[Unloading pearl shells, Broome] [picture] / Roger Garwood
- Bib ID:
- 1602180
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Garwood, Roger, 1945-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1979
- 1 photograph : b&w ; image 31.7 x 47.6 cm., sheet 50.4 x 60.7 cm.
- Series:
- Broome series 1979.
- Summary:
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"Pearl shell, unloaded from luggers using a block and tackle, is loaded onto a trolley mounted on a small rail track. The sacks of shell are pushed along the jetty to a sorting shed, visible in the background of the picture to the left had {i.e. hand} side of the jetty (beside the white gloved hand of the crewman). The trolley has recently been recovered from Broome's rubbish tip by Steve Arrow of the Arrow Pearling Company and is on display as part of a tourist precinct, "The Luggers". The luggers in this image and the previous image have a slightly raised bow section and were among the last of the traditional luggers built for the Streeter and Male company. The raised bow section was to ensure that Australian crew members, who later worked on the luggers, had sufficient head room while below decks. Earlier luggers employed mixed race crews, predominantly Japanese and Malay, who were considerably shorter in stature."--Notes from artist.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition file number 204/02/00071.
- Condition: Good.
- Photograph signed by artist on verso.
- Part of the collection of photographs of pearl shells at Broome, Western Australia by Roger Garwood.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146279836
- Subject:
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- Copyright is held by Roger Garwood.
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Broome series 1979.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1979
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