around Broome in North Western Australia
on the ocean in North Western Australia
Cultured pearls are raised on farms near the
town of Broome, a center for pearl and pearl-shell fishing.g.
marine railroad used by
pearl-shell diving vessels
(before plastics pearl shell was the material of buttons)
Now pearl-shell diving is for the pearls
many of the Japanese Community
/ Settlers in the old town of Broome
owned and ran the Pearling Industry
many Japanese spent their whole lives in Australia
the Japanese Pearlers
often employed Australian Aboriginals as divers
resulting in many dieing from over exploitation.
a hotel
Red Rock country
along the coast is the Anastasias Pool, a
chiseled-out basin carved by the lighthouse
keeper so his arthritic wife, Anastasia, could bathe in the waters each day
grotesque formations on Gantheaume point
a waste land
an oasis
and flowers
