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A 38-year-old spearfishing diver was fatally mauled by a 16-foot great white off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, after being bitten on the legs; witnesses carried him to a dive boat where paramedics could not resuscitate him, marking the state's second fatal shark attack this year.
A diver was fatally mauled by a shark near Rottnest Island off Western Australia, authorities said.
A 38-year-old man died after a four-metre great white attacked him at Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island, off Perth. He was transported by boat to Geordie Bay Jetty where CPR was performed but he died at the scene. The incident is Western Australia’s first fatal shark attack since March, while recent eastern coast attacks have prompted beach closures; globally, shark encounters are most common on Australia’s east and southeast coasts, averaging about 20 incidents annually.
A 38-year-old man was killed by a 4-meter great white shark off Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island in Western Australia. Rescuers rushed him to shore and CPR was attempted, but he did not survive. Authorities urged caution in WA waters. This is the first fatal WA shark attack since March last year, set against Australia’s long history of shark incidents (about 1,300 attacks since 1791, with over 260 deaths).
CNN highlights Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) as a famed Perth-area paradise with a dark legacy: from 1838 to 1902 it operated as a prison for Aboriginal men and boys, housing nearly 4,000 inmates and recording about 373 deaths, many in unmarked graves. The site’s transformation into a tourist hotspot included Tentland, a campsite above burial grounds, prompting modern reconciliation efforts like the Wadjemup Project, memorialization, and culturally guided tours to acknowledge and heal the community’s history while preserving the island’s beauty for visitors.
Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) off Western Australia is famed for beaches and quokkas, but hides a brutal history as Australia’s prison for Aboriginal men and boys for 93 years, with about 4,000 inmates and 373 deaths, many buried in unmarked graves; the burial ground later became the Tentland camping ground until 2007, and now truth-telling and memorial projects (Wadjemup Wirin Bidi) and cultural tours seek to acknowledge and heal the past.
CNN reports on Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) as a world‑renowned tourist destination that also hides a brutal colonial legacy: it housed Aboriginal prisoners from 1838 to 1902, many died in unmarked graves, and modern efforts—truth‑telling projects, memorialization, and Aboriginal‑led cultural tours—seek to acknowledge and reconcile this history while preserving the island’s ongoing cultural significance.