THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT, Resource Use, Development and Decline, 1860s-1960s

GANTER, Regina

ISBN 10: 0522845479 / ISBN 13: 9780522845471

Published by Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. ., 1994

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1st Ed. XVIII, 300 PP with 3 tables, 3 fig. & 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14. The progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday, through several crises due to over-fishing to its present cautious management. Seller Inventory # 21060

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

Publisher: Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. .

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Soft cover

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.