Jeff Carter photographs of whaling

PXB 306/12-17

fonds

ca. 1960-1961

Graphic Materials, Photographs

43962

6 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 20.5 x 25.3 cm.-25.3 x 20.5 cm.

12. Thursday Island born Master Gunner Laurie Mills signals helmsman from the bow of the whaling boat off Byron Bay on the far north coast of N.S.W.
13. The whaler Byrond I, a converted navy boat, about to tie up at the Byron Bay wharf
14. Teams of men worked through the night when on some days the Byrond I brought in up to five whales
15. The dying whale is made fast prior to being inflated with air hoses so that it will float for towing back to port
16. Flensing knives are used to dismember the carcass into manageable portions
17. Water sprays cool and clean the meat prior to processing

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Jeff Carter's assignee
Rights and Restrictions Information:: All use of works by Jeff Carter should be referred to the Sandra Byron Gallery, Sydney
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Photographs relate to `The whale hunters' in: People magazine Dec. 6, 1961. Location number: MDQA920.09/3 Mitchell Library

Titled on reverse