Australian whaler Clarkstone visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

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

Arrived on 12 November, barque , name master Allan, tonnage 278 tons, belonged toNew South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 1,200 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.