Whale surfacing to breathe

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ContributorCommunity HistoryDescriptionColoured photograph of the detail of a Humpback whale surfacing. Every year the Western Australian coast becomes the 'humpback highway' a ten to twenty thousand kilometre annual round trip, the migration route taken by thousands of humpback whales travelling between Antarctica and the warm waters around Broome.CollectionMooro culture and heritage collectionCreator individualWendy SleeDate created2024MaterialsDigital imageHistorical details

Mamung is the Nyoongar word for whale and it holds deep cultural and spiritual significance.

Whales were hunted in Western Australia in the nineteenth century, for their oil, almost to extinction. Patrick Marmion ran a whaling station along the coastline close to Watermans Bay.

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Accession number2026.0139

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