About the series
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. History of shore whaling
3. Process and production
4. Location and organisation
5. Excavation of Cheyne Beach
6. Artefact analysis
7. Life at Cheyne Beach
8. Life on the maritime industrial frontier
Appendix A: site histories and surveys
Appendix B: historical data
Bibliography
The Shore Whalers of Western Australia examines the history of the whalers in the early contact between Europeans and Aboriginal people.
Professor Martin Gibbs is Convenor, School of Humanities at the University of New England. His main research interests include the historical and maritime archaeologies of the Australia-Pacific region.
"The artefacts and physical evidence located by Gibbs's excavations
provide a fascinating picture of life in these little-documented
settlements. An appendix includes information on 20 other sites
along the West Australian coast, and the book is generously
illustrated with photographs, sketches and tables."
*Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
