Pearl dredge

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Metal pole with nets attached

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Pearl dredges were dragged behind boats to harvest pearl shells. A number of dredges could be used at one time on a boat, while it was under sail. The dredges would be hauled in and the shell was taken to shore for processing.

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Contextual Information

Cossack was the centre for pearling in the North West of Western Australia until it moved to Broome in the 1890s.

City of Karratha Local History Archives

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Pearl dredge
Pearl dredges were dragged behind boats to harvest pearl shells. A number of dredges could be used at one time on a boat, while it was under sail. The dredges would be hauled in and the shell was taken to shore for processing

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