51-55 recently graded
? brush 656
?? 657
? brush 661
grey 661
brush 669

Arr Albany 2000 - 20878

9/9/71
1330
To Parry's Inlet 20885 dep Albany. (Actually William's Bay) Coll Tursiops skull (buried[?] - [?] end) and coll. sets of teeth from Globicephala stranding. c 50 mins walk along beach from E end.

a.m. - saw female Eubalaena + calf calf close in to Middleton Beach. Watched c 1/2 hr. 1st whale pairing[?] seen alive! Photo black + white. Usual behavior. Went out to sea when approached by small boat with outboard (Press?) but was seen coming back in later afterwards. Estimate of calf size varied from 1/3rd (me) to >1/2 (PJ) of cow length.

10/9 0400
(1) 4 3 male 49'0"
DF? on head- pinkish film in patches [?] of head S
DF? on underside tail fluke grey/white areas S
DF? on upper side R tail fluke - s
L. (small streaks + circles - ?brownish - poor[?] light)
[?] scarred front of head
Coll. 1 bucket beaks from stomach - v near/all that were there.

(2) NO mark male 39' 6" NO diatom stomach damaged - not ex'd

(3) 3 2 male 42'0"
Diatom - small spots + layer patches front + top of head, + upper side flukes[?] (mg[?] also be lower = not ex'd)
Stomach - v few beaks, digestion compartment? {2 fresh small squid one with light organ[?] (purplish skin)
2 other compartments (non digestive wall) 2 large? cucio squid one c 2-3" long (body) + a few more beaks ([?] masses of cucios coll)
2 bags tied[?] together

(5) inclusion[?] male 40'0"
Much skin gone, some [?] ?diatom pits but no recent diatom infections seen. Squid beaks + fluid in stomach a bit of recent flesh. As many beaks as poss. coll.

(4) 3 3 50'6" male. Ob'd diatom "circles" on head (top skin layer gone). A few "spots" on left lower c.p. S Cyamids [?] on front of head, top of head about level with eye, on ventral surface near umbilicus

(6) Male 41'0" 4 4
much[?] skin gone. Many old diatom pits but no recent infection seen. 3' lost[?]

11/9
out 0637 Cessna DKV M Walters Pilot.
over Parry Inlet - head S. (2 Photos William's Bay are[?] looking W)
0700 at shelf
wind NE
Sea state 0-1?
0735 40mm 040° from Albany (c 8m S of shelf due S. of entrance to Denmark Inlet).
(Scarcely[?] S of W Cape Howe -> Eclipse) 030 ChIII wits[?] blows 2 miles to the S. we go to investigate.
(Using a box search legs[?] from 3-6 minutes [sketch of search pattern] [?] at c 120[?] + 1700ft[?] asl)
To 0920 search at 700ft ahead (S) of ChIII, [?] low cloud + rain - the results 1 whale blowing 1 or 2 times the sounds + long[?] periods[?]. Not seen by us. 0925 bact at 1800ft heading N. to continue box search.
0940
Sonar operator has whale on set - tilt[?] 40 c400 metres ahead etc. We go back to ChIII. Single bull missed! Came up later + then dived, at rear[?] as ChIII got close. Photo'd. We continue + [?] to E.
c1000 1 blow sighted 6 mile E of ChII. dropped oil marker. low cloud + rain in area. Whale search in area of shil[?] saw 3 whales with broad backs + fins - [?] [?] Sei - not seen again. Swimming close tog leading W. (ChII later reported 2 Sei in area[?])
1120 S of Warriups 1 large sperm at surface blowing + banging tail on surface. Several photos including 2 or 3 from 500'. 1135 4 more seen in same area (DME 130° 46m), all somewhat smaller - 3 together the larger one behind them and another single ahead [sketch of whale pod separation]
Later ChII took one of a pair [?] 2/co the 3 above. Saw [?] [?] bulb - including 5 [?] [?].
Also saw female and calf RI Whale in Middleton Beach (Photo'd)
Landed 1430!
12/9
Dep Albany 1100 21088
Bannister 1620 21285
N Bannister 1630 21293
Grey 299
?Possum 299
Brush 301
Brush 303
New grading 306-211
"Mt Cooke" 307
Grey 312
Brush 316
Brush 319
1710 Shell garage 330
N. Inn 335

18+7=25 ie: 360
[?] tested DBB 7-50 mdg DBBL 9-00 mdg
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Sp Whale Programme, to Albany 3/11/72
383.5 Armadale - Old Narrogin Inn
430.4 Bannister R.
From A to B.R. 11 brush, 2 grey dead on road. (1 grey v. large + fresh c 1/2 way South)
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With Res. Officer[?] 12/3/73
Boyagin Res. turnoff is 73 mile [?]
12 miles from Brookton. turn R.

