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!Year
! width=150px | Date
! Area
! Activity
! Victim
! Sex
! Age
! Injury
! Time
! Species
! Reference |
1853
| | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | James Hexton, pilot | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1853.00.00.d-Hexton.pdf | title=d-Hexton | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1862
| 19 December (reported) | Brisbane River | Trying to catch a wounded bird | | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1862.12.19.R-Boy-Brisbane.pdf | title=R-Boy-Brisbane | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1863
| April | Caloundra Heads | Launching a boat | Mr. Barnsfield | Male | | | | 2 sharks | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1863.04.00-Barnsfield.pdf | title=Barnsfield | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1872
| 26 February | Bramble Reef | Wreck of the 150-ton brig Maria | | | | Some were taken by sharks | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1872.02.26-MariaShipwreck.pdf | title=MariaShipwreck | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1880
| 25 November | Petrie Bight, Brisbane River | Swimming | Alexey Drury | Male | 12 | Feet bitten, surgically amputated | Afternoon | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1880.11.25-AlexeyDrury.pdf | title=AlexeyDrury | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1886
| 17 June | Off Bribie Heads | Swimming after being washed overboard | Lacoon | Male | 18 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1886.06.17-Lacoon.pdf | title=Lacoon | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1890
| 30 December | Moreton Bay | Swimming to shore after boat capsized by a squall | C. Gregory | | | but death may have been due to drowning | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1890.12.30-Gregory.pdf | title=Gregory | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1892
| | Badu Island | Dress diving | Mr. A. Rotaman | Male | | Bitten in two by shark that he molested with a knife. Buried at Batu Island. PROVOKED INCIDENT | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1892.00.00-Rotaman.pdf | title=Rotaman | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1898
| 28 December (reported) | The Narrows | Fell overboard | James Waters | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1898.12.28.R-Waters.pdf | title=R-Waters | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1901
| 30 January | Brisbane | Bathing | John Thompson | Male | | Thigh bitten | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1901.01.30-Thompson.pdf | title=Thompson | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1903
| 12 March | Logan River | Swimming | William Bartlett | Male | | | | Unknown | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1903.03.12-Bartlett.pdf | title=Bartlett | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1904
| 7 February | Brisbane | Swimming after his hat | George Grant | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1904.02.07-Grant.pdf | title=Grant | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1906
| 14 April | Lizard Island | Diving for beche-de-mer | Charley | Male | 17 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1906.04.14-Charley.pdf | title=Charley | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1906
| 5 September (reported) | Mabiuag | Swimming | Smith | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1906.09.05.R-Smith.pdf | title=R-Smith | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1907
| 3 February | Ross Creek | Bathing | William Williams | Male | 18 | | Morning | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1907.02.03-Williams.pdf | title=Williams | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1907
| 18 October (reported) | Near Thursday Island | Bathing | male from the lugger Teazer | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1907.10.18.R-male-Teazer.pdf | title=R-male-Teazer | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1908
| 21 September | Thursday Island | Fell from the jetty | Kong Choong Ting | Male | | | | Remains recovered from 3 sharks | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1908.09.21-KongChoongTing.pdf | title=KongChoongTing | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
{{nowrap|pre–1909}}
| | Moreton Bay | Fell into the water | Lieutenant Hexton | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/ND-0138-Hexton.pdf | title=Hexton | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1909
| 18 June | Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane | 1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors sheltered on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently, the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909 | Master of the Errol | Male | | only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1909.06.18-Errol.pdf | title=Errol | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1912
| 1 January | Ross Creek | Bathing | Samuel Tristing | Male | | | Morning | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1912.01.01-Tristing.pdf | title=Tristing | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1916
| 9 November | Kissing Point Camp, Townsville | Bathing | Robert Alexander Poultney | Male | 27 | | Evening | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1916.11.09-Poultney.pdf | title=Poultney | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1916
| 10 November | Townsville | Swimming | Walter Gregson | Male | | | 06:00 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1916.11.10-Gregson.pdf | title=Gregson | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1918
| 19 September | Townsville | Bathing | Joseph Bartlett | Male | 22 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1918.09.19-Bartlett.pdf | title=Bartlett | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1919
