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

By:

Mullins, Steve, 1952- [Author]

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online resource

ISBN:

9780817392383

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SH377 .O286 2019

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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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"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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