["Willy Willies", The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 30 March 1912, page 5]
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In Broome, the pearling capital, 3000 Asiatics crowd the port - Japanese, Chinese, Malays, Cingalese, Filipinos, Javanese, and others. It is the most cosmopolitan port on the coast, and presents a most un-Australian aspect.
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On the north-west coast there are about 350 boats engaged In the pearling industry. The annual take is, roughly, £170,000 for shell and about £60,000 for pearls. It is a hazardous calling, but so long as women will wear pearls men will search for them.
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