| ISBN |
9780646532165 (hbk.) |
| Author |
Langton, Marcia, 1951- (author.) |
| Title |
Trepang : China and the story of Macassan- Aboriginal trade = Hai shen : Hua ren, Wangjiaxi ren, Aozhou tu zhu ren de gu shi / Marcia Langton; editors, Alejandra Duschatzky, Stephanie Holt. |
| Portion of title |
China & the story of Macassan-Aboriginal trade |
| China and the story of Macassan-Aboriginal trade |
| Parallel title |
Hai sen : Hua ren Wangjiaxi ren, Ao Zhou tu zhu ren de gu shi |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
[Melbourne] : Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation - University of Melbourne, 2011. |
| ©2011 |
| Description |
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
Includes works produced collaboratively by John Bulunbulun and Zhou Ziaoping. |
| Published to accompany exhibition of same name held at Capital Museum, Beijing, 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Trepang / by Marcia Langton -- Trade in the 'South Seas' -- The Macassan in North Australia -- The British in North Australia -- Some Aboriginal-Macassan encounters -- Daeng Sarro -- The Macassan legacy after the end of the trade -- The resonance of the Macassan and the trepang trade in Aboriginal cultural traditions today -- Reviving the Macassan spirit -- Commemorating the Macassans -- Trepang: the exhibition -- To proclaim that they still exist: the contemporary Yolnu performation of historical Macassan contact / by Aaron Corn and Allan Marett with Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja. |
| Summary |
This exhibition was founded on the historical, artistic and social evidence of Aboriginal and Asian contact around trade in trepang - or sea cucumber - from the early 18th to the early 20th century. Includes: documents, artefacts, paintings, maps, and images. |
| Language |
English and Chinese. |
| Subjects |
Bulunbulun, John, -- 1946-2010 |
| Zhou, Xiaoping |
| Trepang fisheries -- Northern Territory |
| Art, Chinese -- Economic aspects |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Economic aspects |
| Cultural property -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Commerce -- China |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Commerce -- Indonesia |
| Chinese -- Commerce -- Australia |
| Makasar (Indonesian people) -- Commerce -- Australia |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Bulunbulun, John (artist.) |
| Zhou, Xiaoping (artist.) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Shou du bo wu guan (Beijing, China) |
| University of Melbourne. Centre for Cultural Material Conservation |
| Call number |
704.039915 LAN |
