Aquatic Tale Enthusiast/Whale Fearer Josie tells Mel about a pod of killer whales who worked for a company of human whalers in Eden, NSW back in the 1800s.

Credits:

2014 Scientific American blog by Bec Crew

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-legend-of-old-tom-and-the-gruesome-law-of-the-tongue/

2010 Sydney Morning Herald article the King of the Killers by Steve Meacham

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/the-king-of-the-killers-20100916-15er7.html

2017 History Cooperative article by Meghan No Surname

https://historycooperative.org/history-whaling-twofold-bay/ 

Geneaology website Monaro Pioneers, a 2016 post by Cheryl Moore

http://www.monaropioneers.com/davidsonaw.htm  

2010 ABC South East NSW article by Bill Brown http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/09/17/3014987.htm

 

 

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