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Recent crocodile attacks in Australia
Issue 67 - 27 Oct 2004
For those you of you who are travelling or living in crocodile infested areas, these recent statistics show how important it is to be wary at all times and to always take notice of warning signs.
Oct 2004 - NT. Teenager escapes from jaws of crocodile with only minor puncture wounds.
Oct 2004 - Qld. A four metre crocodile attacks a man sleeping in a tent on a beach at Cape Melville in far north Queensland.
Oct 2004 - Qld. A Barramundi fisherman loses the tip of his index finger, bitten off by a crocodile while he was trying to free it from a net on the Nassau River on Cape York Peninsula.
April 2004 - Qld. An 11-year-old girl has her arm grabbed by a crocodile while swimming at Margaret Bay on Cape York Peninsula.
Dec 2003 - NT. Brett Mann, 22, killed after wading into the Finniss River, 80km from Darwin.
Nov 2003 - NT. A woman beats off a crocodile with a bag of mussels after it bit her on the back while she was wading across a creek on Melville Island.
Nov 2003 - NT. Teenager Manuel Gandigorrtij escapes from the jaws of a three-metre crocodile when his 53-year-old aunt punched it in the nose at Jibalbal Outstation, in Arnhem Land.
Sept 2003 - NT. A tour guide suffers puncture wounds after being attacked by a 1.5m freshwater crocodile at a popular plunge pool in Kakadu National Park.
Sept 2003 - NT. A 10-year-old girl received cuts to her leg after being attacked by a 2.13m crocodile as she swam with friends in a billabong at the Aboriginal community at Patonga Airstrip in Kakadu National Park.
Oct 2002 - NT. German tourist Isabel von Jordan, 23, killed while swimming at a water hole at Kakadu National Park.-AAP
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