TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mullins,Steve
TI  - Octopus crowd: maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age 
T2  - Maritime currents : history and archaeology
SN  - 9780817392383
AV  - SH377 .O286 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - The University of Alabama Press
KW  - Pearl fisheries
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Mother-of-pearl
KW  - Pearl divers
KW  - Schooners
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "A detailed study of the origins and demise of schooner-based pearling in Australia"--
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2149623&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
ER  -