Pobasso, also spelt Probasso or Pobassoo, was the chief of a division of the Makassan fleet of perahu in the waters between northern Australia and Indonesia...

Flinders made a contemporary record of how trepang was processed when he met Pobasso, a chief of a Makassan fleet in February 1803. Trepanging fleets began...

used by trepangers Patorani, another type of perahu used by trepangers Pobasso Sama-Bajau peoples "When Islam came to Australia". BBC News. 2014-06-24...

present day Nhulunbuy. He communicated at length with a Makassan captain, Pobasso, through his cook, who was also a Malay, and learned of the extent of the...

perahus with 20–25 men each on board and was told by the fleet's chief Pobasso, that there were 60 perahus then on the north Australian coast. They were...

expedition encountered a Makassan trepanging fleet captained by a man called Pobasso, from whom Flinders obtained information about the region. During this...

expedition, led by a Macassan naval chief named Pobasso, involving some 1,000 sailors across 60 praus. Pobasso had made at least 6 voyages to the Australian...