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The Pearl-Shellers of Torres Strait

The Pearl-Shellers of Torres Strait

Ganter, Regina

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Australia & OceaniaAnthropology

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ISBN10: 0522845479
ISBN13: 9780522845471
Publisher: Melbourne University
Published: Jun 14 2024
Pages: 299
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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.

This was an industry that could have given the indigenous peoples of Torres Strait an occupation that preserved their identity and independence. Yet in spite of a co-operative lugger scheme that operated fairly successfully in the early twentieth century, a real independence was not achieved. And a resource that could have been conserved by small-scale indigenous harvesting was depleted time and again by the colonial practices of resource-raiding and mass extraction.

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