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Title	Broome pearling crews journal, 1917-1921 [manuscript]
Published/Produced	1917-1921.

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LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	NOTE	MESSAGE
3rd Floor	MN 1220 Detailed listing	NOT FOR LOAN
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 1318A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
4th Floor Stack	ACC 1318A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY		REQUEST RETRIEVAL

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Call Number	MN 1220
Physical description	6 cm.
Access advisory	Available for reference; not for loan.
Cite As	Battye Library, MN 1220, Records of pearling crews, Broome, Western Australia, ACC 1318A.
Additional formats	Also available on microfilm.
Biography/history	During the 1890s Broome became Australia's main pearling port and in 1903 had a fleet of 300 vessels. The diving crews were mostly indentured Japanese and Malays.
Finding Aids	Detailed listing available (MN 1220)
Summary	Records of men signed as crew, shell openers, etc. on pearling luggers; records of payments made to them and expenditure by them.
Subjects	Pearl divers -- Western Australia -- Broome -- Archives.
	Broome (W.A.) -- Biography.