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

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullins, Steve, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2019]
Colección:Maritime currents.
Temas:
Pearl fisheries > Australia > History.
Mother-of-pearl > Australia > History.
Pearl divers > Australia > History.
Schooners > Australia > History.
Perles > Pêche commerciale > Australie > Histoire.
Nacre > Australie > Histoire.
Pêcheurs de perles > Australie > Histoire.
Goélettes > Australie > Histoire.
Commerce
Mother-of-pearl
Pearl divers
Pearl fisheries
Schooners
Australia > Commerce > History.
Australie > Commerce > Histoire.
Australia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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