The pearl seekers / Norman Bartlett
- Bib ID:
- 799263
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bartlett, Norman, 1908-1992
- Description:
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- London : Melrose, 1954
- 312 p., [39] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders employed in pearl fishing; popular account of contact with Aborigines and Islanders; Kimberley District and Arnhem Land; conflict between Arnhem Land Aborigines and police and Japanese pearlers in the 1930s.
- Notes:
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- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography: p. 311-312.
- Library's HSW copy includes typed note affixed in front: "This book was bought from the Shioya Country Club in July 1981 when they sold their library." Copy also includes note of page references to reports on Japanese divers and references to the Japanese.
- Subject:
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- Pearl fisheries -- Australia
- Pearl fisheries -- Papua New Guinea
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Law enforcement - Police
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Fishing
- Australia, Northern -- Description and travel
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2062 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1992
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1954
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