The victim was first treated on the beach before being taken to the hospital, where she was treated for serious leg injuries, Australia's 9News reported. Nine News said the girl's mother alerted emergency services and that a beachgoer performed CPR for 30 minutes until paramedics arrived. Police have not said what type of shark was responsible.
"He tried everything he could to save his daughter", he said.
Since 1580, only one country ― the United States ― has seen more confirmed instances of unprovoked shark attacks than Australia, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.
"When she resurfaced, her father paddled over and dragged her to the shore with the help of another teenager".
"Surfing was something that she treasured doing with her dad and her sisters".
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She was taken to hospital in a critical condition on Monday afternoon, where she died.
There were two fatalities in Western Australia previous year and there have been 15 since 2000 despite a controversial but short-lived "catch and kill" policy and extensive shark nets near the beach.
There have been 15 fatal shark attacks in WA since 2000.
In 2014, a 23-year-old had an arm and a hand bitten off while surfing off the coast of Esperance.
Grandmother Doreen Collyer, 60, died after she was attacked by a great white shark while scuba diving on a reef near Perth on June 5, 2016.
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