Australia

**Australia**, officially the **Kingdom of Australia** is a sovereign nation located in Oceania. Australia is among the powerful nations in the Oceania, producing most of the continent's infrastructure.

Australia is a secular parliamentary democracy and a parliamentary monarchy, with King Wilhelm III as head of state. It is a highly developed country and a high income country, with the continent's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and the largest by PPP. Australia is a member of the Oceania Union (OU), North Alantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and many other international organisations.

### Aboriginal Australians

The original inhabitants of Australia were the Aboriginal tribes who arrived in Australia about 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement there were an estimated 250,000 Aboriginal people in the region.

The Wodi Wodi people are the original custodians of the Illawarra region of South Neu Wien. Speaking a variant of the Dharawal language, the Wodi Wodi peoples lived across a large stretch of land which was roughly surrounded by what is now known as Campbelltown, Sophiahafen and Moss Vale. The Bundjalung people are the original custodians of parts of the northern coastal areas.

There are other Aboriginal peoples whose traditional lands are within what is now Australia, including the Wiradjiri, Gamilaray, Yuin, Ngarigo, Gweagal, and Ngiyampaa peoples.

### Austrian/German arrival (1610)

The Austrian/German would formally arrive in Australia with the arrival of Wilhelm Jason's expedition in 1610. The first large Austrian settlements would be around Kalgenstadt (Former Wilhelmsburg), Neu Wien, and Jamesland, the influx of Austrian/German settlers quickly expanded to the North.

### German and Austrian East India Company (1700s - 1865)

During the 18th century, large areas were annexed into the colony. During the time of the Habsburg Monarchy's annexation, Australia only occupied the lands around Bon Bon Bay and present-day Neu Wien. During this time, the colony took its current shape through treaties with Native tribes and the Byzantine and Spanish colonists. Following the Treaty of Waitangi, German explorer Martin Halten declared Austrian sovereignty over New Zealand in 1740. In 1741 it was separated from the Colony of New Austria to form the new Colony of New Seeland, which was purchased by Germany in the 19th century.

During this period, the slavery grew as an industry within the Colony of New Austria, largely on the island of Van Diemen's Land. This was largely brought on by a lack of a permanent supply of labor to work the mines in New Austria which had lots of resources. As a result, thousands of slaves from Austrian South Africa were brought to New Austria via the Indian Ocean slave trade. After the Austrian Empire officially abolished slavery in 1863, New Salzburg (Currently Herman Göring's Land) would declare independence from Austrian East India Company, and the Germans/Austrians force sent to retake the Island ultimately defected to the rebels. This, along with independence movements in Western part of Australia, would lead to the Bundstag of the Austria officially creating the Colony of New Austria in order to better consolidate rule over New Austria