Sojourners – Flowers and the Wide Sea; The Epic Story of China’s Centuries-old Relationship with Australia

First Edition, xi, 531 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.  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. “For generations the Chinese regarded themselves as the flowers of the Flowery Land while those across the wide sea were the barbarians ” #0418/310522/210124

Chinese — Australia — History — 19th century.  |  Australia — Relations — China.  |  Great Britain — Relations — China.