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Region: Australia

The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:
So basically I'm going to make SATW-esque comics about the Australian States. I'm a Queenslander, so keep that in mind ;). I can do requests if it has something to do with australia and its states.

Map of Australian States:

The Characters:

New South Wales:
The oldest of the state's. He's pretty rich and possibly the most well known out of the states, he has a strong rivalry with Queensland and Victoria. One of the two main States that enjoys Rugby League.

Victoria:
Victoria is the 'coolest' out of the Australian states, due to most australian films being made in Victoria. He's a lot more left leaning then some of the other states and has a great devotion to AFL football. Considers himself superior to other states.

Queensland:
Queensland is the Northern-Most and one of the most anglicised States. He is possibly the most conservative and has a large amount of country folk. He has a strong rivalry with NSW, especially over Rugby League.

Western Australia:
Western Australia is the largest and western most state. He has a very large mining industry and as such is quite rich. He enjoys AFL and has a rivalry SA and Victoria over it.

South Australia:
Not actually the most furtherest South, South Australia can be quite snobbish compared to the rest of the country, and takes pride in the fact she was a non penal colony. Makes great wine and has a strong rivalry with Victoria.

Tasmania:
The Southern Most and only Island state, Tasmania is quite remarkable for having no desert in him. He is the most anglicised state and has quite a stagnant population. This means he gets made fun of and is accussed of cousin shagging. Enjoys AFL but has not actual team in the league.

Northern Territory:
The most wild and untamed territory, he's home to many of the most dangerous and wondrous places in Australia. He has the highest proportions of Indigenous Australian by population, and often suffers from alcoholism. He has quite bad luck (Cyclone Tracey, Bombing of Darwin). Enjoys AFL and Rugby League, but AFL more so.

Australian Capital Territory:
ACT is the leader of Australia and technically the brain of it. Enjoys eating raw onions and sprouting general BS. Every three years he gets a new personality decided by all the other states, as it is the only way they can accept him as leader. Has a love of Rugby League.

Australian Antarctic Territory:
A scientist and is alone for very long times. Tasmania is the only one who visits often and cares about him. Keeps busy by looking at Penguins and such. Not everyone on earth recognises him.

Norfolk Island:
Forever alone, no one cares nor notices her. Sits on an island all day crying about how she'll make her own country with 2,000 people and sh*thouse infrastructure.

Note: This is made on iPad, so expect bad drawing quality.

Comics:





Basically Norfolk Island was considered the worst penal colony.



In reference to the South Australian town of Coober Pedy, in which all the houses are underground to escape the heat. It's a great tourist attraction because of the underground houses and opals.



In Queensland, there's a problem with Canetoads. It's common to see people playing Canetoad cricket because they are are every where. Don't feel sorry for the toad, they are a pest and kill a lot of native animals. The other guy is North Queensland.



The there really seems to have been no transition from winter the summer, at least where I live.



Queensland abolished their upper house (senate) in the 1920s.



I need not explain.



A little explanation; in Australia there are two main winter sports played, Australian Football and Rugby League. The Australian Football League (AFL) is the major competition played, usually Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia dominate it. These states are the states where AFL is most popular. New South Wales and Queensland both have teams in the League, but both really prefer Rugby League to Australian Football. They usually aren't the best teams, but the Sydney Swans have being doing well in recent times. Those white sticks in the background are the posts AFL is played with, the socks represent the States' official colors.

Tasmania isn't included because I didn't have enough space to really portray him properly, but Tassie doesn't have its own team, even though its people are the most diehard AFL fans :(



Most of the Australian States (or colonies as they were known at the time) were partitioned from New South Wales. Rather than say other states were made by chunks being chopped out of NSW, I decided to do it like this. So basically Queensland was created from a chunk of NSW and they have been rivals ever since.



When the British first landed at Port Jackson and created Sydney, they originally wanted peace with the Aboriginals, as they knew they could wipe out the fledgling colony. Then the French arrived at Botany Bay for a 'scientific exploration'. In the process they shot a few Aboriginals. The locals didn't see the difference between the French and English, to them they were just white people. This started the process of hostility between the English and Aboriginals. Did the French do this on purpose? It's likely.

I know, I drew them way too small

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