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My great grandfather used to net prawns in the Brisbane river for a living (he did it right up until the day he died at 98). Prawnies weren't trawlermen. They used to use long fine nets run out from the back of rowed dingies (punts). I remeber my grandmother when I was a very very young boy selling prawns out of whicker washing baskets at the markets for tuppence (2 pence) a pint bottle.
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