INDIA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA: TRADE AND SOCIETY 1788-1850 brings new scholarship to the history of Australia and its relations with the rest of the world. This is the first comprehensive review of colonial Australia's relationship with India and China and its material culture. India, China, Australia - three societies not often juxtaposed, especially in the context of Australian colonial history. This book breaks new ground in exploring the trading and social links between Australia and India and China, and surveys their rich legacy of furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles and costume, fancy goods and curiosities in museums and private collections in New South Wales and Tasmania.