Kodachrome II Tutanning
1. In Casuarina Country burnt ([?]) 1971
2. In Mallet Country burnt wildfire early 1967 - regrowth of [?] [?] only c 2' in that time (Mallet regrowth in same time
3. 2nd most Easterly patch of Jamal[?] in State.
4 5} Mallee fowl nest (used this year)
6. Gramna[?] [?] WSW of station. (near old Mallee fowl nest)
7,8,9 Rosellas near station
10,11,12 Various views from reserve [?] farmland, late pm.

from 1930-2115
evening spent going[?] along SE boundary of reserve. Casuarina, wandoo, malee, [?]. Only 1 rabbit (near station) 2 frogmouths (ditto) 2 roos (grey, female) near Marshall's fence at NE bdg, 1 tables[?] cat (Ken couldn't get a shot - near fence, out into paddock) and then 10 roos coming back into reserve from Marshall's paddock at c. 2110 about 100x from station.
[?] had seen woylies, possums, [?]!
On [?] up near dam c 2200 I saw 1 possum in peppermint + 1 fox below dam wall, got within 5x - v good condition.

Coll scats near station, near boundary fence, near rabbit dropping piles. ?Fox.

13/3 Wardering NW of Woodanilling
Wardering Lake
Swans + Mt. Duck on Centre of Lake. 1st shot [?]?
Rusley[?] swamp
15+ Yellowbilled Spoonbills P
1 Royal (dark beak)
2 greenshanks'
[?] Woodduck
2 Stilts
1 whitefaced heron
Neville Beech's - lot[?] of[?] P. krachaystis[?] + N Wil Tail[?]
1 Red lots of greys + [?]

[?] - Better place for Meryl[?] easier access to deck
- ? under the door near [?]?
[?], cupheads ? [?] [?]

-whale mark
-show round facility[?]
-whalecatch/[?] trip
-pay[?] (check times)
-send 2[?]
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At 2PB Coll Scats found by Dr Graeme Smith on NSB west near CSIRO weather station [?] scat. old (c 1 year some use?)

[?] 230
Get Mus Acr

[?] 67 West N [?] 923838
924862
[?] [?] [?] 6'8x3'10 290

Newcastle 1814
Pr serving[?] spoons (Heavy[?], in [?]. old E good patina)
[?] Castlereagh St

Gold watches 60-300 etc
repeater + stop watch gold 2000!
Silver ones 40-50+
Bec[?] Boulker[?] Castlereagh St

Old tooth, not scrimshaw (large c 4'2"x3 at base) $25
Scrimshaw [?] for $120 - old one

20/3/73
[?] in Aust Mus (whale skel on display) has 13 teeth [?] R + 12 (maybe more) bottom left
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If I cable Fri I shall be home Fri. If not, Sat noon.
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David Meadow says Neophoca territorial, harem pairing etc.
(behavior on rocks is likely to be quite diff to that on sand beaches; cf hookeri which is sandy beaches, Neophoca which is rocks. Pups born at c 2 1/2 ft; dark all over. Fur gradually bleaches to fawn/golden until moult which begins @ 3 months. Moulted by 6 months to adult colouration which is v. similar to ad[?] female - golden belly, ashy grey back. Moult starts in mid back . Can suckle for 1 yr +. 3/4 grown animals found suckling!

Arctocephalus snout looks as though its been in a pencil sharpener cf hookeri
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(Vol II)
KGS [?] between pp 226 + 227 ([?] in list as port[?]!) follows[?] info of "Tasman's Island".
pp11+12 Vol I
pp227+8 Vol II

Q994
Prout J. Skinner
Australia by E C Booth
illus w drawings by S Prout etc.
London Virtue 1873-6
in Mitchell

Vol I p. 12
"The sketch of one of these at Wine Glass Bay"...
?near Portland Tas
settled by Henty family. Plate is opp p12. Vol I.

[?]
2 [?] Ladles 'n' small n 38 ea prod 1828
1/4 pt(?) silver reeded mug "b" prod 1817 95 [?]
1/2 pt (bigger/[?]) than one reeded "k" 1825 prod 145 [?]
Mid Vic Szatoze[?] fiddle 34 [?]
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Bob Green - had a female nonpregnant Globicephala strand monthly [?](?) has a skull, believes it's the "tropical" one. Worms infesting blowhole(?) identified by Pat Thomas (who's she?) as same as "tropical one" in N. Hemisphere (?).

Send Bob Green [?] ref.
JC Davies Ref of Geog[?] in[?] NSW
Tallis - Illus Atlas of the World
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Ring Judy 28 Roslyndale Av Wollahra 366433
[?] 242 Castlereigh 261304
Pres's [?]
TAA refueled aisle seat
Ring Wes Griffin 310711
Meeting @

Tell Robert that Wilsons had to send to WA for something! + that Jusy expects a letter. Love to all from her.

