class="YtLlr aHS+3 V-v0y fm7dv _8teMo _5pKBM" data-component="Text">The discovery of a trove of long-forgotten, black-and-white photographs in an Italian library has proven that a group of Indigenous Australians formed a community in South East Asia 150 years ago. In 1873 — the year he took the photos — Beccari wrote the following in his travel journal:"To Makassar come some [boats] every year from northern Australia … and Indigenous Australians are not uncommon in Makassar where you see them moving about in the streets. "It's also important for these two countries' relationship — not only are we close neighbours, but we have this shared past and it could help shape our future