In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.

(A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes

(B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes

(C) it was the antipodes that was Australia

(D) Australia was what was the antipodes（A）

(E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

(D) 为何不对？它表达的是“Australian建国之后被认为 the antipodes"吗？而不是原文的“在Australian建国之前----”？还是时态也有问题？

首先，what was多余，可以省去；

其次，D与A比，少了before Australia was Australia，意思大不一样，仔细体会一下。