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Broome: Broome, Western Australia, Attack on Broome, Broome Race Riots of 1920, Broome International Airport, Broome Bird Observatory

Broome: Broome, Western Australia, Attack on Broome, Broome Race Riots of 1920, Broome International Airport, Broome Bird Observatory


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Chapters: Broome, Western Australia, Attack on Broome, Broome Race Riots of 1920, Broome International Airport, Broome Bird Observatory, Cable Beach. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Broome, Western Australia - Broome is situated on the traditional lands of the Yawuru people. The first European to visit Broome was William Dampier in 1688 and again in 1699. Many of the coastal features of the area are named by him. In 1879, Charles Harper suggested that the pearling industry could be served by a port closer to the pearling grounds and that Roebuck Bay would be suitable. In 1883, John Forrest selected the site for the town, and it was named after Sir Frederick Broome, the Governor of Western Australia from 1883 to 1889. In 1889, a telegraph undersea cable was laid from Broome to Singapore, connecting to England. Hence the name Cable Beach given to the landfall site. The town has an interesting history based around the exploits of the men and women who developed the pearling industry, starting with the harvesting of oysters for mother of pearl in the 1880s to the current major cultured pearl farming enterprises. The riches from the pearl beds did not come cheap, and the town's Japanese cemetery is the resting place of 919 Japanese divers who lost their lives working in the industry. Many more were lost at sea, and the exact number of deaths is unknown. The Japanese were only one of the major ethnic groups who flocked to Broome to work on the luggers or the shore based activities supporting the harvesting of oysters from the waters around Broome. They were specialist divers and, despite being considered enemies, became an indispensable part of the industry until World War II. Broome was attacked by Japanese aircraft on 3 March 1942. The air raid ki...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=146682


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158349043
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158349041
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Broome, Western Australia, Attack on Broome, Broome Race Riots of 1920, Broome International Airport, Broome Bird Observatory
  • Width: 229 mm


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