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Albany's Historic Whaling Station > Records

LOGBOOK CHEYNES 1959–60

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Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, Captain Axel H. Christensen

1957

Overview

A large square shaped book with a hard cover in light blue. The document is bound with cotton and has white fabric tape on the spine.

Historical information

The logbook is from the SS Cheynes, the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station's first steam Powered whale chaser. Pages are filled in by First Mate James A. Tough and signed by Captain Axel H. Christensen. The logbook gives an account of the working of the vessel and crew from 18/05/1959 to 12/05/1960, including whale sightings and whales caught.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-DOC.2025.2

Item type

Themes

Economic Development

Maritime > Whaling

Material

Width

335 mm

Height or length

362 mm

Depth

16 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Deck Log Book, "S/S Cheynes, A.H. Christensen".....Master. "18/5/1959 to 12/5/1960". On spine: "Cheynes 1959 1960". Inside front cover: "DOC.2025.2" in pencil. On the bottom of each page in very small font occur the printed numbers: C.703/2.58-C.4641/57.

Contextual information

The document is one of the logbooks from when the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station was operational. It provides data and narrative of the events onboard at that time.

Keywords

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Axel H. Christensen

Albany Whaling Western Australia

Place made

Place of manufacture unknown.

Year

Statement of significance

The logbook is a unique item, and is locally and nationally significant to Albany and Australia’s maritime, economic and social history.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Tuesday, 22 July, 2025

Completeness

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