Jellyfish stings in Australia

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Jellyfish stings in Australia can cause pain, paralysis and death for swimmers with exposed skin. Numerous venomous species of jellyfish occur in Australian waters, including the box jellyfish and Irukandji Jellyfish. Box jellyfish are believed to have caused at least 69 deaths since record keeping began in 1883.[http://www.health.nt.gov.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia.aspx?file=pdf/26/02.pdf&siteID=1&str_title=Box%20Jellyfish.pdf Chironex fleckeri (Box Jellyfish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709201819/http://www.health.nt.gov.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia.aspx?file=pdf%2F26%2F02.pdf |date=9 July 2016 }} NT Dept. of health and community services Although they are commonly mistaken for jellyfish, bluebottles are actually siphonophores.

Numbers of stings

Irukandji are rarely found outside Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Between 1985 and 1997 from cases of Irukandji sting where location was recorded, there were 83.4% in Queensland, 9.1% in the Northern Territory, and 7.5% in Western Australia; 81.5% of cases occurred in the afternoon.[http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages/biology/biologyBreakup/irukandjiStings.pdf Irukandji stings 1985/97] Marine Medic In a fourteen-year period there were 660 Irukandji stings in Australia, which were recorded by Dr Fenner, a medical officer with Surf Lifesaving Australia.[http://www.accomportdouglas.com.au/faq_jellyfish.htm Australian Jellyfish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025080918/http://www.accomportdouglas.com.au/faq_jellyfish.htm |date=25 October 2009 }} Port Douglas There were 159 Irukandji stings reported in Broome in a five-year period with 25% of those stung being hospitalised but no recorded deaths.[http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/broome-beaches-irukandji.html Irukandji At Broome Beaches] Kimberley Australia travel guide There were 62 people reported being stung by Irukandji in Cairns in 1996; of these more than half occurred in December, 92% were stung on hotter than average days, with 63% occurring while swimming inside a stinger net enclosure on the beach.[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/xmas98/little/little.html A year's experience of Irukandji envenomation in far north Queensland] Medical Journal of Australia, Mark Little and Richard F Mulcahy In summer 2001–02 there were 160 people stung by the middle of February, with around 100 of these in Cairns, and between 10 and 20 in Townsville, the Whitsundays, Great Keppel and Agnes Water.[http://www.reef.crc.org.au/publications/brochures/Irukandjisyndrome.htm Stinging Jellyfish in tropical Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019071116/http://www.reef.crc.org.au//publications/brochures/Irukandjisyndrome.htm |date=19 October 2009 }} Reef Research Centre

Northern Territory hospitals report approximately 40 jellyfish stings annually.{{Cite web|url=https://nt.gov.au/wellbeing/emergencies-injuries-and-accidents/bites-and-stings/jellyfish|title=Jellyfish|last=Government|first=Northern Territory|date=2016-05-12|website=nt.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-06-26}}

List of fatal stings

This is a list of fatal jellyfish stings that occurred in Australian territorial waters by decade in reverse chronological order.

=21st century=

class="wikitable"

! width="200" |Name

!Age!! width="100" |Year

!Month!! width="150" |Species

!State or Territory!! width="550" |Location; Comments

Unnamed boy

|14

|2022

|February

|Chironex Fleckeri

|Queensland

|Eimeo Beach, Mackay.

Unnamed boy

|17

|2021

|February

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Cape York. Patterson Point, near Bamaga.

Unnamed victims

|74 and 76

|2016

|November

|Irukandji (suspected, not confirmed)

|Queensland

|Michelmas Cay. Two French tourists died within 10 minutes of each other. Hypothesis formed by cardiologist. Dismissed as speculation by tour operator.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-17/french-tourists-reef-deaths-irukanji-jellyfish/8033474|title=French tourists likely to have been stung by Irukandji jellyfish: cardiologist|date=2016-11-17|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-AU}}

Unnamed boy

|2007

|November

|Chironex fleckeri

|Northern Territory

Unnamed girl

|2006

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Umagico Beach near Bamaga.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081025104031/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/01/09/1543787.htm Lifesavers sound warning after jellyfish death] ABC News, Lifesavers sound warning after jellyfish death

Unnamed boy

|2003

|March

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Wongaling Beach near Cairns,[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/24/1048354533747.html Boy's death from box jellyfish 'avoidable', says expert] SMH, 24 March 2003 stung on chest and neck. Allegedly the 68th person in Australia known to have died from a chironex fleckeri sting since records began in 1883.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/24/1048354505551.html|title=Boy dies from box jelly fish sting - theage.com.au|website=www.theage.com.au|access-date=2018-06-26}}

