Alternate Names for Australia
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Saphroneth
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Antipodea? (from "Antipodes", as "Terra Australis Incognita").
That's a good one, actually - "Incognita".
That's a good one, actually - "Incognita".
Going down the Canada route: Victoria or Victorialand or another Monarch related name. Hell, maybe New Wales?
Perhaps named after an individual? For James Cook, Cookland if you want something simple or Jacobia if you want something posh. For Arthur Philip you could have Philippa.
Alternatively the monarch or their spouse were often used (Virginia, Carolina, Alberta, Victoria). George III was on the throne when we got involved with Australia, and Georgia is already taken, but you could use Charlotina.
Alternatively the monarch or their spouse were often used (Virginia, Carolina, Alberta, Victoria). George III was on the throne when we got involved with Australia, and Georgia is already taken, but you could use Charlotina.
Crikeyland? Marsupistan?
In all seriousness, though, Aururia seems like a good ATL name for it, as does Antipodia/ea.
One could also go the more mundate route, and just call it New Holland, or hell, even Nova Hibernia, perhaps.
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According to Robert Hughes, Locac, or Luchach, was one of the names given to a hypothetical Southern Continent before Australia was discovered. I can imagine the name being Latinized to something like "Lucacia."