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    First visitors to Heard Island (2002)
    Kingston : Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
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    Call number: ZSP-124-104
    In: ANARE research notes
    Description / Table of Contents: The purpose of this paper is to make available transcripts of reports by the first visitors to Heard Island. The sequence of voyages in the vicinity of the island between 1773 and 1858 is described. Discovery is attributed to Captain John J. Heard in the bark Oriental in 1853. This voyage not only broke the news of a new island, but also gave a position that initiated sealing at the Island in 1855. The majority of early visitors were sealers hunting sea-elephant for oil. The industry peaked in 1858 and continued sporadically for another 24 years.
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    Pages: VII, 70 S. + 1 Beil.
    ISBN: 0876934018
    Series Statement: ANARE research notes 104
    Branch Library: GFZ Library
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    Indexing sealer's logbooks from Heard Island (1996)
    Kingston : Department of Science and Technology, Antarctic Division
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    Call number: ZSP-124-97
    In: ANARE research notes
    Description / Table of Contents: This note describes the development of a system for indexing historical data from the whaling / sealing industry of last century, allowing easier access to the widely scattered record in logbooks, customs records, newspapers, etc. A preliminary outline of 'elephanting' operations was compiled with a view to indicating: a) the type of information available from the database, and b) the overall nature of the activities at Heard Island in the period 1854 to 1882. Elephanting commenced at Heard Island in 1854/55, the first season following the Island's discovery. There was a rapid rise to a peak in the 1857/58 season. An equally rapid decline was followed by a small but steady output over two decades. Production finished in 1877.
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    Pages: IV, 96 S. : Ill.
    ISBN: 0642253307
    Series Statement: ANARE research notes 97
    Branch Library: AWI Library
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