LEADER 05397nam 2200649 450 001 9910796032603321 005 20230807213443.0 010 $a0-8248-6804-8 010 $a0-8248-5482-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780824854829 035 $a(CKB)3720000000062025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001608769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16319975 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001608769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13712912 035 $a(PQKB)10960473 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001566989 035 $a(OCoLC)930010670 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5854037 035 $a(DE-B1597)484535 035 $a(OCoLC)968905082 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780824854829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5854037 035 $a(EXLCZ)993720000000062025 100 $a20200704d2015 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe pearl frontier $eIndonesian labor and Indigenous encounters in Australia's northern trading network /$fJulia Marti?nez and Adrian Vickers 210 1$aHonolulu :$cUniversity of Hawai?i Press,$d[2015] 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8248-4002-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: The Pearl Frontier --$tChapter One: Border-Crossing on the Pearl Frontier --$tChapter Two: The Birth of the Pearling Zone, 1860-1890 --$tChapter Three: Maritime Mobility in Eastern Indonesia --$tChapter Four: Master Pearlers on Both Sides of the Frontier --$tChapter Five: Labor Migration to North Australia, 1901-1941 --$tChapter Six: Challenging Social Segregation --$tChapter Seven: War on the Pearl Frontier --$tChapter Eight: Disputed Borders on the Pearl Frontier --$tChapter Nine: Marriage and Australian Citizenship --$tConclusion --$tAppendix --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aRemarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, The Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing them into their northern pearling trade empire. From the 1860's onward the pearl-shell industry developed alongside British colonial conquests across Australia's northern coast and prompted the Dutch to consolidate their hold over the Netherlands East Indies. Inspired by tales of pirates and priceless pearls, the pearl frontier witnessed the maritime equivalent of a gold rush; with traders, entrepreneurs, and willing workers coming from across the globe. But like so many other frontier zones it soon became notorious for its reliance on slave-like conditions for Indigenous and Indonesian workers. These allegations prompted the imposition of a strict regime of indentured labor migration that was to last for almost a century before giving way to international criticism in the era of decolonization. The Pearl Frontier invites the reader to step outside the narrow confines of national boundaries, to see seafaring peoples as a continuous population, moving and in communication in spite of the obstacles of politics, warfare, and language. Instead of the mythologies of racial purity, propagated by settler colonies and European empires, this book dissects the social and economic life of the port cities around the Australian-Indonesian maritime zone and lays open the complex, cosmopolitan relationships which shaped their histories and their present situations. Julia Martínez and Adrian Vickers bring together their expertise on Australian and Indonesian history to challenge the isolationist view of Australia's past. This book explores how Asian migration and the struggle against the restrictive White Australia policy left a rich legacy of mixed Asian-Indigenous heritage that lives on along Australia's northern coastline. This book is an important contribution to studies of the coastal, or Pasisir, culture of Southeast Asia, that situates the local cultures in a regional context and demonstrates how Indonesian maritime peoples became part of global migration flows as indentured laborers. It offers a hitherto untold story of Indonesian diaspora in Australia and reveals a degree of Indian-Pacific interconnectedness that forces us to rethink the construction of regional boundaries and national borders. 606 $aPearl industry and trade$zAustralia, Northern$xHistory 606 $aPearl industry and trade$zIndonesia$xHistory 606 $aForeign workers, Indonesian$zAustralia, Northern 607 $aAustralia, Northern$xHistory 615 0$aPearl industry and trade$xHistory. 615 0$aPearl industry and trade$xHistory. 615 0$aForeign workers, Indonesian 676 $a338.37141209598 700 $aMarti?nez$b Julia$0193753 702 $aVickers$b Adrian$f1958- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796032603321 996 $aThe pearl frontier$93757646 997 $aUNINA