American whaler Huntress visited Hobart, Tasmania according to the newspaper Colonial Times dated Tuesday 29 January 1839

Wellcome Collection

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 dated 25 January reported that the cargo of the American whaler Huntress master A. Hull returning from whaling consisted of 2.800 barrels black oil, 300 barrel sperm oil 13 tons whalebone.