Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The metropolis of the pearl-fishing industry of the Pacific Ocean is Thursday Island. It lies in Torres Strait off the north coast of Queensland and is part of that state. Thursday Island is scarcely more than a tiny speck in Torres Strait, but owing to its excellent harbor it is a port of call for ships on their way through the passage. All the steamers that go about North Australia to Europe stop here. The harbor is large enough and deep enough for the biggest warships; it has been strongly fortified and has also a coaling station."