Unnamed male

|44

|2002

|April

|Queensland

|Port Douglas{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripsavvy.com/queensland-irukandji-jellyfish-1462605|title=What You Need to Know About the Potentially Fatal Irukandji Jellyfish|website=TripSavvy|language=en|access-date=2019-08-18}}

Unnamed male

|58

|2002

|January

|Irukandji

|Queensland

|Hamilton Island, Whitsunday Islands {{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2002/10/15/700864.htm|title=Toxic shock from stinger family|date=2002-10-15|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-06-26}}

Unnamed boy

|2000

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Yarrabah, near Cairns

=20th century=

class="wikitable"

! width="200" |Name

!Age!! width="100" |Year

!Month!! width="150" |Species

!State or Territory!! width="550" |Location; Comments

Unnamed boy

|1987

|January

|box jellyfish

|Venomous and poisonous marine animals: a medical and biological handbook 1996 p. 42 By John A. Williamson, Joseph W. Burnett, Peter J. Fenner, Jacqueline F. Rifkin

Unnamed boy

|1984

|January

|box jellyfish

|Queensland

|Lockhart River, {{Convert|300|km

abbr=}} north of Cooktown.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116387684|title=Jellyfish kills boy|date=1984-02-01|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=13}}

Unnamed boy

|1980

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Wongaling, near Tully. Animals were observed by victim's older brother.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126165034|title=Marine stinger kills boy|date=1980-12-19|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=7}}

Unnamed woman

|26

|1971

|November

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|North Mission Beach. Investigated by Dr J. S. Barnes of Cairns.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110689358|title=Fatal sting|date=1971-11-22|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}

Gregory Noel Jarrot

|12

|1971

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Seaforth Beach, {{Convert|40|km

abbr=}} north of Mackay.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110446708|title=Boy dies of jellyfish stings|date=1971-01-02|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}

Unnamed woman

|20

|1970

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Forrest Beach, Queensland|Forrest Beach.

James Woolla

|10

|1967

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Aurukun, Queensland|Aurukun.

Unnamed boy

|1966

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Half Moon Bay, Queensland|Half Moon Bay.

Terence Barney

|1965

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria. Aboriginal boy was pronounced DOA at hospital.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105824093|title=Sting kills Aborigine|date=1965-01-19|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=17}}

Paul Haritos

|1964

|February

|Chironex fleckeri

|Northern Territory

|Mica Beach, four miles from Darwin. Victim was standing in calf-deep water. Collapsed instantly and died quickly.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131745131|title=Boy Killed By Sea Wasp|date=1964-02-24|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}

Unnamed girl

|1964

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Palm Cove, Cairns, Queensland|Palm Cove. Occurred "a few months earlier" than the Paul Haritos incident.

G.C.D

|1962

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|South Mission Beach, Queensland|South Mission Beach.

R.V.B

|50

|1962

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Yorkey's Knob, Queensland|Yorkey's Knob.

Unnamed victim

|1962

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Thursday Island, Queensland|Thursday Island.

J.R.K

|1962

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Bamaga, Queensland|Bamaga.

Lynette Mary Starkey

|11

|1957

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|North Mission Beach, Queensland.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171478087|title=Shock Was Cause of Boy's Death|date=1949-12-21|work=Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}} Stung on the legs while bathing with other children in shallow water. Collapsed on the beach and died. Weals visible on her legs.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91252835|title=Child Dies From Stings in Surf|date=1957-12-14|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}}

Robert Tennant

|10

|1957

|March

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Bluff Beach, Queensland|Bluff Beach.

T.W.S

|38

|1956

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Pearce Creek, Queensland|Pearce Creek.

Unnamed boy

|1955

|box jellyfish or sea wasp{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91230128|title=Killer Sea Wasps Identified At [?]bane Museum|date=1956-12-18|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}

|Queensland

|Cardwell

Clarke William Currow

|1954

|February

|Northern Territory

|Darwin, close to Larrakeyah army barracks, three yards from shore.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169432551|title=JELLYFISH KILLS BOY|date=1954-03-01|work=Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49418379|title=JELLYFISH KILLED BOY|date=1954-03-02|work=Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=8}} Died a few minutes after being stung.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152618992|title=YOUTH DIED FROM JELLYFISH STING|date=1954-03-01|work=Maryborough Chronicle (Qld. : 1947–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103689563|title=DARWIN BOY DIES|date=1954-03-01|work=Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=6}}

