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Prawn fleet, Lincoln Cove [B 73706] • Photograph

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Prawning fleet at the Lincoln Cove Marina, Port Lincoln. The photographer describes prawn fishing, "Port Lincoln is one of the most beautiful towns on the Eyre Peninsula, Lincoln Cove is the jewel in the crown. On the day I made this image I had been looking around the harbour at the new housing developments that were taking place in this new part of the town. I came across this fleet of prawning boats, another big industry in South Australia. I was amazed at the size of the boats and the equipment and technology involved in each vessel, every vessel worth millions of dollars. I sat for an hour with some of the crew members whilst they spliced the lines ready for the start of the prawning season the following week. Some of them were saying that since the mining boom they were finding it hard to crew the boats as men found it more lucrative to work in the mines."

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Physical description

1 photograph : colour

Dates / Publication details

February 2012

Photographer

Clark, Darren

Collections

Part of Darren Clark Collection
Part of Port Lincoln Collection

Subject

Shrimps -- South Australia
Port Lincoln (S.A.)
Lincoln Cove (S.A.)

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Date

23/05/2012

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Resolution

4,256 x 2,832 pixels (12.1 MP)

Size

72.35 MB

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