Date23-Jan-1940
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationNorth Brighton, Botany Bay
ActivitySwimming
Species3 m [10'] shark
InjuryFATAL, left leg severed
VictimMaxwell Farrin, Male, 13 years old
Time10h40
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.69; A. Sharpe, pp.65-66
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