THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT: RESOURCES USE, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE, 1860-1960.

GANTER, Regina.

ISBN 10: 0522845479 / ISBN 13: 9780522845471

Published by Melbourne University Press,, Carlton,, 1994

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First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp xvii, 299. Original publisher's illustrated wraps. Regina Ganter charts the progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management. The book is greatly enhanced by the oral testimony of divers and boat-owners. ISBN: 0522845479 Fine. Seller Inventory # C4489

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT: ...

Publisher: Melbourne University Press,, Carlton,

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

In an ethnically stratified work force, Japanese, South Sea Islander, Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal divers brought up from the sea floor the shell that produced mother-of-pearl, and sometimes pearls. Many men died at this dangerous work.

Regina Ganter charts the progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management. The book is greatly enhanced by the oral testimony of divers and boat-owners.

About the Author:

Dr Regina Ganter has cone extensive fieldwork as a consultant for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. A lecturer at Griffith University, she presently holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Australian National University to explore the dynamics of interaction between Asians, Aborigines and Europeans at the Australian frontier.