Love Luck and Larceny by JOHN THOMPSON-GRAY
$29.95 AUD
Category: Broome History
Memoirs from Broome 1942.
Safe Ruby A Broome Dog's Quest To Find A Home by Julie Starkey; Hannah Morris (Illustrator); Julie Starkey
$14.95 AUD
Category: Children
Meet Ruby, she is a lovable, cheeky mutt, yet she is homeless. Who will take care of her ? Join Ruby on her journey to find her forever home. You will fall in love with this book, and with Ruby too! It is a book for all of us who love dogs. It is also about acceptance, and the deep need of all people a ...Show more
Charlie's Swim by Edith Wright
$27.99 AUD
Category: Children
Age range 9 to 12During WWII after the Japanese invasion of Java, more than 1000 refugees from the Dutch East Indies, many in flying boats, passed through Broome, which was a major refuelling point and a significant Allied military base. On 3 March 1942 Broome was attacked by Japanese fighter planes, ki ...Show more
The White Divers of Broome: The True Story of a Fatal Experiment by John Bailey
$25.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The True Story of a Fatal Experiment1912 Broome was as much 'Asian' as 'Australian'. The town thrived on the hugely profitable, but extremely dangerous, pearl shell industry. It was a frontier town where racial tensions simmered. This is a gripping narrative that echoes with many of the same fears and h ...Show more
The Tragic Pearl
$12.95 AUD
Category: Pearling Yesterday and Today
Lifted from the bed of the Indian Ocean outside La Grange Bay, North West Australia, one Saturday in August, 1905, the great pearl that figures in this story was pronounced by the few that saw it to be worth a king's ransom. Within forty-eight hours, however, it was stolen, and thereafter passed rapidly ...Show more