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Tuesday, 7 of September of 2010

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AUSTRALIA’S BEST SHARK PICTURES (of 1971)

The two main pictures and two of the smaller ones (baby sharks, Henri Bource on crutches) are from visits to North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Once the best coastal shark capital of all.

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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.

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.

John C Fairfax and Sandra Greentree assisted in the sharks birth. Photo's by John Harding (1969)

John C Fairfax and Sandra Greentree assisted in the sharks birth. Photo’s by John Harding (1969)
Grey Nurse from Flat Rock (June 1968)

Grey Nurse from Flat Rock (June 1968)

Rodnef Fox with large whaler 1966. (Note: Same shark may appear with different people).

Rodney Fox with large whaler 1966. (Note: Same shark may appear with different people).

Henri Bource - shark victim who became shark film maker with his "Savage Shadows".

The Late Henri Bource - shark victim who became shark film maker with his "Savage Shadows".

Whaler shark killed by Rodney Fox at Flat Rock, North Stradbroke Island (8 August 1965)

Whaler shark killed by Rodney Fox at Flat Rock, North Stradbroke Island (8 August 1965)

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(updated 5 September 2010)

WHITE POINTER SHARK also called GREAT WHITE SHARK. First pictures 1965

The first film footage was taken simultaneously by Ron Taylor (on the surface) and Henri Bource (filming from an anti shark cage below). Ron Taylor's film featured this stunning images. Henri was further away but at least it shows the action from another angle. Henri's is included in his documentary "Savage Shadows" (1966) Ron Taylor's stills from the 16mm movie are today among the most published shark pictures of all. The pictures appeared first in Everybody's Magazine, 27 September 1967 (The Trail of the White Pointer). This was the first popular magazine story to focus on a particular species of shark. Before this, all sharks were simply "sharks". In 1977 following "Jaws fever" Wally Gibbins was to be paid US$1 M if he killed a captive white pointer shark on a pay TV channel. Wally was Australia's most creditable shark hunter. His 11 foot 1" tiger shark (1963) was the largest taken underwater by a diver in Australia.

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