Timaru whalers’ huts
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Timaru whalers’ huts
In 1839 the Sydney-based Weller brothers established a short-lived whaling station at Timaru. By the time Walter Mantell made this sketch, in 1848, the station was deserted.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: E-333-006
Ink drawing by Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
