KIMBERLEY: Dreaming to Diamonds

WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

An area of Australia greater in size than Great Britain or New Zealand, with only 23,000 people. This book talks of its past, and its future, the diamonds, pearls, oil, cattle, mineral resources, and then of the future and tourism. The Kimberley region of North Western Australia is a land of grandeur, extremes and unexpected danger, from the crocodiles of the salt inlets to the parched deserts, as well as anciernt indigenous rock paintings, the unearthed diamonds of the Argyle Mine and vast tracts of grazing properties. Aboriginal rock art Aborigines 251 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 27 cm.  First Edition  #081215/0816R/1016R/0818/20523

History – Original inhabitants – Explorers – Alec Forrest – Pearling industry – Sandamara – Air travel – Norman Brearley – Charles Kingsford-Smith – Effects of World War II (2) – Discovery of diamonds – Kimberley Exchange.

Settlement and contacts – Explorers.  |  Art – Subjects – Wandjina.  |  Race relations – Violent.  |  Mining industry – Diamond.  |  Kimberley (W.A.) — History.  |  Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)