Fishery Bay Whaling Station

Former Fishery Bay Whaling Station
General information
TypeWhaling station
LocationSleaford, South Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates34°54′32″S 135°41′05″E / 34.908765°S 135.684613°E / -34.908765; 135.684613
Closedafter 1843
OwnerUnited Fishing Company of Adelaide
DesignationsSouth Australian Heritage Register (1982)

Fishery Bay whaling station was a whaling station located in the Colony of South Australia on the coast of Fishery Bay, a subsidiary of the larger Sleaford Bay, on Eyre Peninsula about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Port Lincoln. It operated in the 1830s and 1840s and helped to provide the colony with one of its first export commodities.

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