Octopus crowd : maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age /

Octopus crowd : maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mullins, Steve, 1952- author.
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Maritime currents : history and archaeology Maritime currents.
Subject:	Pearl fisheries -- Australia -- History. Mother-of-pearl -- Australia -- History. Pearl divers -- Australia -- History. Schooners -- Australia -- History. Commerce. Mother-of-pearl. Pearl divers. Pearl fisheries. Schooners. Australia -- Commerce -- History. Australia. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12354017

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ISBN:	9780817392383 0817392386 9780817320249 0817320245
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"A detailed study of the origins and demise of schooner-based pearling in Australia"--
Other form:	Print version: Mullins, Steve, 1952- Octopus crowd. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2019] 9780817320249

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Losing Alice
Origins of pearling on the East Coast
The lure of the North
From Torres Strait to the North West : 1881-1886
In the North West : 1886-1890
The Aru Islands : there and back
Consolidating the combination : 1891-1897
Days of plenty, days of pain : 1897-1899
Federation : the specter of white Australia
In the Netherlands Indies
Between a rock and a hard place : 1908-1917
Conclusion: The passing of the schooner age.