How many croc attacks a year in australia

According to data from the Northern Territory government, the state with the highest number of crocodiles in Australia, there are between , and , saltwater crocodiles, native to northern Australia, living in the wild in the country. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. More from Reuters. Update: November a Belgian tourist is bitten on the leg after wading into the water at Cape Tribulation, to attract a crocodile closer, so he can take a better picture.

How stupid can you get??? Turns out, he's not the only one Here's an article about another attack that occured when posing for photographs. Quoting the victim: "I began playing with it for a photo. Another Update: two more crocodile attacks on that page I talk about them in more detail on people swimming in waters known to be inhabited by crocodiles Update: In a woman is attacked and suffers injuries to both thighs while wading in a creek crossing in Litchfield National Park.

Now, there are designated swimming areas in the park, and then there are many river and creek crossings that you are told to stay out of! July After being kicked out of the tavern drunk, a man climbs over the fence in the Broome crocodile park and jumps onto the back of a five metre croc. Bitten badly on the legs he was lucky to escape alive. Yes, if you try hard enough you can get a crocodile to attack you even during the cool dry season! May a 59 year old fisherman is injured while fishing from his dinghy when a crocodile jumps and manages to grab him on the shoulder.

The 2. Attacks by crocodiles that size are rarely fatal. A big one might have pulled him out of the boat. According to a zoologist the crocodile might have associated fishermen with easy meals or free handouts. She was grabbed by the legs as she was leaving the water. Don't swim in still and deep waters, don't swim in unknown waters, be particularly careful at night time.

The waterhole was known to be crocodile infested He and his friends knew very well about the risk of crocodile attacks. Stay away from the water's edge! A man is grabbed by his arm and pulled from his canoe in northern Queensland. Apparently he had been strongly advised against canoeing The other two crocodile attacks occurred within a week of each other, both in the ocean waters of the Northern Territory coast. There have been another dozen or so crocodile attacks in the same period that didn't end fatally.

In all cases the lucky survivors had either been in the water, or camping far too close to the water. It also needs to be said that for an Australian saltwater crocodile to leave the water and walk into a human camp it has to be familiar with humans! You can help to prevent attacks from happening by not feeding crocodiles, and not discarding scraps and fish guts etc. Update July And it doesn't stop.

An eight year old girl is taken at the Blythe River in the Northern Territory. This is not an area that is accessible to tourists. In the process of trying to remove his hands, the jaws snapped shut on his forefinger," he told reporters. Mr Sweeney said that following the attack the man swam a considerable distance back to shore and pulled himself onto the bank. Mr Sweeney told reporters the man - who has not been publicly named - had been swimming in the lake three times a week for about eight years, and said he "would not be surprised if he ventured into those waters again for further exercise".

Queensland Environment Department said it was sending wildlife officers to Lake Placid "to obtain further information about the nature of the attack and any further management action required". The department said people should expect crocodiles in all far northern Queensland waterways, and urged them to avoid using canoes and kayaks and stand back from the water's edge when fishing, among other guidance. Drones to spot crocodiles near Australian swimmers. It was thought from the mutilation that cannibalism had been practised.

Comparing this description of the remains of Donald McAulay with that of the remains from several other crocodile attack victims, we could easily assume the local natives were possibly wrongly accused and thus — unjustly punished. On Tuesday evening last a terrible fate befell James Mason, aged 10 years. They were in about 2 feet six of water. The sandy muddy spot was their favourite spot. They thought they were safe from crocs in the shallow water. Suddenly came a splash.

The mud was stirred up and the water lashed. He could not see his eldest boy, Jimmy. He threw the other child on the bank and dived where he had seen the splash. He found the boy and grasped his legs. Something more powerful was pulling the boy away. Then the father realised that a croc had taken his boy from his very side.

A few minutes later the croc rose to breathe in the middle of the river. In those fearful jaws was one leg of the unfortunate child. A Chinese fisherman was apparently attacked and killed by a saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus along the Barron River. At Wyndham a policeman was patrolling the beach, when an alligator as the man-eating crocodiles are called in the north seized and ate him.

