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Pearlers MemorialPrint Page 
1965
Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster / Dale Appelby
A carved stained timber screen in a Gothic style commemorates the pearlers who died in the April and December 1908 cyclones.
In April 1908 forty-four luggers were destroyed and fifty people died, and in December 1908 a cyclone destroyed another four vessels and people died.
Location
| Address: | Hamersley & Haas Streets, Church of the Annunciation (Broome Anglican Church), Broome, 6725 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -17.960439 Long: 122.240653 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Religious Object |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Storms |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA"Peace be still"
Plaque :
To the glory of God
This screen is erected by the pearlers of Broome
To the memory of their fellow pearlers who were drowned in the blows of April and December 1908
"When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee."
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
