Silent
Pearls
by John Lamb, covers the
half century before war in the Pacific – this book arose
out of an examination of a few remaining Japanese headstones and investigation
of the stories that lay behind them. It is thoroughly original research which
contributes greatly to the knowledge of the early history of Darwin
(Palmerston). Up to a few years ago most people thought there were only a few
Chinese and no Japanese buried in the old cemeteries of Darwin. The book
identifies the deaths of more than 100 Japanese in the Northern Territory
between 1891 and 1941. It identifies every one of the 45 Japanese listed on the
31 remaining headstones; explains the cause and circumstances of all the deaths,
and uses them as a scaffold on which to build the history of pearling in the
Territory. In so doing it brings to light the massive contribution of more than
a thousand Japanese to the early development of the Territory. Their industrious
efforts contributing more than a million pounds (£) in pearl-shell exports
alone. ISBN: 9780994457301 (paperback) – in total 242 pages.
Available from Genealogical Society of the NT PO Box 37212 Winnellie
NT 0821, email gsntinc@bigpond.net.au, or Secretary 0412 018
015.Cost – $48.00 – cost for posting interstate $15.00 P&H – NT
postage will be cheaper.
