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Plagiarism[edit]

The paragraph beginning "Early luggers" contains verbatim passages from the fifth cited source article.NonsuchDan (talk) 16:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and

Fixed Moondyne 00:16, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To do[edit]

Articles lacking WA ref.

Pearl hunting,
Pearling(DAB)
many more

When this article is a bit more advanced it can give appropriate facts for inclusion elsewhere. Fred 14:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used internal source ebroome.com to cite slavery. This lasted for 30 years. Trying to find better book ref. Fred

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Plagiarism[edit]

other reading[edit]

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