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Until Saturday, few of those swimming between the flags at Coogee would have known of the beach’s dark, historic contribution to the water safety debate.

In the summer of 1922, two young men were taken in separate attacks off Coogee. The nation was gripped by terror. The government caught 26 sharks, posted a £50 reward for sharks caught in Coogee Bay, and built Australia’s first shark-proof fence.

One hundred and four years later, Saturday’s great white shark attack on Leah Stewart, who was swimming at her local beach, revisited history and breathed new life into the debate about NSW’s shark mitigation strategies.

The Coogee attack was the second in Sydney waters by a great white shark since........

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