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TitleThe pearl king / Robert Lehane.DescriptionBorn in 1857 on an island in the Hunter estuary, NSW, 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 horseracing fraternities. Entrepreneurial, generous, with a reputation for straight-shooting, he lived life to the full.Personal authorLehane, RobertImprintBrisbane, Australia Boolarong Press, 2014.; Brisbane, Australia Boolarong Press, 2014.; Brisbane, Australia Watson Ferguson & Company.; ©2014LanguageEnglishDate2014-2014Collationxix, 410 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, photographs (2 colour) ; 23 cm.ISBN9781925046373Bib. formatBooksNotesIncludes bibliography (pages 365-372) and index.
The pearl king / Robert Lehane. (2014-2014). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 15/12/2025, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/16055
