Spades, do you get Barney Brewster's books lists?
His latest one has at least 7 Whaling titles
including for example
62. DINGWALL, P.R. et al (eds) - Enderby Settlement Diaries: Records of a British Colony at the Auckland Islands, 1849-1852. Akld: Wild Press & Wordsell Press, 1999. [18]267 pages. 23.5 cm. Illus (some col), maps. The ill-fated, soap opera colony of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, as documented in the diaries of William A. Mackworth and William J. Munce.
Commentaries include chapter on "The Maori-Moriori community". Limpcovers, very good. Signed by two of the editors. $75
134. McKILLOP, Capt Bill - The Last of the Sail Whalers: Whaling Off Southern New Zealand and Tasmania. Porirua: Paremata Press, 2019. [18]280 pages. 25 cm. Illus, maps. Indexes. Edited by Rhys Richards & Graeme Broxam.
McKillop was born on Stewart Island in 1865, grew up in Riverton and was the last of the sail whalers in Foveaux Strait, Fiordland and the southern islands: Chathams, Solander, the Snares, Auckland ("the most inhospitable coast I ever saw") and Campbell. He died in Hobart in 1938. As well as the many NZ references there is considerable detail on sealing, on whale capture and processing, and the life of
whalemen ashore and at sea. Chapter headings: Early life and sealing in New Zealand; The whale chase; Whaling out of New Zealand and Tasmania; Incidents on our voyages; Some famous Hobart whalemen; Whales; The merchant mariner; Valedictory (by Will Lawson); William McKillop, a brief biography. An interesting resource. NEW in softcovers. $55
