Redbill
Subtitle: from pearls to peace : the life and times of a remarkable lugger
By: Kate Lance.
Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: North Fremantle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Redbill (Lugger); Greenpeace Australia.; Work boats -- Australia.; Sailboats -- Australia.; Pearl industry and trade -- Western Australia.
Description: Redbill is the true story of a sailing boat's voyage through a century of Australian history. She began life as a pearlshell lugger owned by the extraordinary pearling master Captain Gregory, carrying Japanese divers in Broome and Darwin. During the Pacific War she was commissioned as naval ship H.M.A.S. Redbill and was bombed in Darwin by the Japanese.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-386) and index.