Sub-Inspector R. Johnstone, horse attacked under him while swimming the Herbert River,. The man, a resident of Broome, was looking for shellfish when he was grabbed by the crocodile. He struggled free. The woman was collecting water. The woman hung onto a sapling until she was rescued but one of her arms was twisted off and she died the next morning. A group of aborigines had been harvesting eggs in shallow water.

The boy had severe lacerations but recovered. Previous to my taking over the command the ship had been employed making a new survey of the bay and in during these operations had the misfortune to lose an officer, the gunner, Mr H Davies. This officer had landed during the week-end with the intention of shooting crocodiles. Failing to return by nightfall search parties were organised to scour the country, and the help of the monks was immediately sought and given.

Nearly a week passed and there could be found not a trace. To make matters worse the ship while steaming along the coast of the bay struck a rock and was severely holed. This misfortune put all further search out of the question as far as the ship was concerned for Commander Lewis had a difficult proposition before him to save his ship.

She had to leave immediately for docking and proceeded to Sydney. The monks then carried on with the search and three weeks later some natives found his mutilated body in long grass near the river.

He had been attacked and killed by a crocodile, the Drysdale River being full of these reptiles. The body was buried by the monks in their little cemetery close to the mission station. Shortly after the deaths of Longfield and Billy Nettle, an aboriginal woman was killed on the same creek. His body was recovered and the crocodile was shot. It was 13 feet in length. A Mossman resident tells a thrilling story.

It was after dark, and the tide was high. His horse had to swim part of the way. The horse also made for the shore, but was again badly ripped before getting on dry land. It recovered under treatment. Edgar was on horseback when he had half of his foot bitten off. He rode miles with a bit of his foot in a saddle cloth and the severed toes wrapped in a newspaper.

She was riding a horse across the river when suddenly a huge crocodile rose and pulled the animal from under her. Clara swam for her life and reached the bank safely but the horse with saddle and bridle disappeared. While bathing with two companions in one of the esplanade enclosures about A large piece was bitten out of his hip and two deep seams and three or four smaller ones were made along his back. The fact that he was only about a dozen yards from the shore and the water was only about 18 inches deep was chiefly responsible for his escaping with his life.

The three bathers immediately rushed for the shore, where Conlon collapsed. An ambulance was quickly on the scene. It is understood that the wounds are not dangerous, but Conlon is also suffering from shock.

Inquiries made last night elicited the satisfactory information that Kevin Conlon, the victim of the crocodile attack on Thursday night, was doing well. He was comfortable after attention by the doctor and the hospital staff. Between 20 and 30 stitches had been inserted, but shock was almost as serious as his physical injuries. Yesterday opinions were freely expressed that the attacker was a shark, but there remains little doubt that it was a crocodile. A Malay fisherman disappeared only a short distance from where this attack took place, only a year before.

He was last seen fishing from a boat. Later his tracks were seen on the sand together with the claw marks of a crocodile. It was surmised he had fallen prey, as no trace was ever seen of him again. The search for the body of little Betty Doherty, who was taken by a monster alligator a few days ago, continues on the banks of the Seymour River, nine miles north of Ingham. To-day, when one of the search party arrived near the scene of the tragedy he saw a large saurian, 14ft long, on the fine sand of the river bank, just under the shade of the mangrove where the children were playing at the time of the tragedy.

Evidently it was looking for further prey. Disturbed by the searcher, who was unarmed, it turned back to the water. After swimming about 10ft it turned its triangular nose towards the onlooker, and remained on the surface for a few minutes. For next Sunday a party has already been formed, including well known hunters, Messrs. Carr and A. Shaw, who intend to try to trap the saurian. Now in Sydney is Mr. JV Clarke, who, during a lifetime in the N. She was either eaten or buried in the river mud.

The child is not identified here, perhaps Betty Doherty, or the suggestion being that the child was of aboriginal descent. An indication of the strength of crocodiles was given a few years ago. Colton, of Gorgango Station, purchased several Suffolk Punch stallions. When they arrived from England they were turned out adjacent to Lake Iris, but a crocodile seized one of them by the nose, dragged the stallion into the lake and drowned it.

