Date23-Jan-1949
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationBar Beach, Newcastle
ActivityLifesaving exhibition
SpeciesWhite shark, 3.6 m [11'9"]
InjuryFATAL
VictimRay Land, Male, 20 years old
Time15h00
SourceG.P. Whitley (1951); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 77 & 78; A. Sharpe, pp.84-85