Date11-May-1957
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationTea Gardens, north of Newcastle
ActivityCompeting in spearfishing championship & towing dead fish
Species4.6 m [15'] shark
InjuryThigh bitten & few lacerations on abdomen & buttock
VictimLeonard Higgins, Male, 28 years old
Time12h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.175
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