31. Captain Hedland was associated with the earliest settlement in the North and with the pearling industry 32. Before oil fueled the economy, Kuwait was a center of trade, fishing and pearling . 33. This threatens millions of dollars damage to the pearling , recreation and fishing industry around Australia. 34. Mackay was born in 1864 and was educated at pearling industry in the North West region. 35. At the time Al Heera was quite a large coastal pearling village of about 250 houses. 36. He first worked in the pearling industry, but moved to Cooktown, Queensland in 1876. 37. The pearling fleet was quickly restored and expanded and by 1898, 55 vessels were operational. 38. The Japanese invention of cultured pearls also contributed to the collapse of Kuwait's pearling industry. 39. In 1957, she was assigned to northern Australian waters, to supervise the Japanese pearling fleet. 40. The earlier name to that of Denham was'Freshwater Camp'when it was a pearling camp