Western Australia

摘要

The waters of Cockburn Sound, sheltered by Garden and Carnac Islands and Stragglers Reef, are all either naval waters or within the Fremantle Port boundaries - except for the small area known as Jervoise Bay. This, for historical reasons, is part of the Port of Perth, and within it is the waterfront of Henderson, the centre of Western Australia's marine industry. It was the centre before Western Australia became the world's leading builder of lightweight, high-speed ferries; it passed on the heritageof the world's only significant high-speed fishing fleet. In the opinion of many, the move from plywood to aluminium for lobster boat construction was the catalyst for the ferry-building industry. Techniques were transferable from one medium to another, and there was no history of steel construction to be unlearned.