e/Pearling in Western Australia

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has glosseng: Pearling in Western Australia existed well before European settlement. Coastal dwelling Aborigines had collected and traded pearl shell as well as trepang and tortoise with fishermen from Sulawesi for possibly hundreds of years. After settlement the Aborigines were used as slave labour in the emerging commercial industry. Pearling centred around Broome was the largest in the world by 1910. It remains an important part of the Western Australian economy.
lexicalizationeng: Pearling in western australia
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media:imgPearling luggers, Broome.jpg
media:imgWestern Australian pearling areas.jpg

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