G'day Arthur,

Harry Robertson grew up in Scotland (~Clyde?), managed an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce Aero engines during WWII, enlisted in the Royal Navy towards the end and served as a junior sub-lieutenant on trawlers in the North Sea, including a lot of moving back liberty ships &c after the war.

He worked on British whalers, out of South Georgia, in the Falkland Islands and then he anfd his wife emmigrated to Australia. He worked in the ship repair industry and also in coastal whaling off the New South Wales and Queensland coasts, during the 1950s. I met him during the 1960s and '70s when he lived in Sydney.

I had a Danish whaler for an uncle - married to my mother's sister. Vik worked in the Central districts as a stockman - mostly - but he occasionally chucked it in and headed down to Sydney to sign on for a 4 month stint in the southern whaling season ... then he would be back on a horse in the Australian outback!

Anyway, I will post the words to Harry's Ballina Whalers to a separate "LYR ADD" thread, to be sure that they are spotted and 'harvested'. I will also add a MIDIText file, but I will send the straight MIDI file to Alan of Oz for adding to the MIDI site, which is the easiest way to hear how a tune sounds.

Regards,

Bob Bolton