A seemingly unlikely trading partnership!

Posted On: Mar 5th, 2015 at 22:14

Australia & China.
An amazing discovery of a coin shows the first evidence of trading between China and Australia.
Why is that so amazing?
Because this was likely before Australia was colonised by the British in 1788 and therefore the trade was between the mighty Chinese Empire and the nomadic Aborigines.
This means the Chinese traded with the native Australians but never settled there, a fact which is quite astonishing when you sit and ponder it…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-10/old-chinese-coin-found-in-arnhem-land/5660382