| 5 January | Ross River, Townsville | Wading (shrimping) | Jack Hoey | Male | 38 | Thigh bitten, leg amputated | 10:00 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1919.01.05-Hoey.pdf | title=Hoey | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1920
| 24 January (reported) | Arlington Reef | Free diving | Japanese diver | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1920.01.24.R.a-JapaneseDiver.pdf | title=R.a-JapaneseDiver | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1920–1923
| | Great Barrier Reef | | 3 Japanese divers | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/ND-0020-3JapaneseDivers.pdf | title=3JapaneseDivers | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1921
| 4 October | Barrier Reef | Diving for beche-de-mer | Yoichi Schamok | Male | 22 | Left thigh bitten | Afternoon | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1921.10.04-Schamok.pdf | title=Schamok | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1921
| 27 November | Gay's Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River | Fell from his father's back into the water | George Jack | Male | 8 | Disappeared, body not recovered | Morning | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1921.11.27.a-b-Jack.pdf | title=a-b-Jack | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1922
| 15 January | Ross River, Townsville | Swimming | Robert Milroy | Male | 54 | | 17:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1922.01.15-Milroy.pdf | title=Milroy | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1922
| 5 December | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | Bathing in 3' to 4' of water | Alfred Gassman | Male | 19 | Severe injuries to torso | | 2.7 m [9'] "blue" shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1922.12.05-Gassman.pdf | title=Gassman | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1923
| 22 May | Great Barrier Reef | Diving? | Keizo Masoyo | Male | | | Midday | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1923.05.22-Masoyo.pdf | title=Masoyo | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1926
| 2 December (reported) | Palm Island | Diving for trochus | Norman Skeen | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1926.12.02-Norman.pdf | title=Norman | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1927
| 9 May (reported) | Off Cairns | Walking | Quassa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1927.05.09.R-Quassa.pdf | title=R-Quassa | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1928
| 27 January | Deliverance Island | Retrieving meat from a cage in the water | Harry Envoldt | Male | 78 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1928.01.27-Envoldt.pdf | title=Envoldt | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1928
| 20 February | Near Barrow Point, Queensland | Pearl diving | Wanewa, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1928.02.20-Wanewa.pdf | title=Wanewa | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1928
| 28 March (reported) | | | Bob | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1928.03.28.R-Bob.pdf | title=R-Bob | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 27 January | Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville | Swimming | Harry Weatherall | Male | 18 | Right buttock lacerated, left arm severed above elbow, right forearm severed by shark, both arms surgically amputated | 17:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.01.27-Weatherall.pdf | title=Weatherall | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 12 March | Near Dauan Island | Bathing | Torres Strait Islander schoolboy | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.03.12-schoolboy.pdf | title=schoolboy | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 4 April | Badu Island | Swimming between boats | Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.04.04-Luffman.pdf | title=Luffman | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 9 April | Badu Island | | | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.04.09-BaduIsland.pdf | title=BaduIsland | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 1 September | Ross River, Townsville | Fell from wharf into water & attacked immediately | Edward William Hobbs | Male | 42 | Severe injuries to both legs | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.09.01-Hobbs.pdf | title=Hobbs | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1929
| 3 December (reported) | Townsville | | | Male | 50s | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1929.12.03.R-Unidentified.pdf | title=R-Unidentified | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1930
| 4 June | Near Mabuiag Island | | Ibigan, a Torres Strait islander | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1930.06.04-Ibigan.pdf | title=Ibigan | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1931
| 22 March | Ross River, Townsville | Fishing with a cast net | Arthur Tomida | Male | 19 | Left thigh severely bitten | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1931.03.22-Tomida.pdf | title=Tomida | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1931
| 1 August | Port Douglas | Fell overboard? | Llewellyn Roberts | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1931.08.01-Roberts.pdf | title=Roberts | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1932
| 12 May | Near Warrior Reefs | Pearl diving | Henry Solomon, Cape York native | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1932.05.12-HenrySolomon.pdf | title=HenrySolomon | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1933
| 4 January | Strand Beach, Kissing Point, Townsville | Swimming | Stanley Victor Locksley | Male | 38 | Severe abdominal wounds (Note: 14 days earlier a dog was bitten in two by a large shark) | 17:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1933.01.04-Locksley.pdf | title=Locksley | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1933
