A Sealing voyage to Bass Straits by the Schooner 'Brothers' in 1813

• Main Author: Crowther, WELH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; The Schooner; Sydney Cove; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14380/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14380/1/1936-crowther-sealing-voyage.pdf

It is a remarkable fact that, in spite of the many voyages from Sydney Cove, Hobart Town, and Port Dalrymple to procure sealskins and sea-elephant oil, the only sources of information as to the incidents of these expeditions have been short reports in colonial newspapers and in official communicatio...