Also in development in 2003 is a play with a tale from "up north"

Diving for pearl shell has become part of Australian legend...and nowhere more so than Broome.

A legend of luggers sailing on tropical seas - of adventure and fortunes won and lost - of shells the size of dinner plates and pearls worth a king's ransom.

Many different nationalities came to dive alongside the 'natives' in the turquoise crystalline waters - Japanese, Manilamen, Javanese, Koepangers, Cingalese, Dyaks and Saigons - in an occupation where one in ten died every year and even more were struck down by 'the bends'.

For a Commonwealth Government firmly entrenched in the White Australia Policy, a town and industry monopolised by Asiatics was viewed with growing distaste...

This new work, written by Angela Chaplin and Richard Mellick and presented in association with Black Swan Theatre, tells the tale of a remarkable chapter in the cultural, political and economic history of Broome and the Kimberley.

In Development 2003 Written By Angela Chaplin and Richard Mellick Directed By Angela Chaplin

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