This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
: ''Includes Torres Strait''
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
See also
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List of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States
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List of fatal shark attacks in California
This is a list of fatal shark attacks that occurred in United States territorial waters by decade in chronological order.
Before 1800
1800s–1840s
1850s–1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
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List of shark attacks in South Africa
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List of fatal shark attacks in South Africa
This is a list of recorded fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters
The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal water ...
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Western Australian shark cull
The Western Australian shark cull is the common term for a former state government policy of capturing and killing large sharks ( shark culling) in the vicinity of swimming beaches by use of baited drum lines. The policy was implemented in 20 ...
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