James Ernest Lane

|33

|1953

|July

|box jellyfish (definitely not a Portuguese Man o' War)

|Queensland

|Saltwater Creek, Townsville.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49222039|title=Killed By Jellyfish|date=1953-07-22|work=West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=8}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225651804|title=JELLYFISH KILLS MAN|date=1953-07-22|work=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=71}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234532169|title=JELLY FISH KILLED MAN|date=1953-07-27|work=Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 - 1907; 1909 - 1910; 1912 - 1913; 1915 - 1916; 1918–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}} Victim experienced severe pain, paralysis and frothing at the mouth.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50543079|title=MYSTERY STING CAUSES DEATH|date=1953-05-28|work=Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}}

Unnamed victim

|1951

|box jellyfish

|Queensland

|Kissing Point Baths, Townsville

Wojcik Czestaw

|31

|1950

|Chironex fleckeri

|Northern Territory

|Mindil Beach, Darwin.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224931189|title=MIGRANT DIES FROM STING BY JELLYFISH|date=1950-12-06|work=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=4}} Died within minutes of being stung. Specimen was collected and identified by Frank McNeill, curator of invertebrates at the Australian Museum. Victim's name was also reported as Wokeik (rather than Wojcik).{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133834626|title=FATAL JELLYFISH WAS SEA WASP|date=1950-12-05|work=Illawarra Daily Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1950–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=2}}

Brian Andrew McNamara

|10

|1949

|December

|box jellyfish

|Queensland

|North Mission Beach near Tully.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161640782|title=FATAL STING BY JELLYFISH|date=1949-12-20|work=National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22799697|title=MONSTER JELLYFISH KILLS BOY|date=1949-12-20|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848–1957)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224952984|title=JELLYFISH STINGS BOY TO DEATH|date=1949-12-21|work=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=6}}

Unnamed man

|1944

|January

|sea wasp{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229013387|title="SEA WASP" AS KILLER|date=1945-09-09|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=6}}

|Northern Territory

|Victim was a serviceman.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245332267|title=It Was Sea Wasp That Killed N.T. Soldier|date=1944-01-22|work=Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}

W.J.H

|21

|1943

|March

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|South Mission Beach, Queensland|South Mission Beach.

Robert Ernest Day

|1941

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Rowe's Bay, Townsville.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41920279|title=JELLYFISH KILLS BOY|date=1941-12-08|work=Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}} Boy died en route to hospital.

J.C.

|13

|1941

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Townsville.

Patrick Paull

|3 1/2

|1939

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Horseshoe Bay.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131992837|title=POISONED BY JELLYFISH|date=1939-12-21|work=News (Adelaide, SA : 1923–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=2}}

Ruth Hamilton

|1939

|February

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Googarra Beach. Venomous and poisonous marine animals: a medical and biological handbook 1996 p. 70 By John A. Williamson, Joseph W. Burnett, Peter J. Fenner, Jacqueline F. Rifkin

Thomas "Tommy" Frederick Chandler

|11

|1938

|March

|sea wasp

|Northern Territory

|Lameroo Beach, Darwin. Government baths. Stung on chest, body and face.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239981691|title=JELLYFISH STING KILLS BOY|date=1938-03-14|work=Labor Daily (Sydney, NSW : 1924–1938)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}} Jellyfish specimen was collected for analysis.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30852260|title=Stung By Huge Jellyfish, Half-Caste Boy Dies|date=1938-03-14|work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=7}} Victim's name was also reported as Robert Chandler.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133649185|title=SWIMMER DIES|date=1938-03-14|work=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=9}} Chandler died 15–20 minutes after being stung.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169097474|title=Fatal Jellyfish Sting|date=1938-03-13|work=Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=19}} A boy called Bennie Babun who went to his rescue was also stung and hospitalised.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247474913|title=JELLYFISH STING KILLS HALF-CASTE|date=1938-03-14|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=7}} Others stung during prior fortnight were treated with morphine.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54813572|title=Boy Killed By Jellyfish|date=1938-03-12|work=Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=9}}

David William Taylor

|19

|1937

|box jellyfish

|Queensland

|Bramston Beach near Babinda, Cairns. Stung while in waist-deep water. Assisted from the water by George Giffin but collapsed and died thereafter.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47779258|title=Bather's Death From Sting of Jellyfish|date=1937-01-22|work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=26}}

