WEST AUSTRALIANA Biography Pearling –

It’s the story of a woman who ventures into the unknown as a 19-year-old girl and ties her fortunes to those of the pearl. From seven years in a paperbark hut, to herding goats and snakes, Alison radiates optimism and adventure while raising two children and building an entire community in the isolated tropical paradise of Western Australia’s north.It’s a family story of penniless pioneers who dared to dream and the pearling enterprise they created, which has survived against the odds from pure grit and determination and an Aussie can-do attitude.It’s the story of the luminous Australian South Sea pearl and of mastering the secrets to coax it into life. For fifty years, the strands of Alison’s life have entwined with the precious pearls drawn from the waters of Cygnet Bay, where red dirt meets white sand meets brilliant blue sea.

• Brown, Alison, 1949-
• Brown, Alison, 1949- — Family
• Pearl industry and trade — Western Australia — Cygnet Bay
• Pearls — Western Australia — Cygnet Bay
• Biography: general
• Cygnet Bay (W.A.)
• Australian
• Australian history

• • ix, 288 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm #231225