australia

To lay down the scenario, Britain has been reduced to having it's Royal Navy destroyed for the most part, and is now a vassal state of Germany. Germany was able to win this conflict by allying with Russia, annexing Austria-Bohemia, etc, and focus its efforts on Western Europe. After one war in...

Chapter 1: Jolly Good Company To many walking past him down the streets of London that chilly December evening in 1969 would've thought nothing of a rather nervous looking man in the crowd. The man in question was a gentlemen by the name of Alan Peglar, who in railway terms was famed for being...

In a scenario where the Polynesians colonized Australia around the same time that New Zealand was colonized historically by the Polynesians (so around 1200-1300), what would a Polynesian Australia look like? How would Polynesians deal with the conditions of Australia (granted, they'd mostly stay...

The life of Juan Fernández was an exciting one. Born in Cartagena, Murcia between 1528 and 1530. Being born in the major port of Castile in the Mediterranean he promptly grew an interest in sailing. He was promoted to captain and major pilot sometime in the 1550's and in the 1560's he was sent...

Do I have to say anything else? Would New Zealand be considered a Southern Canada?

Indonesia's foolish actions in Timor escalated into a full war between them, the Timorese (and later Papuan) rebels that eventually ended up involving Australia. Is there any way this could've been avoided?

After a couple of false starts, I've decided to throw my weight behind a proper pop culture timeline. I've learned from past mistakes/not doing research/general boredom, this is something I figure I'd give a shot! Enjoy this alternate universe where Heath Ledger lived. TMZ NEWSFLASH: HEATH...

What if Steve Irwin didn't encounter that stingray on Sept 4, 2006? What if he were still alive? How long would he continue this career for? Also, even if he did get stabbed, could he have been saved? Perhaps if he didn't pull the barb from his chest? R.I.P.

I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains; I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror— The wide brown land for me! An opal-hearted country, A wilful, lavish land— All you who have not loved her...

With any POD after the first British settlements in Australia, have an Australian state in Asia. Bonus points if it's in mainland Asia. Inspired by the recent thread about a US state in Europe.

I was just wondering if there's many AH books set in Australia. Most books in that genre are set in America or Europe, but I can't help but feel my homeland is getting left out.

On 20 February, 1606, Willem Janszoon discovered Terra Australis. He met with some aborigines and traded some European fruit in exchange for some kangaroo meat. This friendly encounter would eventually lead Cape York to be recommended to the Dutch East Indian Company as a base that could be...

So ignoring how they conquered it, Māori from New Zealand settle some coastal areas in Australia. By the time the Europeans arrive the coast from Melbourne to Sydney, Flinders Island, King Island and the northern coast of Tasmania (the rest remains almost unchanged) has been settled by Māori...

As the title states, what would a Japanese Australasia look like, and how could it come about?

So lets say that, ITTL, the Tiwi people begin practicing agriculture around 2,000-3,000 years ago (either developing it independently, or through contact with SE Asia) and begin to cultivate all of the crops native to the Tiwi Islands which they already gathered to eat (and still do) IOTL. These...

The Wops pulled into the Yarra on Ville de Nice. And the young groaned for the unemployment they were bringing. Even the 40% fed crews waiting to board and break bulk groaned. The wogs didn't look any happier as it pulled up. Kids, too many kids, with those starved out faces from the second...

Today most Australians commemorate the Battle of Nui Dat. I for one disagree with the Prime Minister. I believe that those mercenary scum working for Uncle Sam deserved the treatment they got after they returned. But enough of that. Let us imagine a what-if. First I should remind our American...

If the Australian Republic Referendum had succeeded in favor of the Republicans, could Tasmania, which was second most anti-Republican in the referendum, have a prevalent independence movement emerge leading to a secession referendum sometime in the late 2000s or early 2010s? Tasmanian...

As we all know Australia fell to a communist revolution in the 1930s, with the EMU (Everyman's Union) becoming the dominant group in Communist Australia. What if the Australians had won, though?

Hello, I am new to alternatehistory.com (although I've been reading while not signed in for quite a while), and I'm thinking of starting a timeline about Australia being colonized (at least in part, if not entirely) by the French instead of the British. Do you guys have any ideas about the...