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Lovers and Luggers: Thursday Island cross-dressing
Soon after arriving on Thursday Island, Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) pays Mendoza (Ronald Whelan) 1,000 pounds for his boat and his house on the island. While the crowd follows Mendoza to the nearest...
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Women's Cricket on Thursday Island, 1933
This is a segment of home movie footage believed to have been filmed in 1933 by Arthur Thomas Sullivan, a merchant and amateur photographer, who was a resident of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait...
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Lovers and Luggers: 'A really big pearl'
Concert pianist Daubenny Carshott (Lloyd Hughes) plays for the woman he loves, London society beauty Stella Raff (Elaine Hamill). He has already made up his mind to give up performing, but Stella...
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Lovers and Luggers: Pearl overboard
A Torres Strait Island crew member aboard the ‘Dugong’ finds a large pearl as Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) returns from the deep in his diving suit. The crew members cheer for joy, attracting the jealous...
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