He tried gold mining, pearling and fur trapping.
A venerable merchant dynasty, ranked 19th in Arabian Business's list, the Gosaibis made a fortune from the pearling industry, then found new momentum in the 1950s filling Pepsi bottles.
A more exciting way to experience Aboriginal culture is to take a trip on the Tribal Warrior, a respected old pearling lugger. Now it is being used as a tourist ship offering Tours of Sydney Harbor.
I was in Thursday Island and I wanted very much to go to New Guinea. Now the only way in which I could do this was by getting a pearling lugger to take me across the Arafura Sea.
Since then, it has enjoyed a startling transition from pearling to petroleum, from souk to mall and from sand to glass.
From its roots in trading, farming and pearling, the Gosaibi family has since branched out, into shipping, property and finance among other things.
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