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Thursday, 28 September 2023

Australian whaling barque Elizabeth visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

A list reported the arrival at Bay of Islands on 1December 1836 of the Australian whaling barque Elizabeth, master Fowler, tonnage 363 tons, homeport New South Wales returning from the sperm oil fishery with a cargo of 1,700 barrels oil.

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The sessional papers printed by order of the House of Lords session 1837-1838 vol. III, 1838. Letter from captain W. Hobson, HMS Rattlesnake, Port Jackson dated 8 August 1937 to governor Sir Richard Bourke

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