Date16-May-1949
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationBroome
ActivityBathing
SpeciesWhaler shark, 2.7 m [9'], 350- to 450-lb identified by G.P. Whitley
InjuryLeft arm severed above elbow, recovered 5 days afterwards from shark’s gut
VictimMary Passaris, Female, 22 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.107 & 241; G.P. Whitley (1951), pp.186-188; A. Sharpe, pp.131-132
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