Harry Peeters

Abalone Pioneers is the Australian story of the divers, deckhands, researchers, and processors who established and developed the zone’s abalone industry. From the amateur fishermen of the 1950s and the hazy, crazy tribe of ‘scruffy longhairs’ who were attracted by the hedonistic lifestyle and fantastic profits in the 1960s, to the professional enterprise of today, this book captures the evolution...