Brief description
The Whaling Collection focuses mostly on the Tasmanian coastal and pelagic whaling industries. It consists of harpoons and lances, whaling ship relics, trying-out tools for processing whale blubber into oil, and pieces of whale bone, teeth, baleen and ambergris. Date range circa 1820s to 1900. Approximately 110 items.Data time period: 1815 to 1905
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Tasmania
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- Local : TMAG3