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Flour Cask Bay [B 15261] • Photograph

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Summary

Whaling relics - blubber melting pot, weight approximately half a ton, man is sitting inside. Notes on the photograph say "Left at Flour Cask Bay, on the southern coast of Kangaroo Island before South Australia became a colony, this old blubber melting pot was rediscovered near American River recently, and is being transferred to Adelaide, where it will be installed at the Koala Farm. The big pot was moved across the island from its original site by bullock waggon about 60 years ago, and used for watering stock near Mount Thisby, where it was obtained by Mr A Keith Minchin. In the pot, which weighs about half a ton, is Mr G Dempster of Kangaroo Island"

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Physical description

Photograph;

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Collection

Part of Flour Cask Bay Collection

Subject

Whaling -- South Australia -- Flour Cask Bay

Catalogue record

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Digitisation information

Date

10/07/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,351 x 3,101 pixels (10.4 MP)

Size

31.21 MB

Location

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