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Sojourners : the epic story of China's centuries-old relationship with Australia : flowers and the wide sea
- Title
- Sojourners : the epic story of China's centuries-old relationship with Australia : flowers and the wide sea / Eric Rolls.
- Author
- Rolls, Eric C.
- Publication
- St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DU122.C5 R65 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Examination of China's centuries-old relationship with Australia ; includes discussion of very early Chinese contact with northern Australia ; trade in trepang (beche-de-mer) between the Aboriginal people of east Arnhem Land, the Macassans and Chinese traders.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Chinese > Australia > History > 19th century
- Settlement and contacts > Ancient and early historical
- Settlement and contacts > Chinese
- Settlement and contacts > Macassans and Indonesians
- Trade and exchange > Trade routes
- Animals > Invertebrates > Crustacea and molluscs > Beche-de-mer > Trepang
- Chinese
- Ethnic relations
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- Australia > Ethnic relations
- Australia
- China
- Australia
- Australien
- China
- Chine > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle
- Australie > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-519) and index.
- ISBN
- 0702224782
- 9780702224782
- 0702225398
- 9780702225390
- LCCN
- 93108968
- OCLC
- ocm27443285
- 27443285
- SCSB-8912072
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library