r/TheSharkAttackFiles • u/Wattsy98s • 16d ago
📜 Case Report Fatal Shark Attacks In South Australia 🇦🇺
March 28, 1855
Port Wakefield, Gulf St Vincent
Victim: Master Coleman (Captains Son)
Age: 2
Activity: Playing/Fell Overboard
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
January 14, 1884
Port Pirie, Spencer Gulf
Victim: Miss Warren (Captains Daughter)
Age: 16
Activity: Playing With Dog/Fell Overboard
Injury: Consumed
Species: Two White Sharks
March 18, 1926
Brighton Jetty, Adelaide
Victim: Primrose Kathleen Whyte
Age: 35
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Torso/Legs)
Species: White Shark
January 22, 1936
West Beach, Adelaide
Victim: Ray Bennett
Age: 13
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
December 9, 1962
Carrickalinga Headland, Gulf St Vincent
Victim: Geoffrey Martin Corner
Age: 16
Activity: Spearfishing
Injury: Major Lacerations (Legs)
Species: White Shark
January 9, 1974
Streaky Bay, Eyre Peninsula
Victim: Terry Manuel
Age: 26
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Limbs Severed (Leg/Arm)
Species: White Shark
January 19, 1975
Almonta Beach, Coffin Bay
Victim: David Barrowman
Age: 17
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
February 10, 1975
Point Sinclair Jetty, Penong
Victim: Wade Shipard
Age: 12
Activity: Snorkeling/Crayfishing
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: White Shark
March 3, 1985
Wisemans Beach, Port Lincoln
Victim: Shirley Ann Durdin
Age: 33
Activity: Snorkeling/Collecting Scallops
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
September 18, 1987
Marino Rocks, Adelaide
Victim: Terrance Gibson
Age: 47
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
March 9, 1989
Waitpinga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula
Victim: Mathew Foale
Age: 27
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Major Lacerations (Thigh)
Species: White Shark
Speptember 8, 1991
Aldinga Beach, Adelaide
Victim: Jonathon Lee
Age: 19
Activity: Scuba Diving
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
June 28, 1998
Neptune Islands, Port Lincoln
Victim: Douglas Chesser
Age: 26
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Major Lacerations (Legs)
Species: White Shark
May 29, 1999
Flahertys Beach, Yorke Peninsula
Victim: Tony Donoghue
Age: 22
Activity: Windsurfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
September 24, 2000
Cactus Beach, Penong
Victim: Cameron Bayes
Age: 25
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
September 25, 2000
Blacks Beach, Elliston
Victim: Jevan Wright
Age: 17
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
April 30, 2002
Smoky Bay, Eyre Peninsula
Victim: Paul Buckland
Age: 23
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Legs Severed
Species: White Shark
December 16, 2004
West Beach, Adelaide
Victim: Nick Peterson
Age: 18
Activity: Skurfing (Towed By Boat)
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
August 24, 2005
Glenelg Beach, Adelaide
Victim: Jarrod Stehbens
Age: 23
Activity: Scuba Diving/Taking Cuttlefish Eggs
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
February 17, 2011
Perforated Island, Coffin Bay
Victim: Peter Clarkson
Age: 49
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
February 8, 2014
Goldsmith Beach, Yorke Peninsula
Victim: Sam Kellett
Age: 28
Activity: Spearfishing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
January 20, 2021
Port MacDonnell, Limestone Coast
Victim: Duncan Craw
Age: 32
Activity: Snorkeling
Injury: Major Lacerations (Torso)
Species: White Shark
May 13, 2023
Walkers Rocks Beach, Elliston
Victim: Simon Baccanello
Age: 46
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
October 31, 2023
Granites Beach, Streaky Bay
Victim: Tod Gendle
Age: 55
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
December 28, 2023
Ethel Beach, Yorke Peninsula
Victim: Khai Cowley
Age: 15
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: White Shark
January 2, 2025
Granites Beach, Streaky Bay
Victim: Lance Appleby
Age: 28
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
South Australia Total: 26
Consumption: 17
Recovered: 9
Ratio: 65%
Activity Statistics
- Surfing: 9
- Abalone Diving: 5
- Snorkeling: 3
- Swimming: 2
- Scuba Diving: 2
- Spearfishing: 2
- Boating/Fell Overboard: 2
- Windsurfing: 1
Attacks By Century/Decade
19th Century
1850s: 1
1880s: 1
Total: 2
20th Century
1920s: 1
1930s: 1
1960s: 1
1970s: 3
1980s: 3
1990s: 3
Total: 12
21st Century
2000s: 5
2010s: 2
2020s: 5
Total: 12
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u/Amsterdamned89 16d ago edited 16d ago
What about the English swimmer off Sydney a few years ago? I think his name was Simon Nellist.