The Pearlers

1949 Australian film

The Pearlers

Directed by| Lee Robinson
Produced by| Stanley Hawes
Cinematography| Frank Bagnall
Edited by| Jack Rogers
Music by| Dulcie Holland

Production
company

Australian National Film Board

Release date

* 1949 (1949)

Running time

| 12 mins
Country| Australia
Language| English

The Pearlers is a 1949 documentary film from director Lee Robinson about the pearling industry off the coast of Broome.[1] Robinson later used a similar background for his feature King of the Coral Sea (1954).[2][3]

The film was released to cinemas as a support feature, which was not common at the time,[4][5] and has since come to be regarded as a minor classic of Australian documentary filmmaking.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.
2. ^ Richard Kuipers, King of the Coral Sea at Australian Screen Online
3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (5 June 2025). "The Lee Robinson-Chips Rafferty Story Part Two: King of the Coral Sea". Filmink. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
4. ^ Lee Robinson interview with Albert Moran, Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture vol. 1 no 1 (1987)
5. ^ "TALKING OF FILMS". The Australian Women's Weekly. 13 August 1949. p. 42. Retrieved 30 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ 'Touring Australian Films 2011' at Broome Movies

## External links

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* The Pearlers at IMDb
* Copy of the film on YouTube
* The Pearlers at National Film and Sound Archive
* The Pearlers at Ozmovies

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Lee Robinson

Feature films|

* The Phantom Stockman (1953)
* King of the Coral Sea (1954)
* Walk Into Paradise (1956)
* Dust in the Sun (1958)
* The Stowaway (1958)
* The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) (story only)
* The Restless and the Damned (1959) (producer only)
* The Intruders (1969)
* Nickel Queen (1971) (producer only)
* Attack Force Z (1981) (producer only)
* The Highest Honour (1983) (producer only)
* Skippy Saves Bushtown (1999)

Documentaries|

* Darwin Gateway to Australia (1946)
* Namatjira the Painter (1947)
* The Pearlers (1949)
* Crocodile Hunters (1949)
* Flight Plan (1950)
* Double Trouble (1951)
* Outback Patrol (1952)
* Bush Policeman (1953)
* Switch On Bigga (1954)
* The Power Makers (1957)
* Bring Out a Briton (1958)
* Rock'n'Roll (1959)
* Water: Our Problem (1962)
* Kondom Agaundo, M.L.C. (1962)
* Antarctic Pioneers (1962)
* District Commissioner (1963)
* The Unknown Ocean (1964)
* The Dawn Fraser Story (1964)
* In Song and Dance' (1964)
* The Legend of Lasseter (1979)

TV series|

* High Adventure (1950s)
* Adventure Unlimited (1965)
* Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968–71)
* Barrier Reef (1971–72)
* Boney (1972–73)
* This is Your Life (1975-76)
* Shannon's Mob (1975–76)
* Bailey's Bird (1979)
* Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown (1998–1999)

Radio|

* Chips (1951)
* The Winner (1952)
* The Bill Morris Story (1952)

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