A few days later, after it had been seen that the crocodile had had a meal off the body, the monster left the lake and made overland for the Proserpine River. The tracks were followed, and about three-quarters of a mile across the plain the crocodile was found dead. Three well-known residents of Mt. Larcom recently had an exciting encounter with a crocodile.

After having failed to enter the small boat containing the men and the fish, the reptile tried to capsize the party, which attempt also was unsuccessful. At this juncture the fishermen decided that the shore would offer greater safety and a course was hurriedly steered towards land. To their surprise, the creature followed them through the water up to the landing point.

The crisis was reached when the crocodile showed signs of a land attack. As debate raged this week about whether a crocodile spotted off Eimeo Creek and Slade Point should be moved or culled, the historic account of the crocodile tragedy is chilling. Sisters Mary and Thelma Adams left home to ride their horse to school on March 9, but they never arrived, the Daily Mercury reported at the time.

But Mary could not be found and a large search party was organised, led by Constable Gallagher, of Kolijo. By this time people believed something terrible had happened. After days of fruitless searching, dead wallabies baited with strychnine were set in the creek. On Friday, March 17 one of the carcasses had gone and the body of a foot five metre crocodile was found floating about two miles away. It was retrieved and cut open to reveal the remains of a child and clothing, which later was identified as that worn by Mary.

The incident horrified the people of the Mackay district and when another large reptile was sighted at Town Beach soon afterwards they were on high alert. The man was checking on a fish trap when he was attacked by a 2. He sustained injuries to his right leg. The boy was dropped when a dozen native spears entered the soft belly skin of the crocodile.

A little later, I awoke with a start, senses alert, listening to the eerie bush sounds. Thoughts of crocodiles beset me. I conjured up the story we had heard at Wyndham of the German sailor who deserted his ship and wandered in land to seek. In desperation, he clambered down to a shallow pool by the river, and lay in it with a handkerchief over his face.

While asleep, a crocodile attacked him, and tore off a portion of his leg. He fought the crocodile back, and, managing to escape crawled to, and lay by, the road. Next day he was picked up by a stockman, but died from loss of blood before medical assistance could be procured. A MALAY member of a crew of a pearling lugger was horribly mauled by a crocodile while casting a net for fish.

An aborigine beat away the monster. It appears that Malay was only up to his knees in the water when the crocodile seized him by his thigh. Night Attack Yds. From Darwin Railway Station. March 6. A Malay member of the crew of a pearling lugger was badly mauled by a crocodile yards from the Darwin railway station late on Friday night. He is in the Darwin Hospital in a serious condition.

His right arm may have to be amputated. His thigh and leg were also mauled. The seaman, who is from Koepang, is named Petreus. He was casting a net for fish in water up to his knees, when the crocodile seized him by the thigh, and attempted to drag him into deep water.

He beat it off. He flung himself on the crocodile, which, scared by the noise, released his hold and disappeared. In the meantime, other Malays had reached the scene, and carried Petreus to safety. From the extent of. Two crocodiles, one nine and the other 10 feet long, have been caught in the vicinity within the past few weeks. From Our Special Representative. He had one arm shockingly mauled before be managed to escape. He was pulled out of the water by fellow Malays, and carried to Darwin police station, about half a mile away.

Close to the spot where a native was seized last Friday, another native was attacked by a crocodile In Frances Bay last night. Fortunately he had only been washing his feet in shallow water, and managed to draw away in time as the monster dashed at him.

He ran away screaming. It is claimed he saw a crocodile. He jumped back just in time and rushed up towards the crews quarters, shrieking loudly: His companions raced down towards the water armed with sticks and searched for the saurian, but it had disappeared. It is believed this is the same one that attacked the Koepanger named Pedro last week, and for which efforts to capture it have so far been unsuccessful.

Lugger crews living at the station attacked the monster with stones and lumps of iron. They had no gun and it escaped. Francis Bay, a favourite prawning spot, is now taboo to most prawners, and until the saurian is captured they would ; undoubtedly be courting danger to continue activities.

