On 15 May 1770, Captain James Cook sailing up the east coast of Australia in the Endeavour passed the eastern most point of the Australian mainland (Wilgun in the local Arakwal language). He knew a lot about many things.

Privacy Policy. Sie hatte die Erlaubnis erhalten 100 Buckelwale zu erlegen. The Byron Whaling Company had its origins in 1951 when a group of Inverell businessmen tried to float a public company - Byron Whaling Company Ltd. I can remember during the 50’s mum and dad going to Byron fishing on weekends and holidays.

The shouting. Hi Cherie, I am currently doing a University assignment about the whaling in Byron. Using the traditional folk style, he sang his own songs of the working life of seamen from Queensland to Antarctica. Byrond1 bringing a whale back to the jetty (Source RTRL). The whaling industry in Byron Bay had a short life.

I was very curious and moved by your story, and would love to talk some more about you memories of Byron as a whaling town for an upcoming episode. The skin and blubber were boiled to separate the valuable oil (about 10 tonnes per whale) used to make margarine, explosives, cosmetics, lubricants and detergents. The heat of the body, which needed to be processed quickly before it began to cook itself. thanks for the article. The whaling station was built next to his meat works, handy to the railway line. Hauling, flensing, boiling down the blubber for oil. Die australische Regierung wollte die Walindustrie in den 1950er Jahren wiederbeleben. He was a very colourful & deep man. Die Byron Bay Whaling Company kaufte daraufhin zwei Küstenpatrollienboote, die zum Zweck des Walfangs umgebaut wurden. Der Anlegesteg mit Eisenbahngleisen nebst der Walfangstation wie auch die Fleischfabrik ist in Byron Bay nicht mehr vorhanden. Now, years later, the grown man shrugs. We always knew when there was a whale in the Bay. [5] Your email address will not be published. Suddenly, I fall into a small time warp. Dear Ed, I lived in Lismore until age 8-9 and would take family holidays to a house in Brunswick. Flensers removed the blubber, skin, and meat. He helped start the Maleny and Woodford festivals. By 1962 another of the Bay's industries had gone. ‘I grew up on a dairy farm on a ridge between Byron and Lennox. Whaling commenced in Byron Bay in 1954. I remember the jetty being pretty much detroyed and mum dad and many others fishing off the jetty till demise. The meat was frozen and exported. Byron Whaling Co. 1954 Whaling at Byron Bay The story of whaling at Ballina/Byron Bay is quite complex; the whaling station was located at Byron Bay while the whaling vessels used from 1957 on were apparently leased or contracted from North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd, Ballina. True as other folk songs about battles, his songs hurt, even as the tune sweeps you along: The harpoon and the line fly true – bedding deep into the whale, And she split the timbers of the ship, with a flurry of her tail, The rigging struts were snapped in two, we reeled beneath the blow…. The tonnes of dead weight slowly hauled up from the water where large sharks snapped at any part they could still reach.

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