Ottoman Australia

Ottoman Australia was a colony on Australia (duh) that lasted from 1801 to 1877. Its capital was Cairns (Named St. Muhhamad at the time).

History
On the the Convention of Edinburg, the UK, Portugal, the Netherlands and Spain were discussing about reparting the Australian territory, but the Turks overheard it and decided to join it. They got a bit of the Northeast region of the new land.

The turks decided to pass their cultures to the natives, including religion, holidays, habits, food, laws, etc. Most of them accepted, those who didn't were forced at.

In 1845, a civil war started, people wanted independence, in 1847, the war ended with the victory of Turkey.

In 1863, Ottoman Australia was renamed to "Avustralya", which looks creative but it is actually Australia in Turkish.

It was the part of Australia with more people, having 24 million habitants.

The colony hadn't provinces, it was only a big part of the Ottoman Empire.

In 1877, it was given back to the UK, in 1891, St. Muhhamad was rennamed to Cairns.

1/3 of population of Australia (on this universe) is Turkish (Descendant or National), speaks Turkish, and/or lives on the now known territories of Kutso (abrevviation of Kutsal Toprak/Holy Land) and New Anatolia.