Jacoet went through the mangroves which fringed the shore of Francis Bay about half a mile from the railway station, and was washing his feet in shallow water when the crocodile dashed at him. Instinctively, he leapt backward.

He states that he heard the jaws of the crocodile snap together as they missed him. His frantic screams brought other Malays rushing from their huts.

The crocodile had meanwhile disappeared. Petreus who was severely mauled about the arms and thighs, is progressing favourably in Darwin Darwin Hospital. The aboriginal man was sent with a message about a stranded bomber.

Inside, his wife was resting under the nets. She followed, screaming and beating at its tail with a towel, which she had snatched up as she rushed from-the house. That was the last she saw of her husband. His wife heard him scream and looked out and saw him carried away never to be seen again. Clarke was asked. But if he once chasing you, run like blazes and climb the first tree. No one dare cross without first bombing the water with dynamite or else getting a mob of natives to shout and beat the water with sticks.

Clarke cannot be identified. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to assist. Maude was swimming across the river, just where the concrete bridge is now, when the crocodile came up from behind. The date, three days earlier than the diary note, matches up with the death of Maude. Now rapidly recovering from the effects of having been shockingly mauled by crocodile at Saltwater Head, near Mossman, last month, Amos Maker, year-old cane cutter, is happy in the knowledge that through the accident he has found his family again.

Baker became separated from his two daughters 10 years ago, when they were small children. Baker, of Bundaberg, read of the accident, immediately communicated with the Mossman hospital, and found it was her father who had been the victim of the attack.

Baker is now sufficiently improved to tell the story of his experience. One of the dogs leapt into the water and swam towards me. He seemed terrified. I took no notice, but shortly after noticed a black object swimming towards me. I thought it was one of the dogs until it was about five feet away. My blood froze as I realised it was the head of a crocodile. In a flash it was on me. I managed to get a grip of its head with my left hand, and punched at it frantically with my right.

The crocodile lashed out with one of its claws, and ripped down my chest. The crocodile turned suddenly and disappeared. I stumbled out of the water, keeping to my feet only by the realisation that if I fell back it would come again.

Goodrich must have heard me crying for help when they were fishing in mid-stream. Goodrich helped me for a quarter-mile to my hut, where the ambulance came to take me to hospital. His right side and chest were severely lacerated, affecting his lungs, and his face and arms and the lower part of his body were lacerated and several ribs were fractured.

Baker was 50 yards away from his mates when he was attacked. The man was clearing a fish trap when he was attacked by the crocodile. He was rescued by a man with a tomahawk. The wounds required 39 stitches. About 7pm on Friday, November 27, , in the Mulgrave River at Deeral, some 30km south of Cairns, a tragic crocodile attack took place.

Ellen Elizabeth Ah Kee, of Chinese-South-Sea Island extraction and only 12 years old, was gathering mussel shells in company of her sister Myra, 10, and her brother, Arthur, 9, as well as a close family relative, Georgina Olsworth, They were all in water less than a metre deep near the Deeral bridge.

The remaining members of the group immediately left the water. While looking back towards the river for Ellen they saw the top portion of her body come up out of the water — then disappear again. The commotion attracted the attention of Mr George Stroud who attempted to stalk and shoot the crocodile — it was soon too dark and the police were notified by telephone.

Three hundred metres from the attack site, at the mouth of a small creek, they found the trunk portion of a body.

Twenty metres up this creek the spot was found where the body had been smashed up. Here they found a piece of human skull and some clothing caught in the overhead branches of trees — evidence of the method a crocodile uses when shaking its victim apart. A further 20 metres up this creek, a leg with some clothing attached was discovered. The crocodile was not sighted. The remains were later identified as those of Ellen Ah Kee.

The postmortem certificate stated death was due to violent injuries which severed the neck and trunk. This capture would have occurred some time after the fatality, and no human remains were reported from the stomach contents of the animal. A point of interest — while researching newspapers, the paper of the day gave this attack report equal column space with Darwin being bombed by the Japanese.

