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Colonial History of Traders and Blackbirders

For centuries the Chinese were major consumers of the aromatic Sandalwood tree, burning it as incense and carving ornate boxes and storage cupboards from the soft wood. As much as China consumed Sandalwood, Europe, particularly the British, consumed vast quantities of tea. Thus the British traders often used Sandalwood to trade with the Chinese for tea. When sandalwood ran in short supply, the infamous opium trade offset Europe's unquenchable thirst for tea. Sandalwood was a safer trade item than opium, however by the 1820's most of the northern hemisphere sandalwood supplies had been exhausted.

When Peter Dillon, the Irish explorer-trader observed that Erromango was simply covered in Sandalwood, it created an influx of traders into the islands to collect the precious timber.

All too soon, not only Erromango was discovered to harbour the scented timber, but also Efate, Aneityum, Tanna and Santo.

Initially, a token payment such as metal, a goat or cat or dog was all that was ... Read More...