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Hooked on Fishing
This gallery explores Western Australia's fishing industry and the communities, past and present, that have shaped it.
Credit: WA Museum
This space presents stories of Fremantle's Fishing Boat Harbour, technological innovation, and the challenges of managing the ever-increasing pressures on fish stocks.
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
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Guinness World Record
World's Oldest Message in a Bottle Discovered in Western Australia
Following the migration journey of women from Italy to Fremantle (Gallery trail)
From Italy With Love:
Cottage industry - Mr Overgaard's workshop
Meeting the Demand - Made in WA
Modern piracy - raiding Australia's remote fish stocks - articles from a modern pirate ship
Pirates - Protecting Australian's Deep Sea Fisheries
Dressing for the occasion - Fremantle's Blessing of the Fleet
An Old Tradition - The Blessing of the Fleet
Meeting the demand for a growing market - the gold boom - ice blocks in 40 degree heat
Suddenly, a Market - The Gold Rush Era
Keeping it edible - the Coolgardie cooler - a WA invention?
More a Hobby than a Profession - Fishing Before Refrigeration
Fishing rods and reels - how much have things changed?
More a Hobby than a Profession - Fishing Before Refrigeration
Six seasons, not four
The First Fishers - How First Nations People Caught Their Fish
Lighting a fire using spear fragments
The First Fishers - How First Nations People Caught Their Fish
Mungah - an Aboriginal fish trap from the Serpentine River
The First Fishers - How First Nations People Caught Their Fish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Patagonian Toothfish
Before Refrigeration
Coolgardie Safe
Worn by Children
Blessing of the Fleet costumes
Showcase
Multicultural Fishing
Beach combing - fishing gear from other worlds
Glass Floats
Raft
Gaalwa
Fish Trap
