SEA HORNET SPEARGUNS. SHARK NET CATCHES HAMMERHEAD
Archive for August 28, 2009
AUSTRALIA’S BEST SHARK PICTURES (of 1971)
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.
- Photo’s by John Harding (1969)
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)
SYDNEY SHARK ATTACK HEADLINES 1960′s
Selection of Sydney newspaper posters from 1960's. Shark were good news stories - and still are.
THE FIRST SHARK I EVER SAW By RON TAYLOR A.M. – WORLD EXPERT
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
WHALER SHARK, BULL SHARKS – PICTURES 1965
One of the family known commonly as whaler sharks, "the sharks that fed upon harpooned whales".
TIGER SHARK (1963) Wally Gibbins shark hunter
Tigers are very common in Hawaiian waters. This 9 footer was caught by a tourist shark hunt boat, 10 November 1970. Photo by Richard Ibara
Tiger shark feeding upon a stingray bait at Batt Reef, Queensland. Photo by John Harding & Ben Cropp
Initially thought to be a tiger shark, but may have been a savage Lemon shark. When annoyed this 3 meter shark attacked the inflatable boat, destroying the pontoon. Photo by John Harding and Ben Cropp at Batt Reef, Queensland.
Tiger shark teeth can saw through tough shell of turtles
