Australian whaler Maria Laura visited Chatham Island, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

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 referred to a statement of master Marcy of the whaler Napoleon who spoke the Australian whaler Mauria Laura commanded by master Kennedy, of Hobart Town, Tasmania on 8 February off Chatham Island, New Zealand.(1)

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1. Archipelago, officially named The Chatham Islands Territory, about 430 nautical miles east of South Island, New Zealand.

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