Date20-Dec-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCollege’s Crossing, 54 miles above mouth of the Brisbane River
ActivityFishing, when line became snagged on rock & he dived into water to free it
SpeciesGrey nurse shark, 1m
InjuryLeft thigh lacerated
VictimLester McDougall, Male, 33 years old
Time09h00
SourceSydney Morning Herald, 12/21/1960; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246
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