AHC: Australian state in Asia

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.
 
Singapore seems like it could be. Have the British transfer it to Australia.

Hong Kong if rather than lease the New Territory Britian outright purchased it and transferred it to Australia later.
 
From 1919 to 1975, New Guinea and Papua were territories of Australia first under the League of Nations and then the United Nations. The only thing I can think of is that somehow Australia blocks New Guinea from unifying with Papua and somehow forcing both to remain under it's rule, eventually incorporating it into Australia as two states, but since the populations of Papua and New Guinea were/are mostly non-white, the only thing that stops this in it's tracks is the White Australia Policy.
 
From 1919 to 1975, New Guinea and Papua were territories of Australia first under the League of Nations and then the United Nations. The only thing I can think of is that somehow Australia blocks New Guinea from unifying with Papua and somehow forcing both to remain under it's rule, eventually incorporating it into Australia as two states, but since the populations of Papua and New Guinea were/are mostly non-white, the only thing that stops this in it's tracks is the White Australia Policy.
White Australia had been phased out by 1975, although it'll still be a pretty tough sell for both racial and non-racial reasons. It'd be more of an obstacle for something like the Straits Settlements (in part or in their entirety) that are best transferred when it's still in effect, although with a POD in 1788, it should be entirely possible to prevent such a policy from ever arising. I wouldn't really consider New Guinea to be Asian, though.
 
Hong Kong if rather than lease the New Territory Britian outright purchased it and transferred it to Australia later.

If that happens, it's going to be a major sticking point for China-Australia relations. Australia would inherit a geopolitical headache and be forced to maintain the status quo of the New Territory, since China threatened it with invasion if Britain ever attempted to introduce democracy. I don't see Australia being very happy with getting that kind of headache.
 
The British resettle Anglo-Indians in the Andaman Islands after Indian independence. Shortly after, the Islands are given self-rule under the British Empire. As Indian nationalism grows, Indians start a diplomatic dispute over the Islands and, as India becomes more and more belligerant, Anglo-Indians push a referendum to get annexed by Australia.
 
I could maybe see Australia and Singapore forming some kind of union if the Southeast Asian geopolitical situation was fucked up enough, like some bizarre Axis Victory scenario where Japan somehow does really well - enough to be a threat - without taking control of the Malaysian area(s).
 
Technically, East Timor isn't Asia.
Depends on how you define Asian, now, doesn't it?

No one would ever claim Ceylon, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan weren't Asian, so clearly you don't have to be on the continent to be 'Asian'. I've never heard anyone claim the Philippines weren't, either. I suspect if you told Indonesia they weren't Asian, you be scorned and laughed at.

So. Half the island is Asian and the other half something else???
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Edit: To be fair, as much as I don't want to ;), Timor IS on the Australian tectonic plate, and on the Australasian side of Wallace's Line. But OT3H it seems(?) not to be part of the Australian continental mass (Sahul, as some call it).
 
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