Alternate Names for Australia

[Lord Grattan]

Aurenescia is what I used in my CoHE TL. I also called New Zealand the Austral Islands.

 

[ChaoticBrilliance]

Maybe New Britannia? It seems simple enough.

 

[Zorqal]

Thanks for all the input. I just want to steer away from OTL explorers or monarchs, as this may or may not be for my TL, so they wouldn't be around. I've really liked some of the names so far though!

 

[PlotVitalNPC]

New Cornwall

 

[Zorqal]

My so called "Australshire", which I agree is a bad and illogical name, includes Indonesia as well, so maybe a which comes from that, such as Nusantaria.

 

[wietze]

My so called "Australshire", which I agree is a bad and illogical name, includes Indonesia as well, so maybe a which comes from that, such as Nusantaria.

the only way the british are going to get the indies is when they later on steal even more colonies than they did otl.
the dutch and the portugese were active in the area long before the british, so if they do take it over there would already be an established name.
(of course a even bigger british colonial empire will mean it will implode even faster)

 

[Zorqal]

the only way the british are going to get the indies is when they later on steal even more colonies than they did otl.
the dutch and the portugese were active in the area long before the british, so if they do take it over there would already be an established name.
(of course a even bigger british colonial empire will mean it will implode even faster)

This isn't OTL. It's for my TL, with a POD in the 1400s.

 

[Lord Grattan]

A general note - being a continent, the name of TTL's Australia will not contain the word NEW nor the suffix SHIRE.

 

[Zorqal]

A general note - being a continent, the name of TTL's Australia will not contain the word NEW nor the suffix SHIRE.

I figured New wouldn't be used, and I probably wouldn't have used shire to name the continent, just the colony.