The Last Whale Explained

The Last Whale
Author:Chris Pash
Country:Australia
Language:English
Subject:Australian Whaling, Australian history
Published:2008
Publisher:Fremantle Press
Media Type:Print (paperback)
Pages:218
Isbn:9781921361326
Oclc:233549892

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.

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]

See also

External links

Library holdings of The Last Whale

IPA Review article on whaling that summarises The Last Whale

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Authors and Artists: Chris Pash . fremantlepress.com.au . Fremantle Press . 11 March 2018.
  2. 2017 . Last whales: Eschatology, extinction, and the cetacean imaginary in Winton and Pash (subscription required). Journal of Commonwealth Literature . 52 . 2 . 382–396 . 10.1177/0021989415623604. Huggan. Graham. 162815841 .
  3. News: Warwick Stanley . 7 November 2008 . A Whale of a Time (subscription required). Sydney Morning Herald . 11 March 2018.
  4. Readings: 2009 Fank Broeze maritime history book prize winner . Signals . December 2009. 89 . 24 . 11 March 2018.

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