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Probably stark horror and will resist with everything at their disposal including a long and protracted guerilla war with no surrender. :rolleyes:

Yes as a matter of fact there is farming of both Kangaroos and Emus. It is a relatively new farming method when compared to traditional farming methods with cows and sheep and it is a very small industry. Both Kangaroo and Emu meat is very lean - kangaroo is very much like venison and Emu is...

Wow... I just had a look at that last night and it is very, very good.

Definately. The biggest achillies heel to any budding civilisation on the Australian continent was trade with other cultures. But not exlusively limited to agriculture but also technologies such as weapons, building materiels, tools etc.... Australian Aboriginal cultures may be the worlds...

That throws open the doors to a whole swathe of butterfly effects. Interesting topic this....

Ok now you have to educate me in this Tri-Insula thing. You got me intrigued. :p

I think you're spot on there. The concept of a first civilisation in Australia is certainly feasable however it's long term survivability puts it in grave doubt owing to isolation, population and dramatic climate change. I would think that the civilisation would have been primitive in the...

Certainly very possible, for a small sustained population I would suspect. Wow, thanks for the link. Very interesting and not too far away from where I live... might be worth having a look. :)

Oops. Yes my bad. I realised my error too late before you pointed that out. Thanks. :)

Not necessarily true. I'll refer you here for details on Australian native foods: http://cityfoodgrowers.com.au/australiannativefoods.php In any event if a civilisation was to happen it would not be unreasonable to suspect they would have established trade with their nearest neighbours in modern...

Agreed, if a civilisation was to 'crop up' during the 60 or so thousand years since the first humans crossed the land bridge from SE Asia it would hardly be expected to survive for long considering the dramatic climate changes that took place - especially on the Australian continent. One only...

I think the idea is entirely feasable; remembering that the Australian continent was an entirely different place we know it today... just like the rest of the world. I dont really think agricultural conditions we know it today would necessarily mean the sustainability of a growing first...

Bravo! Well done! :D

Yep. There's not much disparity between a gangland thug who commited mass murder to Kelly. If anything his uprising would have increased his notoriety ten-fold.

Not necessarily the case; I'll refer you to this link: http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/republic/a-short-history-of-australian-republicanism/ Republicanism was strong in Colonial Australia even to the point of open rebellion in some isolated cases. I'm not even remotely suggesting...

Yep true. The Jerilderie Letter rankled with Republicanism and sedition. It should be noted that Kelly was of Irish stock and as thus the Irish settlers in the region were at odds with the colonial administration.

Ha! Yeah I thought the same initially years ago but with the hearsay and circumstancial evidence out there it could have been entirely possible for an expanded conflict in the region led by Kelly. Anyways, I'll dig a little further and see what can be come up for a plausible TL. Any...

Sorry guys. That was a rushed copy and paste job. I'll fix it up. :(

Again this is another for the Aussies on here or for anyone that matter that might have an interest in one of the more mysterious subjects on Australia's colonial past, the outlaw Ned Kelly and theories of his rebel status rather than a muderous thug. The following is copied in part from the...

Well you have heard of the meaning of the term 'chocolate STARfish'? :p