The Pearl King

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Robert Lehane

 

Born on a Hunter estuary, NSW, island in 1857, James Clark was orphaned at age two, arrived penniless in Brisbane ten years later, and never looked back. Starting out in Torres Strait at 23, he became the dominant figure in Australia’s pearlshelling industry, The Pearl King. Then, with a young partner, he built one of the nation’s biggest pastoral companies. He ran an oyster business in Moreton Bay that supplied gourmet markets as far away as Perth, and was prominent in Queensland’s yachting and horse racing fraternities. Entrepreneurial, generous, with a reputation for straight-shooting, he lived life to the full.

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  • Additional information

    Additional information

    Weight 715 g
    Dimensions 230 × 160 mm
    ISBN

    9781925046373

    Format

    Page extent

    430

    Publication Year

    2014

    Subject

    Biography & Autobiography

    Imprint

    Boolarong Press

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