Exmouth

Distinguished and Famous people from Exmouth

🔬 Dr Brad Norman

Marine researcher Brad Norman’s work with whale sharks at Ningaloo helped develop a worldwide photo-identification project. A shark nicknamed Stumpy became the first entry in his 1995 photographic library. The distinctive patterns on individual sharks allowed photographs from scientists, tour operators and swimmers to become useful research records. Norman received a Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2006 for the system. His connection with the Exmouth coast is sustained field research, linking encounters on Ningaloo with a much wider effort to understand and conserve the species.