Discovering the Contribution of the People in our Past: Home

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Learn about Japan's location, population, culture and more.

This is a West Australian Government site which details the history of the Pearling industry in West Australia.

"A stone obelisk commemorates the Japanese pearlers who were drowned in a cyclone."

"Western Australia's sixth heritage icon recognises the contribution the pearling industry has made to both the social and economic fabric of our society."

"Broome’s pearling industry has lead to its multicultural makeup, as seen in this clip with Japanese pearl luggers and a thriving Chinatown in the city centre."

Learn about Afghanistan's location, population, culture and more.

"The first Muslims to settle in Australia for any length of time arrived in the 19th century to tend the camel trains that helped open the continent's vast interior."

"Muslim cameleers - known as Afghans in Australia - were instrumental in establishing communication and supply links between Australian coastal and inland towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."

Thousands of Afghani and Pakistani cameleers played an important role in shaping the Australian outback.