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Several years ago I invested some time and energy digging up more ways to
write "Australia" in Japanese than I ever expected would exist:

  * オーストラリア is the usual spelling these days
  * 濠太剌利 is a rare old ateji I believe
  * 濠洲 was a shorter ateji before the spelling reform
  * 豪州 is the previous after the spelling reform
  * 濠 and 豪 are the pre- and post- spelling reform variants used in compounds

But just now I came across one I hadn't seen before:

> 豪斯多拉利

Is this latest one also valid? How does it fit in with the others? Older,
younger? Derived from Chinese or invented in Japan? Obsolete, archaic, or
still in use?

And is it ateji or some other phenomenon?
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kanji names spelling ateji
Is "豪斯多拉利" an ateji way to write "Australia"?
> Interestingly I can find plenty of places listing it as a name for Australia
> but none mentioning its origin. I'd assume ateji but who knows... you may
> want to change the wording of the main question, though. And just to add to
> your search, this site lists 9 different ways to write Australia.

those 9 ateji that i listed on my blog are those that had been used in Japan;
publications published in Japan.

but on the other hand, those that could be understood/used by the majority of
the people living in present day Japan would only be two, i guess. 豪州 and its
abbreviation 豪.

most of the ateji i listed, can be found on this dictionary " 宛字外来語辞典" ateji
gairaigo jiten, published from 柏書房, kashiwa shobou: which has references for
each usage, mainly from Meiji era.

as far as i know, this dictionary is the best of its kind.

there are lists on the web that include those that are used/found only in
China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Korea.
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" And just to add to your search, this site lists 9 different ways to write
Australia. – ssb Jan 9 '13 at 13:39 " I happen to be the one who wrote "this
site" I listed then, 9 different types of ate-ji for Australia, basically
those that can be found in Japanese written documents. What I took care was to
avoid those that can be not found usage in Japanese communities now or in the
past（eg. only used in China）. Why I say "Japanese communities" is that there
are some seldom cases used by Japanese living overseas mainly, and that is not
that recognized well within Japan itself. The main resource of my list is
"宛字外来語事典" edited by 宛字外来語事典編集委員会 published by 柏書房, 1979. Which has reference
to each usage. Most of the ate-ji are forgotten in the Japanese society
nowadays. The abbreviation 豪 is most common. 豪州 next. 豪州 might have an origin
in stating for the sub-continent, and not for the nation, but people are
careless these days whatsoever. Other ate-ji would not be understood by the
general public, nowadays. tito
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