======= Australia =======

The largest island in the world (unless you use a Mercator projection map, in which case it's Greenland, or count Antarctica as an island). Mostly a howling wilderness (see also: [[offtopic:North and South Dakota]]) inhabited by a number of vicious creatures identifiable by their distinctive cry of "G'day!". 

Also home to many dangerous mammals, reptiles, insects and other animals and plants which have evolved a range of defences (many poisonous) as a result of evolutionary pressure from Australians.  Rather than asking whether a particular animal is dangerous, it's easier to ask if there's any Australian animal which is //not// dangerous.  So far, no-one's found one. A common misconception is for people to say that some of the sheep are harmless, but that is a dangerous mistake.  Many a shearer has met his fate at the hooves of a jealous sheep. Beware of the Drop Bears, crocodiles, and anyone with a colour in their name.

Beer Rating: 7/10. Varies greatly by region.

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==== Australia in Alternate History ====

As far as AH is concerned, Australia is a bit like the [[offtopic:Congo]] in that it's a case of "[[alternate history:Randomian Congo|Hmm. Let's try for the most random colonial power possible.]]" The most common ones, apart from Britain (as in [[alternate history:OTL]]), are [[offtopic:the Netherlands]], [[offtopic:France]], and (earlier on) [[offtopic:China]].  For makers of AH maps, this is even more a case of random borders.  Many ATL nations are carved out of parts of Australia which could realistically support only a population of 315 kangaroos and one lonely camel.

Australian-penned AH tends to be characterised by Australia getting into a war with a militarised expansionist Indonesia at some point in the second half of the 20th century. Even if the POD is in 1600.

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==== Constituent parts of the Commonwealth of Australia ====

  * [[Queensland]]
  * [[New South Wales]]
  * The [[Northern Territory]]
  * [[South Australia]]
  * [[Tasmania]]
  * [[Victoria]]
  * [[Western Australia]]

Including some overseas territories:

  * [[Lord Howe Island]]
  * [[Norfolk Island]]

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==== AH.Commers ====
 
  * [[offtopic:Angry scotsman 1989]]
  * [[offtopic:Aozhouhuaren]]
  * [[offtopic:Aussie470]]
  * [[offtopic:Aussie Dingbat]]
  * [[offtopic:awats124]]
  * [[offtopic:BlackMage]]
  * [[offtopic:Cockroach]]
  * [[offtopic:ColeMercury]]
  * [[offtopic:CyberPhoenix001]]
  * [[offtopic:Darth Kiryan]]
  * [[offtopic:DMA]]
  * [[offtopic:DrewsDragons]]
  * [[offtopic:EmperorOfGreaterArmenia]]
  * [[offtopic:Fardell]]
  * [[offtopic:Fred the Great]]
  * [[offtopic:HaroldWinthrop]]
  * [[offtopic:Harry]]
  * [[offtopic:HawkAussie]]
  * [[offtopic:Ibnyahya]]
  * [[offtopic:Jared]]
  * [[offtopic:johnboy]]
  * [[offtopic:KineticBots]]
  * [[offtopic:LacheyS]]
  * [[offtopic:Looseheadprop]]
  * [[offtopic:Lord Brisbane]]
  * [[offtopic:LorienTheYounger]]
  * [[offtopic:Magniac]]
  * [[offtopic:Mayhem]]
  * [[offtopic:Melvin Loh]]
  * [[offtopic:Michael]]
  * [[offtopic:Morwen Edhelwen]]
  * [[offtopic:Mr J]]
  * [[offtopic:Pangur]]
  * [[offtopic:RichMill]]
  * [[offtopic:Scarecrow]]
  * [[offtopic:Shahrasayr]]
  * [[offtopic:Sidheach]]
  * [[offtopic:Spitfiremk1]]
  * [[offtopic:Syphon]]
  * [[offtopic:TheBlackKnight]]
  * [[offtopic:TheLoneAmigo]]
  * [[offtopic:tubendo]]
  * [[offtopic:What if]]
  * [[offtopic:xt828]]

If you are from Australia, feel free to add your name to the list.

Sadly, there are also some bad apples from here who didn't behave well and [[hall of infamy|got banned]] :

  * [[offtopic:drakle]]
  * [[offtopic:Macsporan]]
  * [[offtopic:Seldrin]]
  * [[offtopic:Spikey Wikey]] (probably Australian)

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==== See Also ====

**[[timelines:Australia|Australian Timelines and Scenarios]]**

**[[pods:Australia|Australian Points of Divergence]]**

**[[resources:Australia|Useful Resources about Australia]]**

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