The colonies and china: Early sea trade and the plights of mariners
Rosemary Lucadou-Wells & John F Bourke
What the paper says
This paper provides an overview of foundational aspects of commercial and business relations between people in the Australian colonies and people in China in the nineteenth century. The historical background is discussed and the initial attempts at regularisation through legislation enacted by the federal Parliament of Australia are noted. A specific case before the colonial Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, Wright v Kramer 1843 is examined in order to illustrate commercial, legal and personal problems encountered by mariners on cargo vessels plying between the Australian colonies and China.
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.00 × 0.4 = 0.00 |
| M · momentum | 0.20 × 0.15 = 0.03 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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