16/10/73
Hobart
KIRKE 17 Cornwell St
[?]
Battery Pt [?] 60 Hampden [tick mark]
[?] 25 Hampden - ! 15 [cross]
St Yeo's 36 DeWitt [three ticks]
Van Diemen 44 Hampden[?] [tick]
[?] 36 [?] [?] [?] +
Treas Chest 143 Sandy Bay Rd [two ticks]
[?] 240 L'pool.

VDL. 44H
Gray sp W+H 1900 25
gent's Mahog[?] wardrobe + drawers 375
[?] card table folding top 180

Batt Pt. 60H.
quite large Hawaiian sp - London 1902! /18
OE tsp 1899 $7 ea.
Sev Tablesp 1780-1805
[?]18-20
OE/[?]

[?] Sandy Bay Road (Quayle St)
Clock like [?] [?] [?] [?] $65 [tick]

Ts Chest 143 Sandy Bay Road
Oak [?]clock 450 [?] [tick]
Soup ladle (large) 1829 fiddle 100 [tick]
V large OE serving sp. [?] ea! [tick]
Victorian fiddle table forks 20 ea [tick]
Tallis' map Tas (old frame, wide ?Bird's eye maple 55) [tick]
" " Aust [?] 45 [tick]
Tbsp London 1808 28ea OE [tick]
Geo II [?] [?] "[?]" [?] 65 (small)

Launceston 18/10
Judy's [?] Wellington St?
152 Bathurst [cross]

Browseabout 136 Bathurst [cross]
Coogan [?] 114 Brisbane
Dilston Lodge Dilston
Jay's Trash + Treasure 86 Elizabeth
Noble 149 St John [cross]
Spinning Wheel 24 Marlborough [?]
The [?] Shop 110 Cameron [tick]
York Antiques 7 York (shut - [?])

Devonport
Camelot [?] The [?] Rooke St
Colonial Crafts Arts 39 [?]
Mantye[?] A Old Coast Rd Spreyton
Sheehan BJ + BW 79 Forbes.

Rodney D.J. Weathersbee
([?] [?] [?])
Chairman[?] Nat Trust Regional museum's [?]
Pres. Friends of the A. Mus Society
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Sydney 18/10/73
[?] ([?])
Set 12 tsp not quite king's P (like Loasky's[?] but heavier) no date 100 in box
Set 6 Tsp OE? 1935 all the English [?] marks Lond Brin[?] Ed in box $100
[additional inserted material follows]
[Air mail stamp]
[Bannisters' Western Australian fire arms license dated 1 OCT 73]
[Business card for "Berry's Antique's" writing on back 18/10/73 Coach's [?] $75 (!) copper +white metal (not brass) Tallis map (copies) S1]
[Business card for St George Antiques. note on front - S Prout "Australia Illustrated", notes on back - maple panes are rare! Same [?] [?] [?]. $50 [?] ladle[?] no [?], Walking stick (whale bone + wood handle) 60, Pilot wh Jaw (scrimshawed) $165, c10 teeth, no Aust connections (US, Cape Horn etc) 60ea (all small), 1 large (US flags etc) 98, Whistle 40, Small spindles 2 ea larger (needle[?]?) 8]
22/8 KO [?] Lit [?] St Melb.
c1811 [?] Ladle 70 [?] [?] [?] cracked handle
WF JH? 4 marks + [?] Gray spoon OE 60
GII 4 marks near bowl O or Q or D? v squashed sideways
[?] scoop (not spoon) Lond 1775 70
6 tsps London 1871-3 $70
Decanter stand [?] + engraved. large (St) 300. Date?

Ace Motel
S6.00 /adult inc breakfast
$2.5-$3.00 /child not inc. Caroline
jolly bloke from Albany motel?
Auto Tourist Motel
$13.50 /double inc. breakfast
$7.50 /3kids inc "
21. ov

September 1972
Albany Auto Motel
$6 each adult Bed + Brk
$3 " child
approx. $1.50 Caroline (cot own)

Highway (double story sep. can park)
$5.75 each adult Bed only
$3.00 " child " "
breakfast separately approx. $1 per head

Esplanade
$7.50 / adult Bed only
$3.50 / child not incl C.
breakfast separate

2 humps William's Bay 9/9/71
Dead 1-2 weeks? male

Head buried end of cliff top path William's Inlet Road (Rt Land fork to sea)
[Sketch map of location of beaching]

Pilot, Killer, False K, Beaked, 'White' All beaks every whale!

Get sent[?]{Pencils + like[?], Labels. Tape for [?], Tubes

[?]
Somewhere to work
Lower Jaw
Neville Coleman

Teeth coll 9/9 Globicephalas [?] Parry Inlet
1 - [?] 65
2 - 66
3 - 63
4 -62
5- 60
6 -61
7 - 58
8 - next to 58 [?]
9 [scribbled out]
10 - 99
11-76 12 -74