| ISBN |
9781922370969 paperback |
| Name |
Watts, Robert author. |
| Title |
The Macassans : visitors from the North / by R. T. Watts; illustrated by Dean Maynard. |
| Published |
Sandgate, Queensland : Knowledge Books and Software, 2022. |
| ©2022. |
| Description |
24 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Cover title. |
| Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Reading recovery level 18. Word count: 274. |
| Summary |
"The story of the Macasans discusses the First Peoples' early encounters with other peoples, including the early Dutch and Portuguese explorers who visited Australia long before Captain James Cook. The trepang trade continues today with direct links to China. The memory of the Macassan trade with the First Peoples lives on in some of the dances and rock paintings in Northern Australia." --Back cover. |
| Subjects |
Torres Strait Islanders -- History |
| Indigenous people -- Australia -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Commerce |
| Makasar (Indonesian people) -- History |
| Trepang fisheries -- Australia -- History |
| Genre |
Easy to read (green : intermediate) |
| First Nations |
| Other Names |
Maynard, Dean illustrator. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Knowledge Books and Software (Firm) issuing body. |
| Series |
History of the first Australians 75. |
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