Account of the development of the early life in Shark Bay, through to the present day. Shark Bay was the first landfall in Western Australia for many of the early explorers. After the British settlement of the Swan River Colony in 1829, hundreds of men of many different races were attracted to Shark Bay between 1850 and 1874, in the hope of making their fortunes in the guano, pearling, sandalwood and pastoral industries. pp.281, illusts #0817 Prev ownership inscription