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South Australian Projects At least 15 whaling stations are believed to have existed on the coast of South Australia during the years leading up to official European settlement in 1836 and shortly thereafter. Whaling was a critically important industry in the successful colonisation of South Australia. In addition to the shore based whaling activity, there was pelagic whaling by American, French and British whalers.   Fieldwork on shore based whaling stations in South Australia under the direction of Mark Staniforth commenced in April 1997 and continued in November involving the recording of sites on the Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Funding of more than $41,000 for this part of the project and the development of this Website and a GIS database has come from a Flinders University URB establishment grant, the Ian Potter Foundation, the Australian National Centre for Excellence in Maritime Archaeology (WA Maritime Museum) and a small ARC grant.   List of South Australian Whaling Sites Projects Point Collinson Sleaford Bay D'Estrees Bay St Peters Island Fowler's Bay Cape Jervis   Other South Australian Whaling Sites   Adventure Bay (Tasmania) Point Collinson Boston Island Point de Mole Cape Jervis Port Elliot Coffin Bay  Port Noarlunga D'Estrees Bay Rivoli Bay Doyles Bay St Peters Island Encounter Bay Sleaford Bay Flinders Island Spalding Cove Fowlers Bay Thistle Island Hog Bay  Trial Bay        References to Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand