Topic
Trepanging
About: Trepanging is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3 publications have been published within this topic receiving 66 citations.
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Book•
13 Jun 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the history and heritage of the Macassan fishers who made the long and sometimes dangerous maritime journey from the port town of Makassar in southern Sulawesi to the coastline of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, northern Australia, from before European settlement in Australia until the early twentieth century.
Abstract: This volume addresses the history and heritage of the ‘Macassan’ fishers who made the long and sometimes dangerous maritime journey from the port town of Makassar in southern Sulawesi to the coastline of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, northern Australia, from before European settlement in Australia until the early twentieth century. The essays of this collection present an interdisciplinary perspective on the maritime journeys of the Macassans, as well as their encounters with Aboriginal communities in the north and the ongoing impact this exchange has had on Aboriginal languages, societies and cultures. The primary reason for the Macassan visits to the northern Australian waters each year was the collection of trepang (teripang in Indonesian), edible holothurians also known as sea cucumbers, beche-de-mer or sea slugs. This volume addresses various aspects of the historical development and impact of the trepang trade as well as the enduring encounters between the Macassans and the Indigenous communities of northern Australia. Contemporary heritage iterations and reappropriations are also examined, including heritage listing possibilities, present-day trepang fisheries and Australia–Indonesia bilateral marine cooperation and management.
49 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: The authors assesses the current state of preservation of trepanging sites from the Cobourg Peninsula area of north western Arnhem Land and identifies some of the challenges and opportunities that these sites present to cultural resource managers.
Abstract: Of the many aspects of north Australian history that reflect a multicultural theme, one of the most celebrated must be the Arnhem Land trepang fishery. Initially monopolized by Macassans from Southern Sulawesi, the industry later included locally based European, Indonesian, Polynesian and Japanese fishermen. Aboriginal people also played a pivotal role in this industry. The activities or this diverse group of people art manifested in a series of archaeological sites along the coastline of Arnhem land. This paper assesses the current state of preservation of trepanging sites from the Cobourg Peninsula area of north western Arnhem Land and identifies some of the challenges and opportunities that these sites present to cultural resource managers.
6 citations
TL;DR: Flinders and Brown met the trepanging fleet from Makassar off north-eastern Arnhem Land in 1803 and interviewed Pobassoo, its 'old Commander', they asked a very well-informed question; according to Brown, 'They [that is, the tre pangers] denied having any of their celebrated Poison wch they call Ippo, on board'. Given the long and complicated history of the European understanding of this poison, it is not clear how Flinders and Robert Brown picked up the common association of 'ippo', or more usually
Abstract: When Matthew Flinders and Robert Brown met the trepanging fleet from Makassar off north-eastern Arnhem Land in 1803 and interviewed Pobassoo, its 'old Commander', they asked a very well-informed question; according to Brown, 'They [that is, the trepangers] denied having any of their celebrated Poison wch they call Ippo, on board'. Given the long and complicated history of the European understanding of this poison, it is not clear how Flinders and Brown picked up the common association of 'ippo', or more usually in Malay 'upas', with Makassar. The significance of the question in this discussion, however, is that it demonstrates how these British observers of the trepang industry in northern Australia were able to place the trepangers within a known context. Neither Flinders nor Brown had ever visited Makassar - or would in the future, but they knew this detail about the world of South Sulawesi and the Indonesian archipelago more generally. It is a useful point from which to begin a survey of the changing attitudes of those who saw this industry in action, before turning to the outlook of those who have studied it subsequently.
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