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Print
135446
  • Title
    Whale Industries Limited - photographs of whaling at Tangalooma Whaling Station, Qld, 1952-1961
  • Call number
    PXE 785
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1952-1961
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    135446
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - 11 colour prints; ; 32 x 36.5 cm. or smaller - 44 silver gelatin photoprints
    - 24 x 37 cm. (inside frame) - printed, 1 schematic drawing of whale meat processing
  • Scope and Content
    1. "Kos 7" [whaling ship] towing whales to Tangalooma.
    2-27. Views of whaling ships anchored off Tangalooma and the whale meat processing factory. Also includes Bob Dyer on "Tennessee II" (?).
    28-39. Flensing whales. Also includes views of Tangalooma from the sea, a whaling ship and twin whale embryos.
    40-44. Views of Tangalooma from the sea, two unidentified men and a ship tied up to a jetty.
    45-55. Harpooning whales, "Kos I", crewmen, the flensing deck and slipway at Tangalooma, and a whale surfacing.
    56. Diagramatic representation of Processing at Tangalooma by staff artist - George Patterson Pty Ltd.
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