SHARK HISTORY IN COOGEE

* Founder of the well-known Beaurepaire tyre empire, Sir Frank Beaurepaire, rescued a shark attack victim at Coogee in 1922. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Gold Medal and 550 pounds.

* In April 1935, a 3.5 metre tiger shark was caught off the coast of Coogee. It was brought back alive and put on public display at the Coogee Aquarium Baths. Crowds flocked to see the sea monster with the man-eating capabilities.On Anzac Day, 1935, the shark regurgitated an arm.
Because of the well-preserved state of the arm police managed to obtain some fingerprints. These provided a match confirming the arm had in fact belonged to Jim Smith, former boxer and small-time criminal. Medical examinations revealed it had not been bitten off by the shark but had been removed from the body by a knife, and not in a surgical procedure. It become a murder investigation of James Smith in a case that became known as the Shark Arm Case.