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Throsby Creek, Newcastle, AUSTRALIA — 12-Dec-1936
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Shark Attack Incident
Throsby Creek, Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
December 12, 1936
Fatal
Date
12-Dec-1936
Type
Unprovoked
Country
AUSTRALIA
Location
Throsby Creek, Newcastle
Activity
Swimming
Injury
FATAL, leg severed at knee
Victim
George Lundberg, Male, 15 years old
Time
11h30
Source
V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.234
-32.9147°, 151.7600°
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