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Say in an alternate timeline Europe discovers the New World a few decades sooner, and in the early 1500s Europeans accidentally discover Australia and New Zealand. By the mid 1500s a Power decides to seriously settle them for whatever reason.

How many people could the land sustain? Could Australia feed 150 million people with say, 1900 technology? New Zealand is about the same size as Britain, can it sustain as many people?
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