The Last Whale
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| Author | Chris Pash |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Australian Whaling, Australian history |
| Published | 2008 |
| Publisher | Fremantle Press |
| Publication place | Australia |
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Authors and Artists: Chris Pash". fremantlepress.com.au. Fremantle Press. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Huggan, Graham (2017). "Last whales: Eschatology, extinction, and the cetacean imaginary in Winton and Pash (subscription required)" (PDF). Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 52 (2): 382–396. doi:10.1177/0021989415623604. S2CID 162815841.
- ^ Warwick Stanley (7 November 2008). "A Whale of a Time (subscription required)". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Readings: 2009 Fank Broeze maritime history book prize winner". Signals (89): 24. December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2018.