Date27-Feb-1966
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationColedale Beach
ActivityTreading water
SpeciesWhite shark, 2.5 m [8.25'], an immature female, previously injured
InjuryLeft leg & lower right leg bitten, taken ashore with shark still grasping his leg
VictimRaymond Short, Male, 13 years old
Time14h00
SourceT. B. Gorman & D.J. Dunatan, NSW State Fisheries Laboratories; H.D. Baldridge, p.58; A. Sharpe, pp.77-79; A. MacCormick, p.162
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