Salvatore Cantarella

|1934

|box jellyfish{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

|Queensland

|Googarra Beach, near Tully.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48068049|title=STUNG BY JELLYFISH|date=1934-12-28|work=Northern Standard (Darwin, NT : 1921–1955)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=14}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96080114|title=STUNG BY JELLYFISH|date=1934-12-28|work=Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=1}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223888210|title=DIED IN AGONY|date=1935-01-05|work=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=22}} Marks on right leg and left foot. Believed to have died of shock and heart failure after the sting. Post-mortem conducted by Dr. A. R. Townsend.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205859387|title=MAN KILLED BY JELLY FISH.|date=1935-01-10|work=Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=13}}

Maurice Woods

|1930

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Magnetic Island, near Townsville.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203109763|title=STUNG BY JELLYFISH.|date=1930-01-15|work=Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=10}}

"Mr. Mann"

|1923

|February

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Proserpine{{Cite news|date=1923-02-02|title=BREVITIES.|pages=8|work=Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133015806|access-date=2021-06-22}}{{Cite news|date=1923-01-17|title=Advertising|pages=3|work=Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192105227|access-date=2021-06-22}}

Charles Trenaman

|15

|1916

|March

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Rowes Bay, near Townsville{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172303110|title=BOY KILLED BY JELLY -FISH.|date=1916-03-08|work=Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=8}} Stung on neck, body, shoulder and legs. Died about 10 minutes later from "nerve shock from pain".

Albert George

|1911

|May

|Queensland

|Cannon Valley beach, Pioneer Bay, near Mackay.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10100424 A Lad's death, stung by a jellyfish] The Mercury, 6 May 1911{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221570306|title=JELLYFISH STINGS.|date=1911-05-06|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=3}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142943665|title=DEADLY JELLY-FISH.|date=1911-05-13|work=Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864–1946)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=39}} Arms attached to the boy's belly, torso and arms. Victim lost consciousness and died within half an hour.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15249607|title=STUNG BY A JELLY-FISH.|date=1911-05-06|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=13}} Open bathing at this location was prohibited after this second death within 6 months.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215243089|title=FATALtTIES FROM JELLYFISH STINGS.|date=1911-05-12|work=Evening Telegraph (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1901–1921)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}}

Gould

|1910-11

|Queensland

|Occurred during Christmas holiday period. Cannon Valley beach, Pioneer Bay, near Mackay.

=19th century=

class="wikitable"

! width="200" |Name

!Age!! width="100" |Year

!Month!! width="150" |Species

!State or Territory!! width="550" |Location; Comments

Fred Harwood

|14

|1892

|November

|Chironex fleckeri

|Northern Territory

|Sea baths, Darwin{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235963291|title=DEATH FROM THE STING OF A JELLYFISH.|date=1892-11-21|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883–1930)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25342396|title=SUDDEN DEATH AT PORT DARWIN.|date=1892-11-21|work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889–1931)|access-date=2018-06-26|pages=5}}

Unnamed victim

|1885

|January

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Townsville {{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6857429|title=TOWNSVILLE.|date=1885-01-24|work= The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld : 1875 - 1929)|access-date=2023-04-10|pages=4}}

Frederick William Smith

|11

|1884

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Ross Creek, Townsville{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201208234/21910414|title=ITEMS OF NEWS.|date=1885-01-16|work= Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917)|access-date=2023-04-11|pages=2}}

Peter Clarke

|1878

|December

|Chironex fleckeri

|Queensland

|Cleveland Bay, Townsville {{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/882414/73170#|title=Melbourne|date=1879-01-21|work= The Brisbane Courier (Qld : 1864 - 1933)|access-date=2024-11-01|pages=3}}

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20110928060135/http://cairnsdiveadventures.com/cairns-jellyfish/ Box Jellyfish, dangers on the Great Barrier Reef]
[http://www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer/animals/marine_invertebrates/corals_and_jellyfish/jellyfish reefed.edu.au, Jellyfish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514234112/http://www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer/animals/marine_invertebrates/corals_and_jellyfish/jellyfish |date=14 May 2013 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091015142240/http://www.reef.crc.org.au//publications/brochures/documents/jellyfishNov04_web.pdf Stinging Jellyfish in tropical Australia], Reef Research Centre
[http://www.avru.org/compendium/biogs/A000071b.htm Jellyfish, treatment for stings], Australian Venom Compendium
[http://www.cairnsaccommodation.com/content/cairns-jellyfish.html Jellyfish in Tropical North Australia], Jellyfish in Tropical North Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/29/stung-by-one-deadliest-creatures-earth-experience#img-1

Category:Animal attacks in Australia

Category:Animal attacks

Category:Cubozoa

Jellyfish stings in Australia

Numbers of stings

List of fatal stings

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See also

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