honorific_prefix death_date birth_date article_title name
daeng 1927 1845 1845 using daeng rangka
 husein daeng rangka
using daeng rangka

using daeng rangka , also known as husein daeng rangka -lrb- 1845 - 1927 -rrb- was the last makassan trepanger , an indonesian sea cucumber harvester , to visit australia .
he was born in labbakang , in the south celebes , and owned one of the first trepanging licences issued by the south australian state government .
his published accounts and memoirs - for his lived well into the 20th century - have formed the basis for great study in the history of australia -- indonesia relations .
using suffered several setbacks during his career .
his ship was wrecked on melville island in 1886 , and he fought off australian aboriginal attacks with a rifle until rescued .
he was wrecked once more in 1895 , and forced to undertake a 644 kilometer journey in a canoe .
working in a time of great decline in makassan trepanging in australasia , using was sent by a fellow entrepreneur to sound out the australian government on their new laws restricting the trade to australian businesses in the 1890s .
after two more wreckings , and in the climate of general decline in trepanging , he retired in 1907 after his final visit to the country , and lived the remainder of his life in kampong maloku .
due to his exploits against the australian aboriginals , including the legend that he abducted the wife of a local aboriginal leader during his time at melville bay , and the fact that he is believed to have had two aboriginal wives , using 's name is still well known in aboriginal communities .
his name is often recorded as husein daeng rangka as the name husein has arabic roots and becomes using when translated into the indonesian language .
the ` daeng ' is derived from an honorific title of the gowa regency .