Both incidents were reported on the same page. A serviceman was attacked by saltwater crocodile and saved by another serviceman who jumped in and held him. Staib, F. McKenzie, Cpls. Bennett, F. Poole, all R. Clarke, A. Photo sent by Mrs.

Thomson, Rainbow Street, Sandgate, Old. Members of a coast artillery unit in Northern Australia sitting on their fire-engine. A serviceman, in the north, risked his life to save a member of his unit from a terrible death. Bourke tells of this dramatic incident in a letter to his sister at Danks St.

THERE was a little excitement up here at the week-end. A fellow from a unit in the area was taken by a crocodile. From what I can gather from the stories going round, the two were sitting on a log by the edge of a stream fishing and flashing a torch in the water. As soon as they turned the torch off, the croc, grabbed the fellow by the upper part of the legs and pulled him into the water. Fortunately the water was shallow, or else the croc, would have had him under water in no time. As soon as he saw what had happened the other chap immediately jumped into the water to help his stricken comrade.

He grabbed him and hung on to him until the croc, let go. By this time others had arrived at the scene, and they were able to frighten the croc away. The croc only had his captive by the fleshy part of the legs. The crocodile got away. They estimate that he was from ten to twelve feet long. The victim was unconscious for a day and a half in the hospital. He could not have his wounds stitched for nearly a week, as the bite of the crocodile is septic, and the wounds inflicted by it automatically become poisoned.

The fellow that went in and saved his mate did a very brave thing in my opinion. The croc could quite easily have taken him as well. It is said that he has been recommended for a decoration. He certainly deserves it. The same chap saved another fellow from drowning earlier in the year. Their horses were too fast for the alligator, where-upon it turned and attacked the dogs. Harris had recently cut open an alligator and in its stomach had found pebbles of a total weight of half a hundred pounds.

It came to within several inches of the dinghy, rocked it with its tail, and appeared to be trying to capsize it. Although it made several vicious attacks, the boy fought it off with the aid of an oar, shouting in an attempt to frighten it away. Now that troops have left the Darwin area, large numbers of crocodiles are returning to their old haunts in the mangrove swamps and some of the less frequented beaches and bays around Darwin.

For the first time for many years crocodile attacked a canoe containing natives at Darwin. It grabbed a lubra and disappeared with her. The other occupants swam ashore. Whitelaw had failed to stop the crocodile with three shots from his revolver.

The two men were shooting fish in about five feet of water. Whitelaw had hit a fish and had entered the water to retrieve it. As the crocodile approached, he hit it with two shots of the three in the magazine, and then threw the weapon at the reptile. Carlile shot the crocodile from the bank with a service rifle. John had a free night on the beer on me. A group of aborigines were attempting to cross the Ord River and were in the water when attacked by a 4.

While harpooning crocodiles with inexperienced aboriginal helpers Randall, ex RAAF fighter pilot, a 37 year old man fell into water provoking an attack. The boat capsized and the crocodile attacked Stuttuard.

Another man present, Carl Lupi, shot the 4. He required 30 stitches to one leg. Henry, who is an employee at the zoo, is now In Townsville hospital in a grave condition. He was gathering grass on the edge of a pool at the zoo, which contained four crocodiles, between ten and 15 feet in length, when one of the larger reptiles seized him and dragged him into the pool. Henry then attacked the crocodile and managed to drag himself to safety. CrocBite do not include attacks in Zoos.

The man-eater rushed the men when they left their car near a swamp. The men, who form the crew of one car, were shaken by their experience. Anderson said they thought the crocodile was a log in the swamp until it moved. Then the foot monster rushed them.

After fighting it, one of the crew started the motor of the car and he crocodile scurried back into the swamp. Creeks and swamps near Giru are infested with man-eating crocodiles. Drivers and cars are to-day facing the severest test so far on the tour—the mile horror section from Townsville to Mt.

First cars left Townsville at 7. Isa at 2. Brian escaped with injuries. An aboriginal man was hunting along the billabong edge. He claimed the crocodile was 20 feet in length.