OODEEN, A MALAY INTERPRETER ON AUSTRALIA'S FRONTIER LANDS

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This article focuses on a 19th century government interpreter for the Colony of New South Wales, Oodeen, later known as John O'Dean, as an insight into early communication between European Australia and the Indonesian-Malay World. It reviews the subjectivity of the interpreter through his biography and the colonial administration's motivation in engaging him as an intermediary between Europeans and non-Europeans. Particular attention is given to Oodeen's presence at Fort Wellington, a military garrison and trading post on the north coast of Australia established to secure Britain's claim to the north of the continent and to trade with the Indonesian trepang fleets from Makassar.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13639811.2012.684939