Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia's doorstep
- Written by Chris Urwin, Researcher, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University
A Motu trading ship with its characteristic crab claw shaped sails. Taken in the period 1903-1904.Trustees of The British Museum, CC BY-NC-SAIt has long been assumed that Indigenous Australia was isolated until Europeans arrived in 1788, except for trade with parts of present day Indonesia beginning at least 300 years ago. But our recent...
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