The Lucky Country: Protect and Survive in Australia

[PimpLenin]

CAST OF CHARACTERS


Historical Characters

The following is a list of those who make an appearance or are mentioned in The Lucky Country and existed in OTL. The roles listed are the ones they played in the Protect and Survive universe.

ANDERSON, Peter - New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services
ANDROPOV, Yuri - General Secretary of the Soviet Union
BANNON, John - Premier of South Australia
BIFFEN, John - Leader of the British House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
BLEWETT, Neal (Dr.) - Australian Minister for Health
BOLGER, William F. - Acting President of the United States
BOWEN, Lionel - Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Finance
BRERETON, Laurence - New South Wales Minister for Public Works and Employment
BREZHNEV, Leonid - General Secretary of the Soviet Union
BUTTON, John - Australian Minister for Industry and Commerce
CAIN, John - Premier of Victoria
CARLTON, Mike - News Correspondent, ABC Radio
CASTLE, Carl - Announcer for the Voice of America
CAVALIER, Rodney - New South Wales Minister for Energy and Finance
CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin - Lord Mayor of Melbourne
CHARLES, Prince of Wales - King George VII of the United Kingdom
DIANA, Princess of Wales - Queen Diana of the United Kingdom
DIBELA, Kingsford - Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
DUFFY, Michael - Australian Minister for Communications
DUSTY, Slim (David Kirkpatrick) - Australian singer and songwriter
EASTLEY, Tony - News Correspondent, ABC Radio
EVANS, David (Air Marshal) - Australian Chief of the Air Staff
EVANS, Gareth - Attorney-General of Australia and Special Envoy to the Court of St. James’s
FARNHAM, John - Australian singer and songwriter
FIELDHOUSE, John (Admiral of the Fleet) - British First Sea Lord
FLEMING, James - Director of the Australian War Memorial
GALLAGHER, K.G. (Lieutenant Colonel) - Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
GATES, Robert - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
GLASS, Ira - Announcer for the Voice of America
GRATION, Peter (General) - Australian Chief of the General Staff
GROMYKO, Andrei - Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
HAWKE, Bob - Prime Minister of Australia
HAYDEN, Bill - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
HENDERSON, Brian - Australian News Anchor, Nine Network
HENNINGSHAARD-MILLER, Edith - Mayor of Astoria, Oregon
HINDE, John - News Correspondent, ABC Radio
HONECKER, Erick - Chancellor of East Germany
HOWARD, John W. - Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party
HUMPHRIES, Barry (Sir Les Patterson) - Australian entertainer
HURFORD, Charles - Australian Minister for Housing and Construction
ILG, Raymond (Captain) - Command Officer of the U.S.S. Nimitz
JONES, Barry - Australian Minister for Science and Technology
JUSUF, Mohammad (General) - Indonesian Military Officer
KEATING, Paul - Treasurer of Australia
LEACH, David (Vice-Admiral) - Australian Chief of the Naval Staff
MacINTYRE, Duncan - Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
McNAMARA, Neville (Air Chief Marshal) - Australian Chief of the Defence Force Staff
MORECROFT, Richard - Australian News Anchor, ABC Television
MOERDANI, Benjamin (General) - Indonesian Military Officer
MORRIS, Peter - Australian Minister for Transport
MORRIS, Russell - Australian singer and songwriter
MULOCK, Ronald - Acting Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Health
NEALE, Robert - Director-General of the Australian National Archives
O’DONNELL, Lawrence (Lieutenant General) - Australian Deputy Chief of the General Staff
OGAROV, Nikolai (Marshal) - Chief of the Soviet General Staff
OLAV V - King of Norway
PEACOCK, Andrew - Leader of the Australian Liberal Party
POWELL, Colin (Major General) - U.S. Army officer
RAMSAY, James (Commodore Sir) - Governor of Queensland
REAGAN, Ronald - President of the United States
RICHARD, Ian (Rear Admiral) - Australian Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
RUNCIE, Robert - Archbishop of Canterbury
SAMOTEYKIN, Yevgeny - Soviet Ambassador to Australia
SCHULTZ, George - United States Secretary of State
SCHOLES, Gordon - Australian Minister for Defence
SCHREYER, Edward - Governor-General of Canada
SOMARE, Michael - Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
STEPHEN, Ninian (Sir) - Governor-General of Australia
STRAUB, Robert - United States Envoy to Europe
SUTRISNO, Try (General) - Indonesian Military Officer
THATCHER, Margaret - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
WALSH, Peter - Australian Minister for Resources and Energy
WHELAN, Paul - New South Wales Minister for Resources and Forests
WHITELAW, William - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
WHITNEY, Roy - British Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affiars
WILLIS, Ralph - Australian Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations

Fictional Characters

The following is a list of those who characters in The Lucky Country who do not exist in OTL. These names are derived from people whom I knew or worked with in Australia, introduced in other related timelines, or from history and movies. No real names are used; they may be a play on words, or a combination of first and last names from different people.

