IN REVIEW

IN REVIEW
HOBART NECKLACES

Occasional Papers:

• PLUNDER, APPROPRIATION & THEFT: Tasmanian Necklace Making
• The Low Head Conference – Feb 6 2010

NB: Papers listed above will be available online for a limited time

1. The M M Martin enterprise established 1875 LINKS:

• M M Martin Shell Necklace Enterprise Hobart Tasmania in context
• The Martin Family
  
• A. Butterfield Image Hobart

2. The 1908 Hobart Necklace Robbery Trial – The theft of 100 Doz shell necklaces stolen from the Hobart Wharf by John Ward LINKS

• The first trial February 1908 – Hung Jury
• The second trial May 1908 – Conviction

3. The necklaces advertised – LINK:

• A Shift in Understanding
  
• Advertisements for the Ward Trial witnesses' businesses

4. Bertie May 'Hobart Necklace' maker circa late 1940s-1950s – LINK:

• A necklace with Bertie May provenance
  
• A context for Bertie May

5. Shell Information – LINK:

• Shell descriptions and images
• The Mawle Report on the shell necklace industry circa 1918
  

Shell Necklaces Online

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eBAY has proven to be a useful tool in gaining some kind of perspective on the the ways this kind of necklace is understood and imagined. Below there are links to shell necklaces found on eBay and other online auctions. The links below date from August 30, 2009 until Jan 2010. The searching has not been consistent and is a random sample. A more protracted Internet search is likely to uncover more examples.

1. SHELL NECKLACE FILE – 2010
2. Found on eBAY_ Maireener shell necklace - Australia, Melbourne
3. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shells – Australia WA
4. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shells USA
5. Found on eBAY: Shell Necklace – USA
6. Found on eBAY: Shell Necklace – UK
7. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – Melbourne/AUS
8. eBAY Find – Mairneener Neclace(?) Melb/Australia
9. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – Australia Qld
10. Found on eBAY_ Santa Cruz USA
11. Found via eBAY _ Vintage Tasmanian Kelp Shell/Maireener Necklace – Australia
12. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – UK
13. eBAY FIND: October 2009
14. Maireener Found On The Internet – Australia 3052, Vic.
15. INTERNET FIND – Tasmanian Maireener Shell Necklaces
16. NOT MAIREENERS – Leis From Hawaii
17. Found Via eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – USA
18. Found On The Internet – A Research Tool
19. Found On The Internet – NOT Tasmanian or Tasmaniana
20. Found On The Internet – Tasmanian Authenticity
21. Found On The Internet – Tasmanian Authenticity
22. Found On The Internet – Tasmanian Authenticity
23. eBAY Find – Maireener Necklace(?) USA
24. Found on RUBYlane – USA
25. eBAY Find – Maireener Necklace(?) USA
26. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – UK 2
27. eBAY Find – Maireener Neclace, Southern UK
28. Found via eBAY _ Maireener necklace in the USA
29. Found on eBAY: Shell Necklace – TAS
30. Found on eBAY: Maireener Shell Necklace – UK