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Octopus crowd : maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age / Steve Mullins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Maritime currents : history and archaeologyPublication details: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780817392383
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • SH377 .O286 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Origins of pearling on the East Coast -- The lure of the North -- From Torres Strait to the North West : 1881-1886 -- In the North West : 1886-1890 -- The Aru Islands : there and back -- Consolidating the combination : 1891-1897 -- Days of plenty, days of pain : 1897-1899 -- Federation : the specter of white Australia -- In the Netherlands Indies -- Between a rock and a hard place : 1908-1917 -- Conclusion: The passing of the schooner age.
Subject: "A detailed study of the origins and demise of schooner-based pearling in Australia"--
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction SH377.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1110689193

"A detailed study of the origins and demise of schooner-based pearling in Australia"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Losing Alice -- Origins of pearling on the East Coast -- The lure of the North -- From Torres Strait to the North West : 1881-1886 -- In the North West : 1886-1890 -- The Aru Islands : there and back -- Consolidating the combination : 1891-1897 -- Days of plenty, days of pain : 1897-1899 -- Federation : the specter of white Australia -- In the Netherlands Indies -- Between a rock and a hard place : 1908-1917 -- Conclusion: The passing of the schooner age.

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