Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia`s doorstep
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

It has long been assumed that Indigenous Australia was isolated until Europeans arrived in 1788, except for trade with parts of present day Indonesia beginning at least 300 years ago. But our recent archaeological research hints of at least an extra 2,100 years of connections across the Coral Sea with Papua New Guinea.