Date16-Dec-1929
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCollaroy
ActivityBathing or body surfing
Species"a small shark"
InjurySuperficial lacerations on right leg
VictimNancy Thom, Female, 17 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N10. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.112 & 232. Note: In 1933 Coppleson gives the date of 16-Jan-1929 but revised it to 16-Dec-1929 in later works
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