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28-November-2015
28-November-2015
1965

Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster / Dale Appelby

A carved stained timber screen in a Gothic style commemorates the pearlers who died in the April and December 1908 cyclones.

In April 1908 forty-four luggers were destroyed and fifty people died, and in December 1908 a cyclone destroyed another four vessels and people died.

Location

Address:Hamersley & Haas Streets, Church of the Annunciation (Broome Anglican Church), Broome, 6725
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -17.960439
Long: 122.240653
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Details

Monument Type:Religious Object
Monument Theme:Disaster
Sub-Theme:Storms
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Dedication

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Front Inscription

"Peace be still"

Plaque :

To the glory of God

This screen is erected by the pearlers of Broome 

To the memory of their fellow pearlers who were drowned in the blows of April and December 1908

"When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee."

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au