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Broome Fleet sailing out, around 1900-1910. The 1904 lugger Redbill
had a straight stem like the boat on the far right. (Copyright National
Archives of Australia, MP138/1, 603/201/2336.)
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A Redbill bird, Haematopus fuliginosus. (Copyright Paul Hackett.)
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Parkes and Co. luggers in the Montebello Islands in
1913. Redbill's sister ship Ibis, O6, is at the left,
showing the star insignia of the company. Note the men in dinghies at the
stern. The lugger on the right may be Redbill. Another Parkes
lugger is obscured by Thistle, owned by Nyman, in the middle.
(Copyright Battye Library, 86493P.)
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Captain Ancell Clement Gregory, master pearler, about 1910. (Copyright
Margo Beilby.) "Handsome and daring, with a touch of a polished
showman in his makeup, but capable too of violent outbursts of
temper." - MA Bain.
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Mr Yasukichi Murakami, trader, photographer and inventor, about 1910.
(Copyright Kilgariff Collection, Northern Territory Library.) Gregory's
business colleague and friend for thirty-four years.
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Damaged luggers after a cyclone: Miss Withers' boat Whiteboy,
dismasted, right foreground. (Copyright Pam Gregory Nielsen.) This was
taken after the cyclone of 23 January 1926 at Broome.
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Miss Elizabeth Withers, pearler of Broome, about 1910. (Copyright Battye
Library, 213859P.) Miss Withers owned a number of luggers over the years -
her wise eyes, sardonic smile and capable hands are intriguing, but
very little is known about her.
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Fleming Clement Gregory, about 1915. (Copyright Peter Clarke.) Known as
Dick Gregory, he was the younger brother of Ancell Gregory. He died in
WWI at Gaza on 29 November 1917.
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