Australia today has 26 million people and a relatively small place on the global stage or in its own region, with a POD of 1800 how can it be as powerful and prosperous as possible?
The Oceanic giant is quite a prosperous nation nowadays, but I imagine: what if there was more initial/earlier immigration instead of mostly prisoners?
May it have ended like a kind of USA of Oceania, with more economic power, influence and population than its parent nation (UK)? Or are the...
1300 BC: Lapita settlers establish a colony on Great Palm Island. They come into conflict with the Aboriginal inhabitants of the island, but the Lapita bow and arrow sees the Aborigines driven from the island. They eventually establish more peaceful contact with the Aborigines on the mainland...
With a POD after it's date of settlement (1788), what's the largest possible population for Australia? Bonus points if you can get it significantly increase it without annexation of other territories (New Guinea, New Zealand, etc). More bonus points if you don't drastically change OTL.