Research Catalog

Title

The pearl frontier [electronic resource] : Indonesian labor and indigenous encounters in Australia's northern trading network / Julia Martínez and Adrian Vickers.

Author

Martínez, Julia.

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]

Details

Additional Authors

Vickers, Adrian, 1958-

Description

1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Uniform Title

Pearl frontier (Online)

Alternative Title

Pearl frontier (Online)

Subject

• Pearl industry and trade > Australia, Northern > History
• Pearl industry and trade > Indonesia > History
• Foreign workers, Indonesian > Australia, Northern
• Australia, Northern > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Border-crossing on the pearl frontier -- The birth of the pearling zone, 1860-1890 -- Maritime mobility in eastern Indonesia -- Master pearlers on both sides of the frontier -- Labor migration to north Australia, 1901-1941 -- Challenging social segregation -- War on the pearl frontier -- Disputed borders on the pearl frontier -- Marriage and Australian citizenship.

LCCN

2014045925

OCLC

ssj0001608769

Author

Martínez, Julia.

Title

The pearl frontier [electronic resource] : Indonesian labor and indigenous encounters in Australia's northern trading network / Julia Martínez and Adrian Vickers.

Imprint

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Vickers, Adrian, 1958-