| 20 November | Near Boydong Cay | Free diving for trochus | Bili, a Papuan | Male | | Right buttock & thigh bitten | | 3.4 m [11'] tiger shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1933.11.20-Bill.pdf | title=Bill | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1934
| 26 August | Off Eva Island 20 miles from Cardwell | Dived into sea from launch & bitten immediately | Robert Steele | Male | | Body was not recovered | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1934.08.26-Steeke.pdf | title=Steeke | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1934
| 22 October | Warrior Reefs | Freediving for trochus shell (submerged) | David Younger, Torres Strait Islander | Male | | Forearm lacerated & surgically amputated, but died of gas gangrene 13 days afterwards | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1934.10.02-Younger.pdf | title=Younger | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1935
| 13 August | Near Warrior Reefs, Queensland | Diving for beche-de-mer from lugger | Barani, a Papuan | Male | | Right buttock & thigh bitten | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1935.08.13%20-Barani.pdf | title=-Barani | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1935
| 26 August | At Flat Top, near Mackay | Fell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy | Patrick Quinn | Male | 38 | His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn | Night | 3.7 m [12'] shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1935.08.26-Quinn.pdf | title=Quinn | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1936
| 26 June | Nepean Island | Diving for trochus, but swimming on surface | Willie, an aborigine | Male | 16 | | | 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1936.06.26-Willie.pdf | title=Willie | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1937
| 15 May | Ross River, Townsville | Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river | William Tennant | Male | 33 | Left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee | Night | 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1937.05.15-Tennant.pdf | title=Tennant | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1937
| 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Norman Girvan | Male | 18 | | 17:30 | A {{convert|3.6|m|ftin|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}, 850-kg [1874-lb] female tiger contained Girvan's remains | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1937.10.27.a-Girvanpub.pdf | title=a-Girvanpub | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1937
| 27 October | Kirra Beach, Coolangatta | Swimming | Jack Brinkley | Male | 25 | | 17:30 | Tiger shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1937.10.27.b-Brinkley.pdf | title=b-Brinkley | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1937
| 11 November | Ota Reef | Diving for trochus | Nelan Kris | Male | 17 | | | 12' shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1937.11.11-Kris.pdf | title=Kris | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1938
| 12 July | Off Bathurst Island | Hardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru | Okada | Male | 25 | Dragged out of diving helmet | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1938.07.12-Okada.pdf | title=Okada | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1939
| 14 December | Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay | Swimming | Frank Gurran | Male | 20 | Left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated | 12:15 | 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1939.12.14-Gurran.pdf | title=Gurran | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1943
| 14 May | Off Brisbane | Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177 | | Male | | | After 04:00 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1943.05.14-Centaur.pdf | title=Centaur | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1945
| 15 June | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | E. J. McHugh | Male | | | 16:00 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1945.06.15-McHugh.pdf | title=McHugh | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1946
| 19 April | Trinity Beach, Cairns | Swimming | Robert McAuliffe | Male | 17 | | 13:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1946.04.19-McAuliffe.pdf | title=McAuliffe | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1946
| 18 August | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Swimming after a tennis ball | Phillip South Collin | Male | 30 | Body not recovered | 15:20 | 4.3 m [14'] shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1946.08.18-Collin.pdf | title=Collin | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1946
| 20 November | 40 miles off Thursday Island | Pearl diving from lugger | Esrona Johnson, Torres Strait islander | Male | 30 | Right arm severed | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1946.11.20-EsronaJohnson.pdf | title=EsronaJohnson | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1947
| November | Moreton Bay | | D. Smith | | 78 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1947.11.00-Smith.pdf | title=Smith | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1948
| 26 December | King's Beach, Caloundra | Treading water, waiting for a wave | Eric Keys | Male | 28 | Left hand severed, left leg arm bitten, tissue removed hip to knee | 11:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1948.12.26-Keys.pdf | title=Keys | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1949
| 17 April | Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns | Bathing in water 0.9 m deep | Richard Joseph Maguire | Male | 13 | Left leg severed | 13:30 | {{convert|3.3|m|ftin|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}} shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1949.04.17-Maguire.pdf | title=Maguire | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1949
