Date04-Mar-1956
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationPortsea Beach, near entrance to Port Phillip Bay
ActivitySwimming, attacked at surf carnival
Species3.7 m [12'] shark & may have been another shark nearby
InjuryFATAL
VictimJohn Patrick Wishart, Male, 26 years old
Time16h45
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.110-111 & 241; J. Green, p.34; A. Sharpe, pp.112-113
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