Australian writers,historians and amateurs for whom the digital aggregator is an invaluable resource have taken to social media to defend their treasure from budget cuts. Their simple message: #fundTrove Walking along some of the beaches of north-east Arnhem Land you’ll notice, whether you stop to observe at your footprints, or little terracotta shards.
They are remnants of the pots in which the Macassans (from the south-west corner of Sulawesi) cooked and stored the trepang they had been harvesting since the 16th century along the northern Australian coast as portion of a sophisticated trade arrangement with the Yolngu custodians.
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Source: theguardian.com