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bay whalernoun Australian / NZ historical1A person who hunted whales from a station on the shore: the harbours of southwestern Australia were being used by sealers and bay whalers...- The bay whaler waited for the whales to come to them.
- Shore and bay whalers operated differently from the midocean hunters of Nantucket.
- The bay whalers concentrated first on what is now the South Australian coast.
1.1A boat used for hunting whales from a station on the shore: it had been outfitted as a bay whaler before being wrecked in 1837...- She was purchased about 1814 by to sail out of Hobart Town as a bay whaler and sealer under the command of the colourful and redoubtable Captain James Kelly.
- Not for her the short season of the bay-whaler that worked close to shore.
- Should one of their ships be only partially successful, she could fill up with the oil secured during her absence by the bay whaler.
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