Fed: Table of holiday drowning deaths in Australia

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2009
Fed: Table of holiday drowning deaths in Australia

Summary of recent drowning deaths, provided by Royal Life Saving Society Australia:



December 24 - 18-year-old man at beach, Bateau Bay, NSW

December 24 - 11-year-old boy at lake in Perth, WA

December 25 - 34-year-old man at Lake Hume, NSW

December 25 - 34-year-old rock fisherman swept into water at Cape Schank, Victoria

December 26 - 40-year-old man at beach, Ballina, NSW

December 26 - 45-year-old man, boat sank at Bruny Island, Tasmania

December 27 - 53-year-old man, scuba diving at Tangalooma, Queensland

December 27 - 2-year-old boy backyard swimming pool in Shoalhaven, NSW

December 29 - 15-year-old boy at bay beach in Melbourne, Victoria

December 29 - 13-year-old boy at river in Brisbane, Queensland.



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