Pinisi ship made by the famous Bugis people long ago used to explore the world.

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People know Australia is an area of ​​British colonies pioneered since 1788 as a place of exile of prisoners and prostitutes. But based on research the literature shows that Bugis have sailed to Australia to look for a tripang before European explorers reach the continent.

However, Bugis (Sulawesi) do not claim and do not make Aboriginal people as their subordinates. Unlike the English who controlled the continent of the Kangaroos.

In the history of Indonesia, the Buginese famous for the Pinisi ship had roamed the waters of the archipelago to Madagascar in Africa in the 2nd, 4th and 10th centuries. While at the time of Sriwijaya, Bugis people also sailed to Australia and Africa again in the 17th century.

People call Bugis at that time actually include sub-tribe Konjo, Mandar, Bugis and Makassar. This type of pinisi timber ship has taken an important role in the history of Indonesian shipping for centuries.

At first, Europeans were not interested in making Australia their colony. However, later England felt stricken because the most important colonies in the American continent independence in the year 1776 the United States.

Inggrisi is also troubled by their prison system that no longer can accommodate the inmates. So Australia began to ogled as a promising land for the formation of a new colony. Britain then decided to send inmates who had not been able to accommodate British prisons to Australia to be the first generation to build colonies there.

In Alwi Alatas writing, a doctorate of history at the Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia cited hidayatullah, explaining the formation of this new colony began in January 1788.
Since that year the British sent inmates to Australia gradually until the mid-19th century has sent 150,000 people. Twenty percent of these are women and work as prostitutes.

After the colony's economy began to flourish, non-prisoner immigrants from various European countries began to flock to the Australian continent. Nonetheless, it is the nuns who have embarked on modern Australian history.

The people and children of the descendants of the prisoners and prostitutes are the first generation of Australian society and society that has now developed. Since then it has opened the way for the formation of a new civilization on two very large continents of America and Australia.