Label for the last whale oil

Date1976

Object number00032033

NameLabel

MediumColoured printing inks on paper, adhesive

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection

Collections

Whaling

Terms

Albany
whaling
souvenirs
oil
labels (identifying artifacts)
Shipping, Trade and Industry
Shipping and Trade
Paper - archives and ephemera

DescriptionLabel for a souvenir bottle of whale oil (00032032) from Cheynes Beach whaling station, Western Australia, 1976. Label reads 'The Last Whale Oil. This oil taken at Albany W.A. Just prior to the closure of Cheynes Beach whaling station in 1976 represents some of the last available in the English speaking world. A collectors limited production souvenir'.

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