The pearl-shellers of Torres Strait : a study of resource use, development and decline, 1860s-1960s

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1991-05

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Ganter, Regina

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Griffith University

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The history of human use of the Great Barrier Reef harbours a recurrent pattern of intensive use and consequent resource exhaustion.

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Mother-of-pearl, Trochus shell fisheries, Australia, Torres Strait Islands (Qld.), History

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Thesis (PhD)(non-ANU)

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Open Access

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