Bob, Sounds like your uncle Vik would have identified with Harry's "Queensland Whalers" with all it's references to the stockman's trade.

Harry's songs are the only ones I've found that deal with the 20th century whaling industry. Distasteful though it may be to us, the songs themselves are gems, preserving a type of work that - one day, I hope - will be only a memory.

Do you know Harry's son Andrew, who lives in Thorneside? He was very helpful to me when I was doing research for a paper on Harry's whaling songs.

Jerry