The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network

by Adrian Vickers and Julia Martinez

Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, The Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing them into their northern pearling trade empire. From the 1860s onward the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824875176
• ISBN13: 9780824875176
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"