5 Jun 2012

Asian Report for 5 June 2012 - The Bone Feeder

From Afternoons, 3:36 pm on 5 June 2012

The Bone Feeder is a play about the sinking of the S.S. Ventnor off the coast of the Hokianga in 1902. What made this shipwreck special was its cargo. The Ventnor was carrying 499 coffins containing the remains of Chinese gold miners whose bones were being returned to family in China.

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