Redbill

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.

subjects: Greenpeace Australia,  Pearl industry and trade,  Redbill (Lugger),  Sailboats,  Work boats,  Industrial organization, australia,  Merchant ships

Places: Australia,  Western Australia