Subject	Legal documents
	Legislation
	Politics and government
	Foreign workers, Japanese
	International trade
	Coasts–Australia
Category	1. Settlement
	2. National boundaries
	3. World War I
Publisher	Takumusho Takumukyoku
Place Of Publication	Tokyo
Keywords	Fishing industry
	pearling
Creator	Takumusho Takumukyoku Nan’yoka, editor
Current Holder	Northern Territory Library
Period Of Reference	1881/1931
Date	1938-01-01
Series Number	NTC SP COLL 338.372396 GOSH
Item Number	1111717519
Access Rights	Restricted access
Rights	This item does not circulate at Library & Archives NT or has special loan restrictions.
Country Of Origin	Japan
Language	Japanese
Description From Source	ii, 61 pages ; 23 cm A legal document describing the pearling and fishery laws of Australia in Japanese, with numerous examples of various applications and relevant legislation from the period 1881-1931. Shows an interesting record of early Japanese labour in Australia, showing that pearling and beche-de-mer industries supported the Japanese immigrants at the time were thriving. Holothuria atra, commonly known as sea cucumbers (traded as beche-de-mer), has a long history as a functional food and tonic in Asia. Holothuria atra is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, its range extending from the Red Sea and East Africa to Australia.
Physical Format	Books
	Records