Vrijbuiters! : Australian pearl-shellers and colonial order in the late 19th century Moluccas

Mullins, Stephen

Vrijbuiters! : Australian pearl-shellers and colonial order in the late 19th century Moluccas

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Stephen Mullins

This article explores how in the 1890s the presence of Australian pearl-shellers in the Aru Islands, Netherlands East Indies, threatened a Dutch colonial order that was heavily dependent on the maintenance of asymmetric but officially sanctioned trade between Chinese, Buginese, Makassarese and indigenous pearl-shelling Aru villagers.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

96

Issue

1

Start Page

26

End Page

41

Number of Pages

16

ISSN

0025-3359

Location

Greenwich, UK

Publisher

Society for Nautical Research

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Open Access

No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics and Education; Not affiliated to a Research Institute;

Era Eligible

Yes

Journal

Mariner's mirror.

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Keywords

Aru Maluku Netherlands East Indies Pearl-shelling Pearls Schooners Historical Studies not elsewhere classified

Licence

CQUniversity General 1.0

Vrijbuiters! : Australian pearl-shellers and colonial order in the late 19th century Moluccas

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

Issue

Start Page

End Page

Number of Pages

ISSN

Location

Publisher

Language

Peer Reviewed

Open Access

External Author Affiliations

Era Eligible

Journal

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