A history walk down Johnny Chi Lane

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1. Verfasser: Lawton, Kevin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Broome, WA Kevin Lawton [2003]
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  • Enthält: An ancient river delta. - Pearling comes to Roebuck Bay. - Skindiving and blackbirding. - The Thursday Islanders. - Future capital of the Kimberley. - A British entrepreneur. - The cable house. - The pearling masters. - The Broome jetty. - The Japanese. - Malays, Koepangers & Filipinos. - The Chinese and Johnny Chi Lane. - Broome's heyday. - An unexpected turn of events. - The practice of dummying. - The Japanese & Koepanger riots. - The literary romance of Broome. - War clouds & Japanese internment. - The Japanese air raid on Broome. - Quiet years, tourism and today.