Broome – Japanese Cemetery and Pearling History

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There are a lot of historical sites in Broome related to its pearling history. This cemetery is just one of them.

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Example of a hard hat diver who worked at collecting pearls in deep waters.

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Three men who played a significant part in the establishment of the pearling industry in Broome – (L to R, Keith F. Dureau, Hiroshi Iwaki, & Tokuichi Kuribayashi).

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A statute depicting a pregnant Aboriginal girl diving for pearl shells.

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Cape Leveque Mail Run

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This fish trap was built by the great grandparents of the present owners and is still in working order. The fish get trapped in the rock pool with the falling tide. The whole camp shared in a feed of trevally the week before we went there.

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Current owners of the Gumbanan Campground, Frank and Maureen Davey. They provided breakfast for us on the trip.

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The group listening to stories of Frank’s younger days in the area.

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The road into Cape Leveque. Very corrugated and sandy.

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View of Cape Leveque.

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Church at Beagle Bay.

Broome

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These are the flowers of the boab tree. People say it only flowers at night and they die in the morning. But we found one with flowers on it in the middle of the day.

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The Sturt Desert Pea.

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This is Sarah (L) and Bryce (R), who were camping behind us and came over one night to play cards. Great kids.

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Sunday morning stroll looking for dinosaur footprints.