Indonesian aboriginals are dark skinned yes, but they look more like Australian aboriginals.
Those countries are geographically very close, and evidence is coming out that they used to trade with each other centuries ago.
This evidence was discovered in a vault in Rome of all places.
A search is underway to find the descendants of a group of young Aboriginals believed to have started new lives in Indonesia more than 150 years ago.
Photos of six Indigenous men and children, taken in Indonesia, were stored in a library in Rome, where they were examined by Perth historian and archaeologist Professor Jane Lydon.
Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari took the photos between 1860 to 1870 in the Indonesian port city of Makassar, in the Sulawesi region.
Indonesian aboriginals are dark skinned yes, but they look more like Australian aboriginals.
Those countries are geographically very close, and evidence is coming out that they used to trade with each other centuries ago.
This evidence was discovered in a vault in Rome of all places.