Names for Indonesian Australia?

Maybe not Indonesia, and not INDONESIAN, but what would explorers from maritime southeast Asia call this mysterious southern continent?
I only have Marege from Bugis sailors' name for Darwin.

Thanks in advance!
 
Whatever the local phrase is for "Land Where Every Damn Thing Is Dangerous".

That's a myth, I'm 40 and have not died. Not to say I haven't had some close calls, but a lot of people don't see deadly things from year to year. I did see a fuck-off big tiger snake (3rd deadliest in the world) the other day and an oncoming cyclist meant I couldn't give it a wide berth. But that just means it's the cyclist's fault, I hate cyclists!
 
That's a myth, I'm 40 and have not died. Not to say I haven't had some close calls, but a lot of people don't see deadly things from year to year. I did see a fuck-off big tiger snake (3rd deadliest in the world) the other day and an oncoming cyclist meant I couldn't give it a wide berth. But that just means it's the cyclist's fault, I hate cyclists!

Have to agree with this man; in all the time I lived in Australia (in the USA at the moment), I never once died. All kidding aside, despite going out into the bush frequently with the army, I saw all of maybe half a dozen snakes, all of which gave me a wide berth.
 

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what about "Tanah Selatan" (southland) atau "Tanah Hitam" (blackland) atau "Tanah Tikus Lompat" (jumping mouse land) ?

that if malay-based republic established later, and rename the land with more 'respectable' name.

local sailor likely just name the harbor, not the whole continent, one of the local name could later applied to the whole land. Name of one local feature or tribe in North Australia could be later applied to the whole continent.
 
"Whatever the local phrase is for "Land Where Every Damn Thing Is Dangerous"

It's the magpies you have to watch out for, vicious homicidal bastards the lot of them.

Regarding names, since many of the likely South Asian discoverers would come from lands much wetter and plusher than the Kimberly and Pilbara, would you expect their names to reflect the differences in landscape and flora? What are Malay, Tamil, Javanese etc phrases for "dry" and "godforsaken"?
 
"Whatever the local phrase is for "Land Where Every Damn Thing Is Dangerous"

It's the magpies you have to watch out for, vicious homicidal bastards the lot of them.

Regarding names, since many of the likely South Asian discoverers would come from lands much wetter and plusher than the Kimberly and Pilbara, would you expect their names to reflect the differences in landscape and flora? What are Malay, Tamil, Javanese etc phrases for "dry" and "godforsaken"?

Dry = Kering in Malay and Garing in Javanese
Godforsaken = Terkutuk in Malay
 
Although it's not the main point of this thread, it would be an interesting idea...
Australia divided between the Portuguese/Dutch and Muslim Indonesians...
 
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