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Diving for pearls on Thursday Island

from State Library of Queensland

  • Zantanna Wano said:
    Goodmorning, Just wondering the names of the diver also the crew of this boat?
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    Zantanna Wano Un fortunately we don't know anything more about this photographs than what is here. So many of our collection of photographs have minimal information. We are always looking for more information that can help us know more about them. perhaps a pearling expert might know more.
  • Hemeroteca Digital | Portugal | Old magazines & newspapers said:
    Fantastic picture!!!

Barquentine in full sail in the Aru Islands Regency, 1908

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    A barquentine or schooner barque (alternatively "barkentine" or "schooner bark") is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts. The term "barquentine" is seventeenth century in origin, formed from "barque" in imitation of "brigantine", a two-masted vessel square-rigged only on the forward mast, and apparently formed from the word brig. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barquentine

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