I once made a game in the Small Worlds forum in which one possibility was that the British took the Dutch East Indies at some point,and intergrated it as part of Australia. I remember reading of the theory somehwere on this forum,and that's where I got the idea from.
But it was just a single sentence,but I've always thought that the theory was rather decent..and that it might be possible. But is it? Realistically,could the British have taken the Dutch colony? If so,would it be intergrated into Australia? If not,would a indepedent British East Indies..be called Indonesia upon possible independence? Or another name? I somewhat see all of it being called Malaysia..not OTL though.
I mean,the British had Malaya and Australia..only other power in the region would be the American controlled Philippines. What would a British Indonesia be like?
But it was just a single sentence,but I've always thought that the theory was rather decent..and that it might be possible. But is it? Realistically,could the British have taken the Dutch colony? If so,would it be intergrated into Australia? If not,would a indepedent British East Indies..be called Indonesia upon possible independence? Or another name? I somewhat see all of it being called Malaysia..not OTL though.
I mean,the British had Malaya and Australia..only other power in the region would be the American controlled Philippines. What would a British Indonesia be like?