Swastika meant nothing in 1900. If anything, it was a good luck symbol. Sadly, it's something else these days, of course.Very brave of you to use finnish style Swastikas on the medals. But I approve of the designs in any case
Swastika meant nothing in 1900. If anything, it was a good luck symbol. Sadly, it's something else these days, of course.Very brave of you to use finnish style Swastikas on the medals. But I approve of the designs in any case
Unfortunately, Sackville Carden was not a man possessed with a great sense of urgency. However, de Roebuck was much worse.No problem and thanks for the explanation.
As for the Dardanelles, hopefully, they will not screw things up as badly as in OTL. Putting at least some naval crews on the minesweepers is a step forwards, but committing less than 20% of the available battleships to the operation suggests a certain lack of energy which is not a good sign.
They have something very similar to landing craft now for island relief. In fact, the cruiser Terrible can carry a compliment of them, although she embarked with seaplanes instead.Will this more Independent and military minded Australia end up designing and building different types of landing and support craft for island hopping?
Welcome back and if you have any links to the Tassie PO work please share
Pretty dry stuff if you are not interested in Tassie postmarks or post offices, but they will be on Kindle soon, so will post up a link. There are some good social histories of some towns, but it's not really a narrative, just a collection of facts (facts that took a long time to bring together, mind). There are many historic photos scanned.Very nice updates. I too am interested in your Post Office project, sounds fascinating.
Not really. The British used the Royal marines back in the Napoleonic days, probably even before. Well one line of mines have been cleared out of ten. None were done OTL. OTL only the outer defences were cleared, here the outer and intermediate have been done.Smart to use Marines to silence the guns. First use of Special Operation soldiers in modern warfare in TTL?
Also how much better is the campaign going compared to OTL so far?
I tend to think that while the ongoing situation would indeed put under more pressure to the commanding naval officers of the A.P. Navy force... I don't believe that nothing short of a Japanese DoW and/or an direct attack to the Protectorate would possibly do raise and justify, before their French and British allies the need to order the expeditionary force ships back.Interesting, I can see the Japanese trying to get what they can from China, but the Protectorate contemplating a possible war in the Pacific while they are involved in Europe is different. I wonder if they will need to pull their ships back and how that will affect the operations at the straits?
Well, the Russians have nothing in the Pacific and the Japanese view the Americans as unlikely to enter any potential war, with the Europeans as too distracted to divert resources in any meaningful way. Plus, they never received what they wanted in 1894 after being defeated in that war.Interesting, I can see the Japanese trying to get what they can from China, but the Protectorate contemplating a possible war in the Pacific while they are involved in Europe is different. I wonder if they will need to pull their ships back and how that will affect the operations at the straits?
Yes, in 12 days they land troops in Alexandretta and have the bulk of the modern elements of their many in the Med. Of course, there is not war...yet.I tend to think that while the ongoing situation would indeed put under more pressure to the commanding naval officers of the A.P. Navy force... I don't believe that nothing short of a Japanese DoW and/or an direct attack to the Protectorate would possibly do raise and justify, before their French and British allies the need to order the expeditionary force ships back.
I was hoping to see something like this. Naturally I approve of Melbourne being the capital! Question whats the difference between Official Language and National Language?Delayed issued 6 April 1915, - An extract from the Statesman's Year Book 1915
Protectorate of Australasia
Capital:Melbourne
Largest City: Melbourne
Official Language: None
National Language: English
Religion: 42.6% Catholic, 42.2% Protestant, 8% No religion, 4.5% Buddhist, 1.1% Taoist, 0.2% Islam, 0.2% other, 1.2% unanswered
Government: Federal Parliamentary Protectorate
Lord Protector: Caroline Plantagenet
Prime Minister: William Hughes
Legislature: Parliament, with an Upper House, called the House of Commons and the Upper House, the Senate
Independence from the United Kingdom: 16th April 1857 "Australasia Day"
Area (Not including protectorates): 8,057,915 square km, Percentage Water: 1.91%
Population: 11.398 million
GDP Per Capita: 1st
Total GDP: 10th
States:13
States by Data:
Aurelia: Capital Melbourne, Area: 221,614 square km (6th), Population: 2,815,000 (1st), House of Commons Seats: 27, Senate Seats: 7
New South Wales: Capital: Sydney, Area: 562,321 (5th), Population: 2,579,000 (2nd), House of Commons Seats: 24, Senate Seats: 7
Capricornia: Capital: Brisbane, Area: 1,582,256 square km (2nd), Population 1,207,000 (3rd), House of Commons Seats: 12, Senate Seats: 5
South Australia: Capital: Adelaide, Area: 1,245, 356 square km (4th), Population 877,000 (4th), House of Commons Seats: 8, Senate Seats: 5
New Zealand: Capital: Christchurch, Area: 152,185 square km (7th), Population 771,000 (5th), House of Commons Seats: 7, Senate Seats: 5
Aotearoa: Capital: Auckland, Area: 113,729 square km (9th), Population 606,000 (6th), House of Commons Seats: 6, Senate Seats: 5
Swan River;(Incl Heard, MacDonald and Kerguelin Islands): Capital: Perth, Area: 1,425,614 square km (3rd), Population: 451,000 (7th), House of Commons Seats: 4, Senate Seats: 3
Tasmania: Capital: Hobart, Area(incl Macquarie Island): 90,886 square km(11th), Population 388,000 (8th), House of Commons Seats: 4, Senate Seats: 5
Fiji(including Gilbert and Ellice Islands and Tonga): Capital: Suva, Area: 19,516 square km (12th), Population 353,000 (9th), House of Commons Seats: 3, Senate Seats: 3
New England: Capital: Armidale, Area: 140,023 square km (8th), Population: 346,000 (10th), House of Commons Seats: 3, Senate Seats: 3
Riverina: Capital: Albury, Area: 107,608 square km (10th), Population 271,000 (11th), House of Commons Seats: 3, Senate Seats: 3
North Australia(including Christmas Island and Fly River): Capital: Palmerston, Area: 2,384,355 (1st), Population, 270,000(82,000 native) (13th), House of Commons Seats: 3, Senate Seats: 3
Combined Islands(including Pitcairn Island): Capital: Noumea, Area: 18,625 square km (12th), Population: 264,000(73,000 native) (11th), House of Commons Seats: 3, Senate Seats: 3
Armed Forces:
Army: 40,000 regular soldiers, 58,000 militia and cadets
Navy: 8 dreadnoughts (with two under construction), 4 pre dreadnoughts), 10 light cruisers, 12 protected cruisers, 7 scout cruisers, 30 destroyers, 3 seaplane carriers, 15 submarines
An Official Language is one that it is mandated all citizens speak. Sorta like Franco's Spain, where Catalan, for instance, spoken in public, could get a visit from the men in black coats.I was hoping to see something like this. Naturally I approve of Melbourne being the capital! Question whats the difference between Official Language and National Language?
Depends whether you consider those of mixed blood. Full Maori number around 200,000, those of part blood maybe 100,000, so close to 50/50.Is Aotearoa native minority at this point?