Redbill: The Amazing Story of an Australian Pearling Lugger

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There were once hundreds of ketches like Redbill fishing for pearlshell in the waters of the old northwest Australia, but few had her gift for survival or friendship. Built in 1903, Redbill sailed, pearling through the great days of Broome and the hard years of the Depression. When war came to the Pacific, Redbill was there as the first bombs fell on Darwin. When her pearling years ended, Redbill took on new lives and new masters. In Papua she hunted crocodiles in giant swamps, carried cargo for missionaries and lived with ex-headhunters as they rebuilt their lost artistic past. Redbill continued her adventurous life as Redbill of Greenpeace, sailing the Pacific to defy the might of French nuclear testing. She supported the refugees of East Timor, helped troubled teenagers through the rough waters of Bass Strait and found the way home for a young Aboriginal man. It was cyclone Rosita's destructive force that eventually ended the lugger's extraordinary life and brought to an end a centu

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Author:   Kate Lance
Publisher:   Fremantle Press
Imprint:   Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9781920731427

ISBN 10:   1920731423
Pages:   399
Publication Date:   09 February 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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