MOD: Shark attacks in numbers

SHARK ATTACKS OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS

The earliest recorded Australian shark attack was in 1791 on an indigenous female (fatal) on the NSW north coast.

* NSW - 203 attacks, 48 fatal, last fatality Byron Bay 2014

* QLD - 208 attacks, 67 fatal, last fatality Palm Island 2011

* WA - 88 attacks*, 19 fatal, last fatality Dawesville Cut 2014

* SA - 44 attacks, 17 fatal, last fatality Coffin Bay 2011

* VIC - 33 attacks, 4 fatal, last fatality Mornington Peninsula 1987

* TAS - 11 attacks, 2 fatal, last fatality Tenth Island 1993

* NT - 11 attacks, 2 fatal, last fatality Bathurst Island 1938

TOTAL - 599 cases, 159 fatal

*This list includes the attack on October 2 near Esperance in Western Australia

(Source: Taronga Conservation Society website, AAP news archive)