National Museum of Australia exhibition explores the intrigue of pearls

By Karen Hardy
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:47pm, first published February 22 2018 - 5:23pm

Peter Yu remembers heading down to the jetty at Broome waiting for his father to come in on the pearling luggers at high tide. The children would clamber over the wooden boats, while the divers took a break, waiting for conditions to settle down before they'd head out again.

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