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- Title
Company Boats, Sailing Dinghies and Passenger Fish: Fathoming Torres Strait Islander Participation in the Maritime Economy.
- Authors
Mullins, Steve
- Abstract
While research has been conducted into Torres Strait's Queensland government controlled lugger-based company boat system, which operated from about 1904 until the late 1960s, another significant Torres Strait Islander mode of production, the gathering of marine product using shore-based sailing dinghies, has been largely overlooked. This article traces the emergence of this small-scale, yet substantial, pervasive and persistent form of enterprise and makes some preliminary observations about the patterns of activity. It suggests that a more detailed analysis of sailing dinghy work might offer fresh insights into Torres Strait Islander engagement with colonialism and further complicate the social control interpretive model.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES Strait Islander business enterprises; TORRES Strait Islanders; FISHERIES; DINGHIES; PAPUAN Industries Ltd.; SOCIAL control; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY
- Publication
Labour History, 2012, Issue 103, p39
- ISSN
0023-6942
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5263/labourhistory.103.0039