| 28 August | Yorkeys Knob | Swimming | James Howard | Male | 34 | Right leg, thigh & fingers lacerated | 13:20 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1949.08.28.a-Howard.pdf | title=a-Howard | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1950
| 9 April | Cooper's Point | Sea Disaster, sinking of the fishing launch Mavis | John McDonald | Male | 50 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1950.04.09-McDonald.pdf | title=McDonald | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1950
| 16 December | Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane | Treading water | Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver | Male | 20 | Lower abdomen severely bitten, left leg severed | 16:15 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1950.12.16-Quinlan.pdf | title=Quinlan | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1951
| 4 September (reported) | Fitzroy River, near Rockhampton | Body found on deserted luxury yacht, 38' Christine | Dr. E. Al Joske | Male | 56 | Abdominal wounds & right leg severed at the hip | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1951.09.02-Joske.pdf | title=Joske | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1951
| 22 October | Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach | Swimming | Arthur James Kenealey | Male | 42 | Leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net | 19:10 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1951.10.22-Kenealy.pdf | title=Kenealy | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1954
| 4 September | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spearfishing, hunting crayfish | Kapua Gutchen | Male | 35 | After being bitten by shark, he was picked up by 85' trochus vessel Toorah that wrecked. His wounds reopened & he died | | 9' shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1954.09.04-Kapua-Gutchen.pdf | title=Kapua-Gutchen | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1954
| 14 September (reported) | Darnley Island, Torres Strait | Spear fishing | male | Male | | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1954.09.14.R-DarnleyIsland.pdf | title=R-DarnleyIsland | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1956
| 26 February | Pioneer River, near Mackay | Diving into water | Barry Keith Antonini | Male | 15 | Large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed | 11:00 | 1.8 m [6'] shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1956.02.26-Antonini.pdf | title=Antonini | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1958
| 23 November | Surfers Paradise | Swimming | Peter Gerard Spronk | Male | 21 | | 15:15 | 12' shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1958.11.23-Spronk.pdf | title=Spronk | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1959
| 19 December | Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane | Dived from dinghy to retrieve oar in heavy seas | Stanley Arthur Mullen | Male | 29 | | 06:00 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1959.12.19.b-Mullens.pdf | title=b-Mullens | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1961
| 18 December | Noosa Heads | Surfing, pushing board ashore | John Grayson Andrews | Male | 22 | Right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee | 06:15 | Next morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1961.12.18.a-Andrews.pdf | title=a-Andrews | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1961
| 28 December | Lambert's Beach, Mackay | Standing | Margaret Hobbs | Female | 18 | Right arm severed at shoulder, left hand severed, right thigh bitten & surgically amputated. Died day after the attack | 16:15 | 3 m [10'] shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1961.12.28.c-Hobbs.pdf | title=c-Hobbs | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1964
| 18 November | Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads | Swimming out to rescue swimmers in difficulty | Glenthorne Prior | Male | 29 | | 13:30 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1964.11.18-Prior.pdf | title=Prior | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1965
| 21 November | Near Brisbane | Fishing from 34' boat when pulled overboard by hooked shark | Gordon Hobrook | Male | 43 | | | 4.6 m [15'] shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1965.11.21.b-Holbrook.pdf | title=b-Holbrook | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1971
| 5 December | Gladstone | | Gregory Carroll | Male | 20 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1971.12.05-Carroll.pdf | title=Carroll | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1974
| 1 September | Junpinpin, off Stradbroke Island | His and Peter Hodgeson's 3.3 m boat sank and were drifting in the current | Adrian Treveluwe | Male | 30 | | | | [{{cite web |url=https://sharkattacks.planetdeadly.com/attack-2812 |title=Shark Attacks }} ] |
1977
| 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | John Hayes | Male | 45 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1977.03.13.a-Hayes.pdf | title=a-Hayes | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1977
| 13 March | Near Moreton Island in Moreton Bay | Their 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days | Victor Beaver | Male | 74 | | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1977.03.13.b-Beaver.pdf | title=b-Beaver | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1977
| 23 August | Buddina Beach, south of Noosa | Floating on an inflatable raft | George Walter | Male | 25 | Left arm severed, legs bitten | | Great White Shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1977.08.23-Walter.pdf | title=Walter | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1983
| 25 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Dennis Patrick Murphy | Male | 24 | Shark bit leg, then dragged him underwater | Night | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1983.07.25.b-Murphy.pdf | title=b-Murphy | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1983
