Date6-Dec-1951
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationMerewether Beach, Newcastle
ActivityTreading water
Species2.4 m [8'] shark
InjuryFATAL
VictimFrank Olkulich, the local surf-ski champion, Male, 21 years old
Time16h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.79; A. Sharpe, p.85
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