濠洲探撿報告書 — Gōshū tanken hōkokusho — Report of the expedition to Australia

Title	濠洲探撿報告書 — Gōshū tanken hōkokusho — Report of the expedition to Australia
Subject	Settler colonialism Japan--History--19th century Research Darwin (N.T.) Economic development Gold mines and mining--History Population Voyages and travels Australia--Description and travel Australia--Emigration and immigration—History Aboriginal Australians--Australia Japan--Emigration and immigration Maps Agriculture Gold mines and mining
Category	1. Settlement 2. National boundaries
Author	渡邊 勘十郎 (Watanabe Kanjurō) Watanabe, Kanjuro
Publisher	外務省通商局第二課 (Gaimushō Tsūshōkyoku Dai Ni-ka)
Place of Publication	Tokio
Keywords	description of landscape and Aboriginal people Torrens Island reports pearling
Current holder	National Library of Australia Northern Territory Library
Date	January 1, 1894
Link	https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2020823 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/29626362 lant.on.worldcat.org/oclc/15657321
Series number	OJN 3953 6521A
Item number	2020823
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Out of Copyright
Country of origin	Japan
Place	Thursday Island
Journey	Darwin Thursday Island Torres Straight Islands Brisbane Sydney Melbourne
Language	Japanese
Description from source	289 pages, [11] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. The 15 illustrations depict the Hambledon Sugar Mill, Japanese pearl divers, Thursday Island, Indigenous Australians, a goldmine. Includes 3 folding maps, of Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. This particular copy belonged to the publisher, the Gaimusho Tsushokyoku [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. An important record of an early Japanese delegation to Australia, not originally for public sale.|289 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 folded): illustrations, maps; 26 cm Record of the Japanese delegation to Australia in 1893, by Watanabe Kanjuro. Watanabe (1864-1926), a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, had been commissioned by the Japanese Governmentto undertake an exhaustive study of Australia that would prove useful in future bilateral talks regarding emigration to Australia (Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the Wartime Celebration of the empire's 1,600th Anniversary, James Kenneth, 2010). Landing on July 16th, 1893, and departing on December 16th the same year, he visited Darwin, the Northern Territory, Thursday Island, The Torres Strait Islands, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and so on. In this text, Watanabe records data on various townships' populations (Split into 'white'. Japanese, Chinese and so on), local jobs (especially pearl diving), the types and costs of local produce, and data on Japanese local population, like the number and ages of local Japanese prostitutes. The 15 illustrations depict the Hambledon Sugar Mill, Japanese pearl divers, Thursday Island, Indigenous Australians, a goldmine. Includes 3 folding maps, of Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. This particular copy belonged to the publisher, the Gaimusho Tsushokyoku [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. An important record of an early Japanese delegation to Australia, not originally for public sale.
Physical format	Books Maps Pictures
Abstract	Record of the Japanese delegation to Australia in 1893, by Watanabe Kanjuro. Watanabe (1864-1926), a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, had been commissioned by the Japanese Governmentto undertake an exhaustive study of Australia that would prove useful in future bilateral talks regarding emigration to Australia (Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the Wartime Celebration of the empire's 1,600th Anniversary, James Kenneth, 2010). Landing on July 16th, 1893, and departing on December 16th the same year, he visited Darwin, the Northern Territory, Thursday Island, The Torres Strait Islands, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and so on. In this text, Watanabe records data on various townships' populations (Split into 'white'. Japanese, Chinese and so on), local jobs (especially pearl diving), the types and costs of local produce, and data on Japanese local population, like the number and ages of local Japanese prostitutes.
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