Woman and a young child are both attacked by a shark in shallow waters off the Whitsundays – just months after a man was killed and two others were mauled nearby
- Woman and girl were rushed to hospital after shark attack at tourist hotspot
- The attack occurred in shallow water at Catseye Beach on Hamilton Island
- Incident was reported to emergency services off Resort Drive at about 9.29am
- The primary school aged girl and woman in her 60s are in a stable condition
An elderly woman and young girl have been rushed to hospital after another shark attack at a tourist hotspot.
The attack occurred in shallow water at Catseye Beach on Hamilton Island, in the Whitsundays, Queensland, on Thursday Morning.
The incident was reported to emergency services at the location off Resort Drive at about 9.29am.
The primary school aged girl sustained an injury to her foot and toe while the woman, aged in her 60s, suffered a leg injury.
The attack occurred in shallow water at Catseye Beach (pictured) on Hamilton Island, in the Whitsundays, Queensland, on Thursday Morning
The two patients, who are in a stable condition, were treated by paramedics and transported to Hamilton Island Medical Centre.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia they have since been transported to Proserpine Hospital via boat.
The species of the shark is unclear but reports say it was less than one-metre in length.
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'Hamilton Island can confirm a child and an adult sustained lacerations from a shark less than one metre long, during an incident off Catseye Beach this morning,' a spokesperson from Hamilton Island said.
'Both were treated at the Hamilton Island medical centre prior to being medivaced to the mainland for further care.'
The double attack follows the death off a man in the Whitsundays last year and a number of injuries reported across the state during the summer period.
The incident was reported to emergency services at the location off Resort Drive at about 9.29am
The primary school aged girl sustained an injury to her foot and toe and the woman, aged in her 60s, suffered a leg injury (pictured: Hamilton Island)
In November 2018, a Melbourne doctor Daniel Christidis died after he was attacked by a shark during a sailing holiday around the Whitsundays.
Mr Christidis had jumped into the water from a stand-up paddle board he was sharing with a woman at Cid Harbour when the shark struck at about 5.30pm.
During the attack, the 33-year-old was bitten in the left thigh, right calf and left wrist, the latter of which was reportedly injured while fending off the predator.
Mr Christidis was taken by helicopter to the Mackay Base Hospital, 100 kilometres to the south, but he ultimately died from his injuries.
The attack came less than two months after two tourists were attacked in the same body of water within 24 hours of each other, resulting in the culling of six sharks.
Mr Christidis, 33 (left), was attacked by a shark while swimming in Cid Harbour less than two months after Tasmanian tourist Justine Barwick (right)
On the afternoon of September 19, Tasmanian tourist Justine Barwick was mauled while swimming off of a private yacht in Cid Harbour.
Hours later, 12-year-old tourist from Melbourne, Hannah Papps, was also attacked in the same location while swimming from a yacht the next day, losing a leg.
The Queensland Government soon after released a 'catch and kill' order on predators in the area, resulting in the culling of five tiger sharks and one other.
But Fisheries Queensland issued a warning after the attacks claiming Cid Harbour was 'not safe for swimming'.
Hannah Papps (right), 12, from Melbourne was savaged by a shark and lost her leg
