g'day

Just been looking at the shark attack locations stuff - great work!

A little more information that may assist you in regards to City Beach in Western Australia:

An account of the 1946 attack appears in the City of Perth SLSC history, and can be read at http://www.citysurf.asn.au/history/tales/shark.htm

From that account, and from what I've been told by some of the club's older members, the actual location of the 1946 attack was further north, at what is now called Floreat beach, somewhere near where the Floreat Surf Life Saving Club is now. That is, approximately 800 metres north of the currently marked location.

The shark is also described as a blue whaler.

We still have the teeth at the club, and somewhere we have a block mounted newspaper article about the event - I'll have to have a look and see if that gives any more information.

Secondly, you have one labelled "City Beach 2006" - this is in fact the same as the one labelled "Three Mile Reef, 2006" (although I notice the victim's name is slightly different in each). The Three Mile Reef location is the accurate one (if you want to be right on the spot, I obtained the exact coordinates from the Water Police at the time - 3157'2.04"S, 11540'55.08"E).

That attack was widely reported as taking place "off City Beach" - mainly because that was where he was brought ashore to meet the ambulance. The media, as always, were keen to create an impression that everyone at the beach was in imminent danger of being eaten - see http://www.citysurf.asn.au/history/news/060116_shark_attack.htm

Third, the fatal attack at Cottesloe in 2000 occurred right in front of the North Cottesloe SLSC, 800 metres north of the marked location, and right on the shore.

And finally, I noticed a typo in Rottnest Island 1965 - you have it as "Rottnest Isnad"!

Hope this helps and keep up the good work!


jeff...