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Australia's trade history really is something to celebrate

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics, UNSW
Australia's trade history really is something to celebrateThe sea cucumber, or trepang, Australia's first export to Asia.Shutterstock

The sea cucumber is a marine animal that has a leathery skin but soft body. Its shape and size resembles a cucumber. In Australia we commonly call it trepang, adopted from a Malayan word. It was Australia’s first export to Asia, where it is regarded as delicacy,...

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