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The Shore Whalers of Western Australia : Historical Archaeology of a Maritime Frontier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibbs, Martin, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology
- Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology ; v.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation--History.
- Navigation.
- Offshore whaling.
- Whaling--History.
- Whaling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Every winter between 1836 to 1879 small wooden boats left the bays of southwest Western Australia to hunt for migrating Humpback and Right whales.
- Contents:
- About the series
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of shore whaling
- 3. Process and production
- 4. Location and organisation
- 5. Excavation of Cheyne Beach
- 6. Artefact analysis
- 7. Life at Cheyne Beach
- 8. Life on the maritime industrial frontier
- Appendix A: site histories and surveys
- Appendix B: historical data
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gibbs, Martin The Shore Whalers of Western Australia
- ISBN:
- 9781743328132
- 1743328133
- 9781743320952
- 1743320957
- OCLC:
- 1321794731
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