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Tears of the Moon

Tears of the Moon
  • Author(s): Di Morrissey
  • Location(s): Broome
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Late 1800s

Broome, Australia, 1893: It’s the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets dashing pearling master Captain Tyndall, their lives are destined to be linked by the mysterious power of the...

The White Divers of Broome

The White Divers of Broome
  • Author(s): John Bailey
  • Location(s): Broome
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s

A look at the politics behind the pearl shell diving industy in the 1900s, largely forgotten. The Japanese were largely the divers and the Whites were essentially behind the industry. And vivid descriptions of how the Aborigines were forced...

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