Mick Stubbs interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3884632
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Stubbs, Mick, 1941-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 1 sound file (ca. 67 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Mick Stubbs born 1941 in Albany, W.A.; speaks of his mother; father's background; Australian Whaling Company; memories of his childhood; going out with his father on the chaser; recalls an incident with the ants; moving into town after his mother died; his grandparents bringing him up; schooling; apprenticeship as a mechanic; saw mill work at Manjimup, South Australia; chaser work in Carnarvon (1962); chasing humpbacks; whaling company (1950-1963); working two years in Carnavon; Cheynes III, working in engine room; prawn trawling after father's accident; estuary fishing and then back to chasers; working with his father; discipline within the crew; description of a day s work; changes in size restrictions (1970s); behaviour of humpback whales; method of catching them; oil bonus paid; use of sonar in locating the whales; whales talking; tide lines, squid lines; recalls incident of trying to get a squid on board.
Stubbs talks on how whales caught food; experience of being in a barrel; learning skills through study and on the job; reference made to book 'I Remember Memoirs of a Whaling Skipper' written by his father Ches Stubbs; safety on board the chasers; recollection of an incident with Norwegian sailors; fathers sayings; passengers on board the chasers; recalls an incident of helping a passenger with seasickness; cooks on the chasers; weather conditions; discusses boats used in the early days of whaling; restrictions placed on the number of whales taken; drinking not allowed on board the chasers; demise of the whaling station; conservation issues; looking for jobs after the closure of the station; effect of the closure of the station on the workers community; loss of superannuation; variety of jobs after the closure; thoughts about the whaling days; future prediction on whaling; excitement of the chase; making fishing nets; learning the skills.
- Partial contents:
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- Stories about life and whaling in Albany, W.A.: New crew member
- Whaling station at Carnarvon
- Chasing humpbacks
- Superstitions
- Father's parrott.
- Biography/History:
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Mick Stubbs worked for many years on the whale chasers at Cheyne's Beach Whaling Station and also worked at other whaling stations including Carnarvon. His father Ches Stubbs, was an oldtime skipper on the chasers.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Accompanying photographs.
- Recorded on October 16, 2006 at Albany, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 43 leaves)
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- Until 2076 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2006
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