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Label for the last whale oil
Label for the last whale oil

Label for the last whale oil

Date1976
Object number00032033
NameLabel
MediumColoured printing inks on paper, adhesive
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection
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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'.