A list reported the arrival at Bay of Islands on 11 December 1836 of the Australian whaling barque Mary, master Dryborough, homeport New South Wales returning from the sperm oil fishery with a cargo of 1,600 barrels oil.
Source
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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