Has anyone ever heard of the book by Eric Willmot called 'Below the Line'? Its basically a story about an Indonesian invasion of Australia which succeeds in annexing all of Australia north of a line from Brisbane to Carnarvon in Western Australia. The term 'South Irian' is used by Indonesians to describe Australia, and I believe it has also been used in real life by Indonesian nationalists to make Australian's a bit jumpy.
On a more realistic note the Indonesians couldn't pull it off. The distances and logistics are way beyond Indonesian capabilities, although they could probably land some soldiers along Australia's vast coastline who could cause some trouble. Unless the Australian or Western intelligence community is asleep for a few months they are bound to notice any build up of Indonesian forces on a scale that would be needed to invade Australia. Naval and air transports would be easily tracked and fairly easily picked off by better equipped and trained Australian naval and air forces. Any heavy ground units that Indonesia could concievably land woud be easy meat for the Australian army and RAAF, and even if the Aussies don't get them the outback would.
Australia also has too many allies that woud help. Even if America remained neutral, which is highly unlikely, Britain, New Zealand and Canada would send forces and aid, as might many other countries even in Asia. Indonesia would need the help of another major power to even contemplate an invasion. Although China automatically springs to mind, the Chinese and Indonesians don't like each other that much. There has been a lot of political and racially motivated anti-Chinese discrimination in both Indonesia and Malaysia during the 20th Century, much of it very voilent. Singapore which has a majority ethnic Chinese population became an independent country largely over the mutual mistrust and animosty that exists between the Chinese and locals in these countries. Also Australia is probably a lot more importantant to the Chinese economy that Indonesia, as a sizeable portion of China's raw material and agricultural imports come from Australia.
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