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Whaling was a major maritime industry in Australia from 1791 until its final cessation in 1978. At least 45 whaling stations operated in Tasmania during the 19th century, and bay whaling was conducted out of other mainland centres.
The Whaling Station Við Áir on Streymoy, Faroe Islands, is the only Norwegian built whaling station in the northern hemisphere still standing. It is being renovated into a museum. Whaling stations in the Faroe Islands have included Gjánoyri on Streymoy (est. 1894), [ 79 ] Norðdepil on Borðoy (1898–1920), Lopra on Suðuroy (1901–1953 ...
Whaling stations operated in Alaska and on the Canadian west coast. American Pacific Whaling Company, with headquarters in Victoria, British Columbia, operated ships and a plant in 1912 at Gray's Harbor, Washington with catcher ships ranging from the Canada–United States border south to Cape Blanco in Oregon.
The Australian Whaling Commission established another whaling station in Western Australia in 1949 at Carnarvon. [49] The Cheyne Beach whaling station (2013), Western Australia, now functions as a tourist attraction. Norwegian factory ships and catchers sailing to and from the Antarctic would call at Hobart for provisions, men and repairs. [50]
A whale being processed at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station in the early 1950s. Whaling was one of the first viable industries established in the Swan River Colony following the 1829 arrival of British settlers to Western Australia. The industry had numerous ups and downs until the last whaling station closed in Albany in 1978.
Whaling stations of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (7 P) Whaling stations of the Caribbean (2 P) Pages in category "Whaling stations"
The first modern shore-based whaling station in the southern hemisphere was established at Grytviken on South Georgia by an Argentine company in 1904. [68] There were nineteen whaling firms in the region by 1914, most of them owned or staffed by Norwegians. [69]
The Old Whaling Station or Old Whaling Station Portuguese Bend was a whaling station in California, built in 1869. The Old Whaling Station was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.381) on Jan. 3, 1944. The Old Whaling Station at Portuguese Bend was located in what is now Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes, California in Los Angeles ...