Aust returns Indonesian 'Titanic' ceramics

By Kaitlyn Offer
Updated August 17 2022 - 11:38am, first published 11:36am
Some of the artefacts removed from the Tek Sing, which sunk off the Indonesian coast in 1822. (PR HANDOUT)
Some of the artefacts removed from the Tek Sing, which sunk off the Indonesian coast in 1822. (PR HANDOUT)

Chinese trade ship Tek Sing sank off the Indonesian coast 200 year ago, taking 1600 people and 350,000 pieces of blue and white porcelain with it.

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