BAILEY, Ross (Captain) - Commanding Officer of the HMAS Perth
COHEN, Chunk - Astoria, Oregon resident
DEVEREAUX, Mouth - Astoria, Oregon resident
EDDISON, Stephen (Captain) - Australian Army officer
FREEMAN, Joseph (Captain) - Commanding Officer of the HMAS Canberra
HARPER, Glen Allen (Commander) - United Sates Naval Officer
HOWE, John (Captain) - Commanding Officer of the HMAS Hobart
KLOPPER, Andries (Lieutenant) - South African Army officer
LOYD, Clay (Commander) - United States Coast Guard officer
MATTOCKS, Link - Chief of the Astoria Police Department
PETERSEN, Bryan (Captain) - Commanding Officer of the Edensor Rifles
STANFIELD, Martin (Captain) - Commanding Officer of the HMAS Sydney
WALSH, Mikey - Astoria, Oregon resident
WOODWARD, Garry (Commander) - Australian Naval officer

 

[Ogrebear]

If this is the end, then I thank you for your hard work on this excellent timeline.

If it is not, then looking forward to the Reconstruction phase!

 

[Thunderbolt]

Bravo!
Filler

 

[Riain]

Yep, enjoyed immensely.

 

[Nick P]

Superb! Bravo!

 

[Dan]

The perfect way to either end it, or end part 1.

Thank you.

 

[PimpLenin]

Thanks for the kind words. At some point, I plan on doing an Epilogue or further updates to cover the highlights of the next thirty years but before doing so will need to do some research. Also, I am going back to school, starting next week, to finish my degree. It's been fifteen years since I left college, so will need to concentrate on that until I get into the swing of things again. I'll have to balance my job, my schoolwork, and helping the three kids with their homework.

This was the first timeline I've ever completed after many, many attempts. I'm glad that it came out well.

 

[Koenig von Poposia]

That was a thoroughly enjoyable read. Great ending, too. Best of luck as you finish up your degree.

 

[Zoom]

Thank you for a wonderful read. I look forward to seeing the epilouge.

 

[Grouchio]

What will you do next? Something Medieval or Early Modern?

 

[NoOneFamous]

Well done, but did Diana have to survive?

 

[Koenig von Poposia]

One question that nags at my mind. Wouldn't the Crown Jewels have been moved to a safe place at the first sign of trouble? Perhaps to a deep mine in Wales or something?

 

[Bernard Woolley]

There were plans to evacuate them, but I'd have to check if they've been released.

 

[Nick P]

One question that nags at my mind. Wouldn't the Crown Jewels have been moved to a safe place at the first sign of trouble? Perhaps to a deep mine in Wales or something?

I visited the Tower of London in about 1987 and back then the Crown Jewels (or the replicas as was rumoured even then) were in a deep basement with some very serious looking blast doors to protect them. They might not have been proof against a direct blast unless the ten P&S London nuclear explosions were far away enough with many substantial buildings in the way.

There were plans to remove the Crown Jewels and other artefacts to a quarry in North Wales, this is where the art from the National Gallery went in the original P&S.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3542962&postcount=7

Whether or not the Crown Jewels and all the other associated regalia would have gone to this quarry or to another secure location is not known. I'd imagine taking it to Windsor Castle or some strong yet secure Royal location might have been considered. Keeping it in the Family would be best!

 

[Archangel]

That was a thoroughly enjoyable read. Great ending, too. Best of luck as you finish up your degree.

What Koenig said.


Hope to see the epilogue and post epilogue updates!

 

[morrie77]

Great timeline!
I'd have survived the Perth/Freo/HMAS Stirling attack at my parents holiday house in Mandurah.

 

[PimpLenin]

One question that nags at my mind. Wouldn't the Crown Jewels have been moved to a safe place at the first sign of trouble? Perhaps to a deep mine in Wales or something?

I would think they would be moved as well, but I was following canon; the use of the replicas was mentioned in the original P&S timeline.

 

[Huehuecoyotl]

Ah, it's over? It was a good read, PL, really sterling work.

 

[Cockroach]

Do have to wonder where they plan to get a lot of the equipment from.

I suspect that in the short to medium term the RAAF's expansion in combat aircraft will mainly be in the form of a light attack variant of the GAF Nomad. After that, either a return to producing Macchie 326s or some of CAC's never-built trainer designs could come up.

True but there were no RAAF Hornets in Australia at all before June 1984...

Things is other P&S spin-off TLs have established that things are not exactly per OTL for several years before the war (Vulcans staying on longer than OTL, etc.). So, a six month acceleration of the RAAF Hornet buy, or some form of interim arrangement (F-4s returning?), is not totally out of order.

 

[SactoMan101]

One question that nags at my mind. Wouldn't the Crown Jewels have been moved to a safe place at the first sign of trouble? Perhaps to a deep mine in Wales or something?

I think the Crown Jewels did survive because once the political situation started to deteriorate by late January 1984, they were probably quietly moved to a safe location well away from London.