A southern right whale, (Eubalaena australis), in Hervey Bay, QLD and Ballina, NNSW

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by  Trish Franklin

308 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM
ASOUTHERN RIGHTWHALE,(EUBALAENAAUSTRALIS),IN whichmayrepresentrecolonizationofbreedinggroundsused
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1997). Southernrightwhalesaggregatecloseinshorewhen Acknowledgements
on the breeding grounds (Burnell & Bryden, 1997; We thank Nathalie Patenaude for confirming the
Patcnaude. 2002), which made them easy targets for bay photographic matches, Wally Franklin for assistance in
whaling. Anestimated26.000+southernrightwhaleswere preparation of the manuscript, and Phil Clapham, Peter
taken from SE Australia and New Zealand from 1822 Harrison,PeterBaverstockandJohnBannisterforcomments
(Dawbin, 1986). Peakcatchesoccurredduring 1830- 1850, onearlierdrafts.
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justsouthofSydney(Bannister, 1986: Dawbin, 1986).Here, Australia. Journal ofCetacean Research and Management,
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and the fleet reported continued sightings during the earlytwentiethcenturies.ReportoftheInternationalWhaling
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BiologicalSciences.(UniversityofAuckland:Auckland).
Resultsanddiscussion Payne,R.,Brazier,O..Dorsey,E.,Perkins.J„Rowntree,V&Titus,A.
Therightwhalewas individually identified fromnatural 1983.External featuresinsouthernright whales(Eubalaena
markings,includingcallositypatterns,asdescribedbyPayne australis)andtheiruseinidentifyingindividuals.Pp.371-445.
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distance between the Hervey Bay and Ballina sightings is southern right whales Eubalaena australis, 1951-1971.
approximately550km. Biological data and conservation implications. Biological
Thenorthernmostsightingofasouthernrightwhaleineast Conservation86: 185-197.
Australiaincludedamotherandcalf in HerveyBayin2000
(Brigden, 2001). Taken with other recent sightings, these TrishFranklin & DanielBurns, Southern Cross University
observations suegest that the population maybe increasing WhaleResearch Centre, POBox 157, Lismore, NSW2480.
(Allen&Bejder,2003). Thesightings mayalsoindicatean [e-mail:trish6woceania.org.aul
expansion ofthe rangeofE. australis offeastern Australia,