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Throw a sea cucumber on the barbie: Australia's trade history really is something to celebrate

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics, UNSW
Throw a sea cucumber on the barbie: 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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