Cocos Malays are a community that form the predominant group of the Cocos Keeling Islands which is now part of Australia Despite that they all have assimilated into the ethnic Malay culture they are named in reference to the Malay race originating from different places of the Malay archipelago such as Bali Bima Celebes Madura Sumbawa Timor Sumatra Pasir Kutai Malacca Penang