WEST AUSTRALIANA –

Western Australia Pearling First Edition. History of pearling industry in n-w of WA, TSI, Broome, and northern waters near Darwin; includes early contact with Aborigines, employment as divers, rise of black-birding and slavery, violent conflict and legislative responses of government mentions Hadleys mission on Sunday Island.

380 p. : ill ; 24 cm. First Edition.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 363-374.

#0921/270226(bookstamp name on fpd.) Pearl industry and trade — Australia — History.

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