Ok-I agree with Dr Farr on this one.
Let's use Australia as an example. If we use the chart for when Australia became a commonwealth (1st Jan 1901), Australia has a Cap sun, and an Aries ascendant.
If we use the *first Landing* chart-26th Jan 1788, we see the sun in Aquarius.
I'm sure there are anomalies like this regarding *which chart* to use for many countries.
However, both charts for Australia show Saturn being the sun's ruler. Perhaps this upcoming Sat/Uranus opposition may shed light on which chart is more applicable. The Commonwealth chart shows sun in h9 conjunct Saturn(in Cap).
The First Landing chart shows the Sun in aqu right on the ascendant. In that chart, Pluto is in h1, and Saturn and Venus are conjunct in Aquarius in h1, so either way, for Australia, Saturn is a big player.
As the Aboriginals had preceded the British by like, 40,000+ years, it's hard to see a birth chart only beginning when the white people came.
To me that would be more of an Event chart.
The Dutch had also discovered Australia in 1606-another potential natal chart .
The eastern half of Austr. was claimed by the British in 1770. Yet another option.
The first recorded use of the word *Australia* was in 1625.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
So I'm very interested in the upcoming transits in terms of which chart it validates, if any.
Cheers
Lilly