Marine, underwater photographs made by John Harding from his time as editor of FATHOM magazine (Australia).
Needle-teeth of Grey Nurse sharks were popular trophies in the 1960′s. Taking a set from that species today, in Australia, would guarantee a terrible penalty. The young lady is Tanya Binning - a famous surf girl of the era. Grey Nurse sharks made a dramatic return to the east coast of Australia in 1988. The population has been steadily increasing since. Unreliable out-of-date reports continue to circulate promoting a demise.
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Sydney Harbour – Port Jackson (1969) – Picture from movie film later inspired construction of a shark proof swimming enclosure. Camp Cove is an exclusive and popular beach inside the southern entrance to Port Jackson, commonly called Sydney Harbour.
The Late Henri Bource (on crutches) had his leg bitten off by a white pointer shark while diving in Victoria. Raymond Short was swimming when a recently mated white pointer latched onto his leg.
Grey Nurse from Flat Rock (June 1968)
Rodney Fox with large whaler 1966. (Note: Same shark may appear with different people).
The Late Henri Bource - shark victim who became shark film maker with his "Savage Shadows".
Using self-hypnosis Henri Bource convinced himself – and many close friends – he was not handicapped. One friend criticized him for parking in a ‘disabled persons’ parking place! With an artificial leg, from the knee joint down, he walked with a stiff ankle. Soon after his ‘accident’ (he never used the term shark attack) he considered joining the Australian army – as a commando. So powerful is hypnosis.
North Stradbroke Island (8 August 1965)
Selection of Sydney newspaper posters from 1960's. Shark were good news stories - and still are.
Kirra Reef no longer exists having been covered with sand being pumped from the Tweed River area.
Ron Taylor's huge whale shark 1967 (left); Ben Cropp's world scoop (right) 1965
One of the family known commonly as whaler sharks, "the sharks that fed upon harpooned whales".
