Submarine squatting, dugong fishing on the Queensland (Australia) coast during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is a poorly understood livelihood. This study provides a fine-grained interpretation to expand our knowledge of the operation of commercial dugong fisheries through the practices of two commercial dugong fishers, John Lionel Ching and Daniel Dewar, operating in the Newry Island Group. Archaeological surveys of the Newry Island Group and nearby Stewarts Peninsula have highlighted the ephemeral nature of the commercial dugong industry in the seascape today. Despite this ephemeral landscape, contextualising the archival and archaeological research within a seascape framework has enriched our understanding of the daily lives of the commercial dugong fishers. It is important to acknowledge that a seascape approach is rarely applied to non-Indigenous archaeological contexts in Australia. The seascape approach used here has been successful in encompassing Western systems of maritime knowledge.

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“海底擅自占地者”的海景：北昆士兰的商业儒艮渔业

19 世纪末和 20 世纪初，在昆士兰（澳大利亚）海岸进行潜水、儒艮捕鱼是一种鲜为人知的生计。本研究通过纽里岛集团的两名商业儒艮渔民 John Lionel Ching 和 Daniel Dewar 的实践，提供了细粒度的解释，以扩大我们对商业儒艮渔业经营的了解。纽里岛群和附近斯图尔特半岛的考古调查突显了当今海景中商业儒艮产业的短暂性。尽管景观短暂，但将档案和考古研究置于海景框架内，丰富了我们对商业儒艮渔民日常生活的理解。重要的是要承认海景方法很少应用于澳大利亚的非土著考古环境。这里使用的海景方法已经成功地包含了西方的海洋知识体系。