For many Kriol families who were doing it tough, living off the ocean would help to supplement the meals for larger families and the Clarke family were no exception. Originally a Broome-Beagle Bay family, they moved to Port Hedland with the Catholic Church back in the 1940s to help establish a community with the Catholic ethos. Growing up on a meagre wage, Sylvia’s father always took his family fishing to catch crab, fish and other delicacies that the ocean offered, doing wonders for the soul.