The history of Islam in Australia pre-dates Christianity hundreds of years. This is because the Muslim Macassan and Buggis traders originating from the island of Sulawesi, trading with the Aborigines from the years between 1550 and 1904, met throughout the history of both peoples, however, their brief encounters left little to be desired, and the cultural exchange was minuscule at best. This timeline will explore the results of a prolonged, earlier cultural exchange between the Aboriginal people and the Muslim traders.