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The beautiful statue of a female pearl diver on the Conti Foreshore represents a pregnant Aboriginal diver. The statue encapsulates the contribution of women to the pearling industry, and the inscription reads ""And precious the tear as that rain from the sky, Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea" (Thomas Moore). The location represents the place where families of indentured labourers were houses, awaiting their of their loved ones at the end of the neap tides...The Conti foreshore provided an open view of the bay in the days before the luggers were equipped with radios.

Filename
Female pearling statue Broome MG_9800.psd
Copyright
© Annabelle Sandes | Kimberley Media 2011
Image Size
4644x3252 / 40.8MB
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Broome (Western Australia) Images
The beautiful statue of a female pearl diver on the Conti Foreshore represents a pregnant Aboriginal diver. The statue encapsulates the contribution of women to the pearling industry, and the inscription reads ""And precious the tear as that rain from the sky, Which turns into pearls as it falls in the sea" (Thomas Moore). The location represents the place where families of indentured labourers were houses, awaiting their of their loved ones at the end of the neap tides...The Conti foreshore provided an open view of the bay in the days before the luggers were equipped with radios.