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'Born on a Hunter estuary island, NSW, in 1857, James Clark was orphaned at age two, arrived penniless in Brisbane ten years later, and never looked back. Starting out in Torres Strait at 23, he became the dominant figure in Australia’s pearlshelling industry, The Pearl King. Then, with a young partner, he built one of the nation’s biggest pastoral companies. He ran an oyster business in Moreton Bay that supplied gourmet markets as far away as Perth, and was prominent in Queensland’s yachting and horseracing fraternities. Entrepreneurial, generous, with a reputation for straight-shooting, he lived life to the full.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication : To Leigh, Jim and Tom
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Robert Lehane , The Pearl King
2016
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— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 23 no. 2 2016; (p. 283-285) 'In his introduction to The Pearl King, Robert Lehane quotes a journalist who, in 1932, expresses hope that the Brisbane businessman James Clark might some day be induced to ‘give the story of his life to the world . . . a moving epic of flood and field, of early sailoring days full of thrills’. James Clark never did write his life’s story. He died the following year. But with Lehane’s new book we are fortunate, finally, to have Clark’s biography.' (Introduction) -
Review : The Pearl King
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 101 no. 2 2014; (p. 223)
— Review of The Pearl King 2014 single work biography
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Review : The Pearl King
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 101 no. 2 2014; (p. 223)
— Review of The Pearl King 2014 single work biography -
Robert Lehane , The Pearl King
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 23 no. 2 2016; (p. 283-285) 'In his introduction to The Pearl King, Robert Lehane quotes a journalist who, in 1932, expresses hope that the Brisbane businessman James Clark might some day be induced to ‘give the story of his life to the world . . . a moving epic of flood and field, of early sailoring days full of thrills’. James Clark never did write his life’s story. He died the following year. But with Lehane’s new book we are fortunate, finally, to have Clark’s biography.' (Introduction)
Last amended 25 Jan 2018 09:17:32
Subjects:
- Brisbane, Queensland,
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- 1850-1900
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cAustralia,c
- 1857-1933
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