When the residence was now not required for the lighthouse keeper it absolutely was purchased by Pat Percy and his wife Anastasia. Pat was a police sergeant at Broome, but took up the more valuable pursuit of pearling. Pat Percy invented the pearl box, a safe box for safeguarding pearls on board the luggers till they might be handed above on the pe
By guided tours and enthralling stories learn in the impression pearling has had upon Northern Australia and why such a large number of nationalities have been enticed, usually by pressure, into our pearling marketplace.Enable two or three hours right here to completely take in all of the history, but for those who operate away from time, check wit
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only homes together with other non-classifiable homes) where not less than a single individual was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait IslanderEach year Broome celebrates the fusion of different cultures introduced about through the pearling industry in an yearly cultural Pageant known as Shinju Matsuri (Japane