American whaler Maria Theresia sighted according the newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Whales Advertiser dated Tuesday 27 January 1835

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Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. 

Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

An item reported that the British whaler Admiral Cockburn sighted on 21 August 1834 the American whaler Maria Theresia of Bedford with 1.200 barrels oil, 33 months at sea.