Description
This is a photograph made from a glass plate negative measuring 12.0 cm x 16.5 cm dating from between 1900 and 1922. It shows a whale hunt taking place in Twofold Bay on the south-eastern coast of New South Wales. There is a five-oared whaling boat visible, with the captain, George Davidson, standing aft (at the rear), holding the rudder. A killer whale is next to the boat. Also visible is a section of another boat carrying Charles Eden Wellings, the photographer.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Charles Eden Wellings, photographer |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-vn3103348
TLF resource R3043 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
