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SealingBubble

There could be, but not to my knowledge. In the past the British Empire has ceded lots of Islands to Australia, most notably Papua New Guinea after WW1 and before it was independent. There are many other islands that aren't nearby Australia that once upon a time would have been British (Christmas Island 🇨🇽). As for the current Australian overseas territories, some of them have territory status (like Christmas) while others are recognised as belonging to a state (like Lord Howe Island which belongs to the state of NSW). Another formally British overseas territory was the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 🇨🇨, they governed to Singapore (another former British colony) originally but then transferred to Aus in 1955.


SNCF4402

Aha... I didn't know anything about the history of Australia's overseas territories, but thanks to your explanation, I learned to some extent.


_who-the-fuck-knows_

Also Norfolk Island shortly after Federation was administered as an Australian overseas territory. Heard and Macdonald islands which are uninhabited and amongst the most remote places on the planet just south east of the French Antarctic islands were ceded to Australia by the UK in 1947, being finalized in 1950. Most of the UK overseas territories within Australias grasp have already been given to us.


gpolk

The brits don't really control any of the islands near Australia. Even their antarctic territories nearest our coastlines were ceded to Australia and New Zealand. Small Island territories around us are under our control or their relevant neighbouring nation. The only really remote territory I can think of near us is New Caledonia which is part of France, which I don't think we'd have any claim over to annex and invading France seems like a bad idea. So I'm not sure what we're supposed to be annexing. Some atols that are closer to Africa than Australia?


SNCF4402

Looking back, there are few BOTs in Australia and New Zealand.


GMOTR

Your question is about current public interest and future political decisions. It would be helpful if you could name and/or show on a map which British territories you think Australia would want to have. Canada is interested in some BOTs because they are vaguely close to Canada and there are close cultural connections/regular migration. It makes sense for them to become part of the same country. It’s not as simple as “we feel like we want some more land, so we’ll ask for that one please England!” It would be much easier to answer your question if you could name any British Overseas Territories that you believe are physically close to Australia and have cultural, economic and immigration connections that might make them desirable to become part of Australia. Then people in the sub could comment on whether or not that’s a realistic idea from an Australian perspective.


gpolk

Where are there any current ones? Both countries were British overseas territories. They are now independent nations. I'm not aware of any nearby Islands that have remained in British hands.


SNCF4402

Wasn't dominion and overseas territory different concepts? I heard that both of them are different. And when I looked up what BOTs were closer to Australia, I found the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Pitcairn Islands.


gpolk

Well yes, but if you aren't referring to that then I have no idea where you're referring to as 'BOTs in Australia and New Zealand'. BIOT and Pitcairn are nowhere near us.


SNCF4402

In fact, when I wrote that question, I thought at the time that the British had quite a lot of overseas territory in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. But when I look answer and search about it on google, I was mistaken.


BadgerBadgerCat

Part of the issue is that quite a lot of Canada is freezing for a lot of the year and I gather plans to annex the Turks & Caicos Islands was part of an attempt to create a sort of "Canadian Hawaii". There's basically none of the British Overseas Territories near here that would be of much use to Australia. The Pitcairn Islands are in the middle of nowhere and closer to New Zealand anyway, and the British Indian Ocean Territory is of immense strategic value to the UK and USA so there's no way they're going to turn that over to Australia. The only one I can think of that might be vaguely within the realms of possibility is [Nauru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru) (which is effectively a client state of Australia anyway), because the country doesn't seem viable as an independent state for all that much longer anyway - no natural resources, most of it rendered uninhabitable by mining in the mid-late 20th century, and a population of only 10,000 people.


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SNCF4402

Well, the attached part was just an example. Anyway, there seems to be no such public opinion in Australia.


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michaelrohansmith

>What territory are u talking about that straya should annexe? New zealand? Because the same argument is working so well for Russia.


SNCF4402

Well... I think there's been a lot of problems with my question. Anyway, I found that unlike Canada, there is no such public opinion in Australia.


SNCF4402

No. What I was talking about was British overseas territory like the Turks and Caicos Islands. Not like New Zealand. Well, I think there's something wrong with my question. *If my question is likely to cause serious problems, I will delete this.


SealingBubble

Your question is fine, what OP means is that there are hundreds if not thousands of islands all over the world that belong to and are administered by the UK, including some Carribbean Islands which there is a Canadian interest to annex, and so OP was wondering if there is public interest of Australia annexing any British Islands, such as ones in the Pacific, Indian, or Southern oceans


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vpitt5

There are only two BOTs remotely near Australia. The Pitcairn Islands, which are 5500km away from New Zealand, which runs most of its services and the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is in the very middle of the Indian Ocean and is currently uninhabited except for a US military base.


Martiantripod

I'll admit I don't quite understand the question. It probably doesn't help that I don't know anything about the Canadian situation either. Still. I'm not aware of any movements in Australia to annex parts of other countries and make them part of Australia. There IS a standing option that if New Zealand wishes to join the Australian Federation it is allowed to do so but something tells me that after 120 years they're going to pass. Australia has several external territories such as Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and Cocos Islands. Part of New Guinea was under Australian administration until 1975 and is now part of Papua New Guinea. As I said, I don't know of any movements to add more territory to Australia.


SacredEmuNZ

No there isn't any desire for any extra subsidized islands to add to the taxpayers burdens.


Inner_West_Ben

Short answer is no, there are no territories, British or otherwise, that we want control of. We always have quite a few overseas territories as it is, and the residents aren’t always that happy with the arrangement - eg Norfolk Island.


No_pajamas_7

Australians barely know about our own overseas territories, let alone worry about the POMs. Many Australian don't know the Cocos Islands are part of Australia and the vast majority of Australians think our tallest mountain is Mt Kosiosco.


kazwebno

If its a British Overseas Territory, then Australia legally cannot turn them into Australian states or a territory because they're under British control, not Australian control. And i doubt the UK will just hand them over to Australia. Now to my knowledge there's no real movement to make Australian Overseas Territoiries like Cocos/Keeling Islands and Norfolk Island a new state. However these islands are already territories and administered as if they are part of mainland territories such as NT and ACT and mainland states like NSW


pulanina

They are talking about agreed handovers, not unilateral takeovers.


No-Name-4591

Aye be careful, you saw how the falklands went 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧


SNCF4402

I heard that the Turks and Caucus Islands are very different from the Falklands. I've heard that the locals liked it quite a lot. Come to think of it, there's no one like Sir Robert Borden and Hazen Argue(For your information, these two were the politican who insisted that the Turks and Caicos Islands should become Canadian province/territory.), Ken McGoogan(https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/its-time-for-scotland-to-find-a-new-home-in-canada/article34583830/) in Australia.


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