| Name |
Age |
Gender |
Date |
Species |
Location; Comments
|
|
2010s |
|
| Nathan Scattini |
45 |
male
|
17 March 2019
|
Unknown
|
Champion Lakes, Western Australia; Nathan Scattini telephoned emergency services, saying he had been bitten by a snake on 17 March while bushwalking in the Kelmscott area. Emergency services were unable to locate Scattini or make further contact and a search operation commenced. Police located Scattini's body in bushland on 19 March.[1][2]
|
| Callum Edwards |
20 |
male
|
29 December 2018
|
Tiger Snake
|
Lardner, 5 km south-west of Warragul, Victoria; Bitten whilst attending the Beyond the Valley music festival on 29 December 2018 and was airlifted to hospital, where he died on 1 January 2019. His death was initially suspected to have occurred from a drug overdose, however medical staff later found traces of tiger snake venom in his system.[3]
|
| Mary Nicholls |
83 |
female
|
9 October 2018
|
Unknown
|
Koorda, Western Australia, bitten on ankle while pushing a wheelbarrow. Victim told her son she felt the snake brush past but didn't think she was bitten. Upon examination, there was blood. Bandaged, taken to hospital and flown to Perth, she succumbed.[4]
|
|
1990s |
|
| Joey McGlashan |
7 |
male
|
1999
|
Tiger Snake
|
Kennett River, Victoria
|
|
35 |
male, 35
|
29 Nov 1999
|
Western Brown Snake/Gwardar
|
Broome, caught snake on 27 Nov. and was bitten while showing snake being placed in a bag. Received antivenom at hospital shortly after.[2]
|
| Tony Patterson |
14 |
male
|
05 Nov 1998
|
Tiger Snake
|
High Wycombe, Western Australia, bitten on hand while photographing snake. Initial first aid, followed by collapse, hospitalization with antivenoms.[2]
|
| Michael Ross |
9 |
male
|
31 Oct 1998
|
Desert Death Adder
|
Broome, Western Australia, bite not witnessed. Died en route to hospital 180 km away.[2]
|
| Murray Plane |
33 |
male
|
1 December 1997
|
Western Brown Snake/Gwardar
|
Tarmoola Gold Mine, North of Leonora, Western Australia; Man inebriated and handling snake which he and his friends found in miners' quarters during the night of 1 December. Air-ambulanced to Royal Perth Hospital where he subsequently died on 4 December.[5]
|