Australian whaling barque Robert Towns visited Norfolk Island, New Zealand according to the New Zealand newspaper Daily Southern Cross dated Tuesday 1 April 1873

South Sea whalers boiling blubber/boats preparing to get a whale alongside. 

A watercolour by British artist Sir Oswald Brierly. The painting dates from around 1876.

An item reported the arrival at Norfolk Island, New Zealand on 14 March of the whaling barque Robert Towns captain J. Edwards of Sydney, Australia from whaling 25 barrels oil. On 19 Marth off the Island.