NSW: Fatal crocodile attacks in Australia in the past 20 years

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2003
NSW: Fatal crocodile attacks in Australia in the past 20 years

SYDNEY, Dec 24 AAP - Fatal crocodile attacks in Australia in the past 20 years:



Dec 2003 - Northern Territory. Brett Mann, 22, killed after wading into the Finiss
River, 80km from Darwin.

Oct 2002 - NT. German tourist Isabel von Jordan, 23, killed while swimming at a water
hole at Kakadu national park.

Aug 1998 - NT. Aboriginal man found dead from suspected croc attack on banks of Roper River.

Dec 1997 - NT. Man believed killed by crocodile while crossing the Daly River at night.

1994 - Qld. Crocodile handler killed by a 4.1m reptile at a crocodile farm in North Queensland.

1990 - NT. Albert Juzelionas killed by a 3.2m croc as he swam to a houseboat off Groote Eylandt.

1988 - NT. Alex Burururu taken while washing or drinking at the edge of the Cato River
near Nhulunbuy.

1987 - WA. American model Ginger Meadows, seized while swimming at a waterfall on the
Prince Regent River.

1986 - Qld. Catherine McQuarrie taken while swimming in Van Rook Creek near Karumba.

1985 - Qld. Beryl Wruck, 43, taken by a 5m crocodile on the banks of the Daintree River.

1983 - Qld. James Mason, 10, killed while he and his brother were swimming in the Barron River.

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