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
In B, it has no logical referent, because the previous clause describes a time when there was no Australia.
OG解释:
E similarly distorts the original meaning, and the past perfect had been is inconsistent with the past tense used to establish a time frame for the rest of the sentence.
看了许多NN的解释 都说是E选项中的前句宾语中的had been known不能与后句中的was considered共同修饰AUSTRILA 但是我觉得 由于他们修饰关系不同 所以时态不同的现象也可以发生 哪位NN能帮我解释一下吗？？不胜感激！！！
