Interview with Jack Fry regarding the history of the Australian fishing industry (tape 1)
Date21 November 1989
Object numberANMS0871[185]
NameInterview
MediumCompact disk and tape
Copyright© Murdoch University
ClassificationsBorn digital media
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Murdoch University
DescriptionTape one of a recorded interview with Jack Fry in Lynwood, Western Australia, as part of a series titled 'History of the Australian Fishing Industry'. It contains information on Jack Fry's family background, fishing at Shark Bay and Carnarvon, pearling, pearling camps (including at Monkey Mia), dreging proccess involving whole family for pearls at Shark Bay and his marriage and sons.HistoryJack Fry and his brother, Mick, went to Shark Bay with their father after World War 1 and worked in the commercial pearling industry. They later moved into the commercial fishing business and opened up the first fish freezing works in Shark Bay. Both brothers continued fishing until the late 1960s.
This recorded interview with Jack Fry is part of a larger series produced as result of an oral history research project conducted by the Economics Department of Murdoch University and coordinated by Malcolm Tull. The project commissioned researchers in every Australian state to interview fishermen and others involved in catching, processing and marketing fish. Their research involved questions about daily work, personal memories of life in the Australian fishing industry as well as questions about the economics of the industry.SignificanceThis collection of recorded interviews is significant in providing a comprehensive record of commercial fishing from the 1950s to the 1990s across Australia.
