AHC: Make Australia a Cold War Ideological Battleground

Whatever form this takes, anything from socialist-oriented public figures clashing politically with their opposites in communities throughout the continent to heavily-armed Vietnam-style proxy warfare, how could you turn the land down under into a zone of Cold War activity backed by the superpowers? POD 1900 at the earliest.
 
Australia received a lot of immigrants from Southern Europe in the 50s and 60s, and by and large these were mad anti-communists who loved 'British to my bootstraps' Menzies for the political stability and basic opportunities working class people had to buy/build a home.

My guess is that nature of post-war immigration in the 'populate or perish' years would have to change, as too would the prosperity and general fairness available to the majority of Australians, in order to give them something to fight over.
 
What about a POD that sees a lot lower amount of white immigration flowing into Australia, combined with a much larger Aboriginal population (perhaps the Aborigines have better resistance to disease?)? In this ATL Australia, Aboriginals are maybe 20% of the population, but still an oppressed and much poorer minority. The USSR and Maoist China funnel arms, aid and diplomatic support to extreme left Aboriginal factions. There is also support from extreme left wing white Australians in support of their Aboriginal comrades. The US and West of course, fully support the Australian Government.

The far left will be eventually crushed of course, as the whites are more numerous and better armed. But for a while at least, you'd have a nasty Cold War insurgency with atrocities on both sides.
 
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