Date17-Jan-1837
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationMacleay River
ActivityWashing his feet
InjuryFATAL Injured by shark, died of tetanus
VictimAlfred Australia Howe, Male, 12 years old
TimeEvening
SourceGazette (Sydney) 1/31/1837; Proc. Royal Aust. Hist. Scty, I, Part 2, 1924; G.P. Whitley, p.14; Sharpe, p. 87
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