The Last Whale

The Last Whale is a 2008 book by Chris Pash, an Australian author and journalist.[1] It is about the end of whaling in Australia including the closure of the last Australian whaling company, Cheynes Beach Whaling Company.

The Last Whale
AuthorChris Pash
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAustralian Whaling, Australian history
Published2008
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages218
ISBN9781921361326
OCLC233549892

Reception

The Last Whale has been reviewed by the Journal of Commonwealth Literature,[2] and The Sydney Morning Herald.[3]

It was shortlisted for the 2009 Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize.[4]

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See also

References

  1. "Authors and Artists: Chris Pash". fremantlepress.com.au. Fremantle Press. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. Huggan, Graham (2017). "Last whales: Eschatology, extinction, and the cetacean imaginary in Winton and Pash (subscription required)" (PDF). Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 52 (2): 382–396. doi:10.1177/0021989415623604.
  3. Warwick Stanley (7 November 2008). "A Whale of a Time (subscription required)". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. "Readings: 2009 Fank Broeze maritime history book prize winner". Signals (89): 24. December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Library holdings of The Last Whale
IPA Review article on whaling that summarises The Last Whale
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