Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction: The Pearl Frontier 1
6. Chapter One: Border-Crossing on the Pearl Frontier 9
7. Chapter Two: The Birth of the Pearling Zone, 1860–1890 21
8. Chapter Three: Maritime Mobility in Eastern Indonesia 40
9. Chapter Four: Master Pearlers on Both Sides of the Frontier 55
10. Chapter Five: Labor Migration to North Australia, 1901–1941 77
11. Chapter Six: Challenging Social Segregation 97
12. Chapter Seven: War on the Pearl Frontier 115
13. Chapter Eight: Disputed Borders on the Pearl Frontier 131
14. Chapter Nine: Marriage and Australian Citizenship 148
15. Conclusion 164
16. Appendix 169
17. Notes 173
18. Bibliography 205
19. Index 219