use, surfing or fishing activity, reporting and the length of the surviving historical record can all affect the number of incidents documented here.
Approximate historical locations stay approximate. A broader historical location does not establish an exact beach coordinate.
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.
1996 · Other · Unknown
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.
June 10, 1962 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Mouth of Suareng River, a mile from Taludig, Madang Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1962-06-10. Classification: Unprovoked.
May 1, 1954 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Near Madang Town, Madang Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1954-05-01. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 15, 1954 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Singour, 60 miles south of Madang, Madang Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1954-01-15. Classification: Unprovoked.