Wallking Jetty to Jetty Stories of Broome by Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
Picture the bustle of the Roebuck Bay foreshore, where a ?forest? of luggers dominated the landscape, children played off the jetties and amongst the mangroves, and Asian, Aboriginal and European workers mingled in the work sheds and divers? quarters.Set in the heart of Yawuru country, Walking Jetty to ...Show more
Beyond The Lattice
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
In Beyond the Lattice Susan Sickert seeks answers to her questions about this fascinating Australian town. She steps off the verandah, away from the pearlers' world of privilege, privacy and power behind the lattice. She looks instead for the heart of Broome in the lives of the thousands of Asian, Abori ...Show more
Tears of the Moon by Di Morrissey
$21.00 AUD
Category: Broome History
Tears of the Moon is the spellbinding prequel to Kimberley Sun from Australia's favourite storyteller with the new novel Arcadia out soon. Two inspiring journeys. Two unforgettable women. One amazing story.Broome, Australia, 1893: It's the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when yo ...Show more
Broome Through the Lens of Master Photographer Fernande Kuypers by Fernande Kuypers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
Broome 1910 Companion Publication to 'a Pearling Master's Journey' by John deB Norman
$85.00 AUD
Category: Broome History
The 24 photographs in the Trotman-Norman collection have an impeccable provenance, and are a photographic record of the days in August 1910 when WH Trotman, a Fremantle engineer, was the guest of Hugh Davis Norman for the three days in Broome whilst SS Charon was loading cargo at the Mangrove Point jett ...Show more
Broome's One Day War
$7.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The story of the Japanese Raid on Broome 3rd March 1942
The Diamond Dakota Mystery by Juliet Wills; Marianne Van Velzen (As told to)
$26.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
This extraordinary true tale follows the disappearance of more than 20 million dollars worth of precious diamonds during World War II. In 1942, as the Japanese army advanced on Java, two wealthy businessmen entrusted a Russian aviator, Captain Ivan Smirnoff, with a small, mysteriously-unmarked package, ...Show more
The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay: The 1942 Bombing of Broome, and its Tragic Aftermath by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put ...Show more
A Voyage of No Importance
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the true story of an epic 350 km voyage along the West Kimberley coast made by two intrepid seafarers in their 3.5 metre wooden dinghy in late 1920
Forty Fathoms Deep - Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas by Ion Idriess
$35.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
Pearl divers & sea rovers in Australian seas. Mr. Idriess reveals to the reader the technique of pearling with him, the reader boards the lugger for the pearling grounds, makes the acquaintance of the skipper and crew, dons the diving dress and descends to the sea floor, sees the wonders of a new a ...Show more
Pearling Days by John Brockman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pearling Yesterday and Today
The pearling voyage of the 'Sarah' to the North West and Kimberley in 1889 and 1881, with an appendix on the death of W.H. Lowe during an expedition north east of the Gascoyne in late 1881. From John Brockman's 1912 manuscript. One of the few books on the earliest days of pearling in Western Australia. ...Show more