See, it's funny because Au is the symbol for the element gold, so Au-stralia would be a stralia made of (or maybe colored) gold.
Ag-stralia would be a stralia made of silver because Ag is the symbol for silver.
Cu-stralia then would be a copper stralia because Cu is the symbol for copper.
You can read more about these element's - and eight more elements - symbol origins in this infographic from Compound Interest.
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