The Last WhaleIts the end of the seventies and one young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australias whaling industry. Thirty years after the last whale was captured and slaughtered in Australia, Chris Pash, tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end. This fair and balanced account portrays the raw a... |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 2 |
Section 3 | 8 |
Section 4 | 11 |
Section 5 | 12 |
Section 6 | 15 |
Section 7 | 21 |
Section 8 | 39 |
Section 15 | 110 |
Section 16 | 136 |
Section 17 | 146 |
Section 18 | 156 |
Section 19 | 165 |
Section 20 | 172 |
Section 21 | 173 |
Section 22 | 188 |
Section 9 | 52 |
Section 10 | 61 |
Section 11 | 71 |
Section 12 | 84 |
Section 13 | 96 |
Section 14 | 102 |
Section 23 | 198 |
Section 24 | 203 |
Section 25 | 215 |
Section 26 | 240 |
Section 27 | 269 |
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