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Looking up the companionway to the man at the helm on the boat Torres, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Pearling became the largest industry in far north Queensland in the 1890s and had a massive impact on coastal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It was the only industry ever exempted from the provisions of the White Australia policy because it was the economic pillar supporting the far north with cheap labour from the South Pacific and Asia. Its legacy is a history of mixed populations in the far north that defies the standard historical image of a white Australia. Source: www.qhatlas.com.au/content/pearling

Three Cheers crew sorting and packing shells, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Torres Strait pearl-shelling was almost entirely dependent on imported indentured labour from both Asia and the Pacific, the crew of the Combination's Three Cheers fleet being typical – 3 Europeans, 40 Japanese, 23 Filipinos, 12 Malays, 35 South Sea Islanders and 20 New Guineans.40 By the late 1890s, divers were having to go deeper for shell, and the majority were Japanese, who were the very best. Deep water full-dress helmet diving was not only dangerous, but a highly skilled occupation, and it took two or three years to train good men. Source: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21533369.2005.9668351

Schooner Sketty Belle with sails unfurled, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Sketty Belle (ship, 1877) Type: Pearling schooner Completed: 1877 History 1877 Named 'Crest of the Wave Official number: 74939 Port: Sydney Owner: John Saunders 1898 Owner: George Smith 1900 or 1901 Renamed Sketty Belle; Flag: Australia Port: Sydney Owner: George Smith 1907 No longer in register Source commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sketty_Belle_(ship,_1877)