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Albany's Historic Whaling Station > Records

Albany Whaling Station footage 1974-75

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Nola and John Douglas

1974

Overview

A USB drive with footage from when the station was operational in c. 1974 -1975.

Footage is 3:10 minutes long.

Historical information

It was common practice for tourists to take photos and film footage of the whaling station when it was operational.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-BAV.2026.1

Item type

Digital Images

Themes

Maritime > Whaling

Inscriptions and markings

On Acquisition Form: USB flash drive with colour video recorded from a 16mm projector of the whaling station in operation from around 1974-75. Footage recorded by Nola and John Douglas travelling from Melbourne to Perth. footage is unedited and is supplied as is recorded from my mobile phone oh the 16mm footage as projected onto a screen.

Nola and John and the doner's parents.

Unedited 16mm colour footage supplied. Looking to supply a digitally converted format in the future.

Keywords

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Cheynes Beach Whaling Company

Place made

Torndirrup, WA, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Last modified

Tuesday, 25 August, 2026

Completeness

72

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