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The History of The Early Oyster Industry in Tin Can Bay Queensland Australia#history#tincanbay#australia#countrymusic#oysters
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00:09Back in the 1870s by the mangrove shore
00:16R.W. left which started something never seen before
00:23Tin Can Bay was wild, just tides and timber then
00:29Oyster beds spread wide through the channels and the bends
00:38Early 1890s at Snapper Creek, they'd say
00:45Left which built his oyster farm beside the bay
00:50From Inskip Point they shipped them to the markets down below
00:56On the tides and muddy waters where the sea winds blow
01:05317 oyster beds one day
01:08Stretching up to fig tree through Tin Can Bay
01:13Oysters on the tide, Tin Can Bay pride
01:18Work in the shallows where the sea birds glide
01:251924 the old leases changed hands
01:29Sold to Morton Bay Oyster Company plans
01:34Though the big farms faded as the hard years rolled away
01:38The oysters still whisper around, Tin Can Bay
01:45Music
01:55Music
02:12317 oyster beds one day
02:15Stretching up to fig tree through Tin Can Bay
02:20Oysters on the tide, Tin Can Bay pride
02:25Look in the shallows where the sea winds blow
02:55patrim sand
02:56pins
02:57pins
02:57pins
02:57pins
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