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Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne, AUSTRALIA — 1936

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Shark Attack Incident

Port Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

January 1, 1936

Fatal

Date1936

TypeUnprovoked

CountryAUSTRALIA

LocationPort Phillip Bay, Port Melbourne

ActivitySwimming

InjuryFATAL

Victimmale, Male

SourceJ. Green, p.33; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.241

-37.8400°, 144.9413°via nominatim

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