Australia's Shark Attacks
#9.
HUMAN REMAINS AFTER SHARK ATTACK Ambulances were called to attend to a shark
attack in February 2022.
When they arrived at Sydney's Little Bay beach, they saw that the person had suffered fatal
injuries already.
The four ambulances and rescue helicopters that arrived at the scene could not help the
victim.
The police searched the area for the possibility of the shark lurking in shallow waters.
The community had not experienced a shark attack in 60 years, which came as a mighty
shock to them.
Before this major one, the last shark attack was non-fatal and happened in February 2018.
The victim was identified as a 35-year-old diving coach and British citizen, Simon Nellist,
a regular swimmer and a member of the Scuba Diving community of Sydney.
The great white shark has still not been found.
Despite the sad incident, the beaches are opened with caution, and further nets are
thrown into the sea to prevent the sharks from swimming up.
#8.
HALF-MILE SWIMMER KILLED
On November 6, 2021, Paul Millachip, 57, swam his half-mile at Port Beach in Western Australia
while his family was waiting on the beach.
Four teenagers swimming mere yards away from the shark attack reported the incident.
One of the witnesses said that he saw the shark separate the body into two and then
consume one piece.
The teenagers alerted the Emergency services immediately.
Additionally, they warned everyone to leave the water and move to the rocks.
Many of them reported seeing the massive shark moving around in the water.
Millachip's wife thanked the boys for their bravery and said her heart went out to them
as they saw this terrifying moment.
The police and sea rescue boats only found a pair of swim goggles.
According to the DNA swab, it belonged to the victim.
#7.
CABLE BEACH ATTACK Broome's Cable Beach is a famous tourist attraction
in Western Australia.
A 58-year-old man was bodyboarding in the water when a shark attacked him at the beach.
According to Police, Charles Cernobori had a bodyboarding activity some 40 meters off
the coast around 8:45 am on Sunday.
The shark was about 4 meters long, and many beachgoers saw it.
The eyewitnesses remember a disturbance and thrashing in the water before the shark disappeared
with the body.
The eyewitnesses, however, rescued the injured man and dragged him to safety.
The man's wife called the police and ambulance while everyone started retreating from the
water.
The shark stayed in the visible parts of the water for about an hour and a half after the
incident.
As such, the police found it and shot it in the water.
#6.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA MISSING BODY
As of October 11, 2020, the body of Andrew Sharpe was missing after a shark attack the
previous day.
The police issued a report saying they had given up on finding him alive.
Sergeant Justin Tarasinski noted that they discovered two wetsuit pieces near where his
attack occurred and believed that it was his.
In addition, a surfboard believed to be Sharpe's washed ashore with apparent signs of a shark
attack.
Eight surfers were in the water when the shark yanked at Sharpe.
Some bystanders were drawn to him yelling as well.
Andrew Sharpe is a well-recognized and beloved member of the Western Australia swimming community
and worked closely with the Esperance Ocean Safety Group committee.
Thus, his unfortunate incident is deeply regretted and sad.
Mainly because the bystanders were convinced that he could have survived the attack.
Even the Perth Police joined in the search, although nothing significant has come out
of it since then.
Wylie bay beach was closed for a week to aid the investigation, but it could not help either.
#5.
MINDARIE ATTACK The shark that attacked this woman was claimed
to be longer than her 5.5-meter boat.
A man accompanied the 60-year-old woman on the June 2016 Sunday morning before the attack
occurred.
The man recounts that he saw something on the water's surface and turned to see the
woman with injuries because of the attack.
They were within a 3-mile distance.
The man moved towards her, and another trio in a boat joined to help.
They positioned their boat between the shark and the man, allowing him to lift the woman
onto the pair's boat.
That boat that separated them was not a match for the length of the white shark.
However, the female white sharks are known to grow bigger than six meters.
Despite the attempt to get the woman onto the boat and rush to the ambulance, she had
already succumbed to the injuries when St John Ambulance personnel arrived.
The story was on 7Newsperth and their Twitter pages.
Nevertheless, the people at the scene were not entirely aware of what was happening.
Some of the beachgoers claimed that they heard a sound and when they saw the woman diving
off the rump in blood and ambulances everywhere.
Yet, no communication or safety protocol was issued at the location.
#4.
TASMANIA ATTACK
In July 2015, a Tasmania man was attacked as he surfed with his daughter.
The 47-year-old father-of-two was diving in waters that were 12 meters deep.
He had gone underwater to collect scallops when his daughter grew concerned about how
long he was taking.
The daughter, who is in her 20s, saw the attack as she dived under the water to check on her
father before swimming up to raise the alarm.
Damian Johnson's death solicited a response from the government, who were devastated and
offered condolences.
The police continued to patrol the area to contact the shark, but it seemed to have run
away after what could be a mistake.
Before the attack, the local radio stations had made announcements about shark sightings
in the neighborhood.
Since the area is not known for sharks killing people, there seemed to be a consensus to
ignore the warnings.
The Tasmania community counts this attack as the 6th in 200 years.
Tasmanian Association for Recreational Fishing said nothing could have been done to prevent
the incident.
#3.
SHELLY BEACH ATTACK
A man in his 20s was significantly hurt in his arm when the paramedics found him around
10:45 am on September 5, 2021.
The attack occurred north of Coffs harbor on the NSW north coast.
The four ambulances tried their best, but the man could not survive the attacks.
Inspector Wilson from the NSW Ambulance Center said that the onlookers were brave and came
to the man's aid in the challenging situation.
They dragged him to shore before the rescue team arrived and offered the support they
often provide.
The Westpac Rescue helicopter was swift, but that could not help the victim either.
They explained to the Sydney Morning Herald that "the patient suffered a critical injury
to his arm, but the patient couldn't be revived despite the best efforts of bystanders, paramedics,
and other emergency services."
#2.
TIGER SHARK
Nick Slater, 46, was mauled in December 2020 around Gold Coast off the famous Greenmount
Beach.
Nets protect the beach and drum lines, yet, the attack still happened.
The surfer is renowned in the community and received many heartwarming tributes when he
passed.
While little is known of the details of his attack, a tiger shark was also found dead
tangled in a net in the exact location.
The nets in Gold Coast are 610 feet long and 20 feet deep.
Therefore, the sharks swim within and on the edges, never close to people.
As such, it gets intriguing when sharks manage to come out and attack people, like in the
case of Slater.
Simultaneously, while probing into the circumstances leading to the attack, the inquiry into the
tiger shark will also proceed.
The authorizes continue to note the similarities between the tiger shark and the victim’s
attack wounds.
#1.
YORKE ATTACK In February 2014, a shark off the Yorke Peninsula
killed an Adelaide man.
The 28-year-old was a member of a spearfishing group, but he went missing on the water near
Edithburg around noon.
Eyewitnesses saw the shark attacking the man but could not find him, so they raised the
alarm.
The past week, a report of a great white shark in the water was announced everywhere, and
then this incident happened.
The state had stopped its shark curling exercise to protect swimmers, and they blamed the luck
of this young man on the pressure from animal rights organizations.
The activists argued that killing the animals held no scientific proof to protect the swimmers,
and it was only a cruel way to treat the animals who were already extinct.
Sam Kellett was never found.
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