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Port Wakefield, AUSTRALIA — 28-Mar-1855

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Shark Attack Incident

Port Wakefield, AUSTRALIA

March 27, 1855

Fatal

Date28-Mar-1855

TypeUnprovoked

CountryAUSTRALIA

LocationPort Wakefield

ActivityFell overboard from the Sobella

InjuryFATAL

VictimMaster Coleman, Male

SourceThe Register, 4/20/1926

-34.1853°, 138.1554°via nominatim

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