American whaler Ansell Gipps visited Hobart Town, Tasmania in 1847

An item reported the arrival on 6 February, 319 tons, master Merrihew from the South Seas 27 January with oil, departed to the South Seas on 25 February, sundries.

Source

Van Diemen’s Land Royal Kalendar, Colonial Register and Almanack 1848. Launceston, 1848.