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An older man sits in a garden next to an old bronze pearl divers helmet

"By the ages of 15 and 16 we were diving 19 metres [deep] regularly and having a minute to a minute and a half on the bottom."

A man holds two photographs in his hands depicting him on a boat and him holding a large fish

"It was very exciting. There was lots of money, lots of danger, and lots of fun,"
he said.

An old aluminium boat parked in a backyard

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