Hi Marrakai

Yes, thanks I was aware of the shipment from Timor. They are not native to the island though are they?? What about the rest of the Indonesian archepelago? My guess is that all of the buffalo on the mainland (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam etc) right down through the islands are all basically the same types and they were no doubt carried about all through the region by the Dutch, Portugese and British and spread to island they weren't already - Australia included.

So the buffalo that came to Australia from Timor could have been traded from anywhere...

What do you think?

Once again I dont think any agency has done a definitive study on them - which is a great shame....