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Old fireplace, Whalers Bay [B 10339] • Photograph

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Summary

Old fireplace at Whalers Bay, Thistle Island. Thistle Island was named by Matthew Flinders after John Thistle, master of the" Investigator" who was drowned nearby in 1802. Plentiful numbers of whales were noted in the area. A whaling station was built in 1838 on the island which is located 35 kilometres south east of Port Lincoln. The venture was abandoned in 1839. the photograph shows a gentleman looking at the remains of the limestone fireplace.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 10.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1907

Collection

Part of Thistle Island Collection

Subject

Fireplaces -- South Australia -- Thistle Island
Whalers Bay (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

08/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,175 x 2,253 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.50 MB

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