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If there was a large amount of trade in the Indian Ocean before 1500, including from pre-colonial Indonesian islands, why didnt any Hindu-Buddhist/Islam civ's discover or establish themselves in Northern Australia?

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If there was a large amount of trade in the Indian Ocean before 1500, including from pre-colonial Indonesian islands, why didnt any Hindu-Buddhist/Islam civ's discover or establish themselves in Northern Australia?	56
I'm trying to source a quote supposedly from Metamorphoses and I'm having trouble.	4