| 26 July | Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville | Swimming from the New Venture | Linda Ann Horton | Female | 21 | Shark seized her by the chest and took her underwater | 04:00 | 5 m [16.5'] tiger shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1983.07.26-Norton.pdf | title=Norton | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1984
| 30 November | 1 km off Black's Beach | Sailing on catamaran & fell into the water | Nicholas Bos | Male | 16 | | 12:33 | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1984.11.30-NicholasBos.pdf | title=NicholasBos | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1988
| 7 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Cedric Coucom | Male | 62 | | Nightfall | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1988.11.07-CedricCoucom.pdf | title=CedricCoucom | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1988
| 8 November | Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon | The Christie V sank on 11/6/1988, survivors were adrift on a dinghy | Bruce Coucom | Male | 17 | When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy" | Early morning | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1988.11.08-BruceCoucom.pdf | title=BruceCoucom | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1990
| 8 April | Dingo Reef | Free diving for trochus | Robert Bullen | Male | 37 | Presumed fatal | | | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1990.04.08-Bullen.pdf | title=Bullen | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
1992
| 1 October | Moreton Island | Surfing | Michael Docherty | Male | 28 | | 14:30 | Great White | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1992.10.01-Docherty.pdf | title=Docherty | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
2002
| 16 December | Lake Heron, Miami Lakes | Swimming | Beau Martin | Male | 23 | | 02:30 | Bull shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2002.12.16-BeauMartin.pdf | title=BeauMartin | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
2003
| 8 February | Gold Coast | Swimming | Bob Purcell | Male | 84 | | Morning | Bull shark | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2003.02.08-Purcell.pdf | title=Purcell | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
2004
| 11 December | Opal Reef | Diving | Mark Thompson | Male | 38 | Fatal Injuries | 13:00 | Unknown | [{{cite web | url=http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2004.12.11-Thompson.pdf | title=Thompson | work=sharkattackfile.net | access-date=29 January 2014}}] |
2006
| 7 January | Stradbroke Island | Swimming | Sarah Whiley | Female | 21 | Fatal Injuries | 17:15 | Multiple sharks | |
2014
| 15 December | Port Douglas | Diving | Daniel Smith | Male | 18 | Fatal injuries | 11:30 | Great White | |
2016
| 16 Feb | Kennedy Shoal | Diving | Steven Foster | Male | 54 | Body not recovered | | Great White | [{{cite web|url=http://www.sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2016.02.16-Foster.pdf|title=Foster|work=sharkattackfile.net|access-date=6 November 2018}}] |
2018
| 5th Nov | Whitsunday Islands | Swimming | Daniel Christidis | Male | 33 | | 17:30 | Great White | [{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-06/whitsundays-shark-bite-victim-dies/10468184|title=Cid Harbour shark victim dies from attack at same spot where two tourists were also bitten|work=ABC News|date=6 November 2018|access-date=6 November 2018}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-07/queensland-tourism-operator-concern-cid-harbour-shark-attacks/10470960|title=Queensland tourism operators in uncharted waters after third Cid Harbour shark attack|work=ABC News|date=7 November 2018|access-date=7 November 2018}}] |
2020
| 6 April | North West Island | Swimming | Zachary Robba | Male | 23 | | | Great White | [{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-06/shark-attack-man-dies-from-injuries-north-west-island-queensland/12127124|title=Man dies after shark attack off North West Island near Gladstone in central Queensland|work=ABC News|date=7 April 2020|access-date=7 April 2020}}] |
2020
| 4 July | Fraser Island | Diving | Matthew Tratt | Male | 36 | Fatal Injuries
| 14:00 | Great White | [{{cite news|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/fraser-island-shark-attack-victim-fighting-for-life-20200704-p5590e.html|title=Man dies after Fraser Island shark attack|work=Brisbane Times|date=4 July 2020|access-date=4 July 2020}}] |
2020
| 8th Sept | Coolongatta | Surfing | Nick Slater | Male | 46 | Fatal injuries | 17:00 | Great White | [{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-09/shark-attack-gold-coast-greenmount-nick-slater/12643548|title=Gold Coast shark attack victim named as Nick Slater, Greenmount and Burleigh beaches closed|publisher=ABC News|date=9 September 2020|access-date=9 September 2020}}][{{cite web |title=Australia officials probe if dead shark in net killed surfer |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/shark-kills-man-australias-gold-coast-tourist-strip-72872311 |website=ABC News |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=September 9, 2020}}] |
2024
|28th Dec
|Keppel Islands
|Diving
|Luke Walford
|Male
|40
|Fatal injuries
|16:37
|Unknown
|[{{Cite news |date=2024-12-28 |title=Man dies after shark attack off Central Queensland coast |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-28/man-attacked-by-shark-off-central-queensland-coast/104768354 |access-date=2024-12-28 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}] |
2025
|3rd Feb
|Bribie Island
|Swimming
|Charlize Zmuda
|Female
|17
|Fatal injuries
|16:45
|Unknown
|[{{Cite news |last=Dumas |first=Daisy |date=2025-02-03 |title=Girl dies after being bitten by shark off south-east Queensland, police confirm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/03/girl-dies-after-being-bitten-by-shark-off-south--ast-queensland-police-confirm |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |