Confused by what phone number shows up when iMessaging internationally after using two different SIM cards/numbers

I have a legally unlocked (by AT & T) iPhone 4s which is being used in Australia. First I had a "global" SIM card in it with a +44 (UK) phone number. I used that to text, iMessage and also used Whatsapp.  Then I switched to a local SIM card with a +61 (Australian) phone number. The weirdest thing happened-- can anyone explain?  I texted someone with the second/current Australian SIM card to a friend within Australia using data to do that and it was received as a text message coming from my Australian phone number. Then I walked into my building and my phone switched to wifi automatically (which I know is normal) and the next text message I sent her arrived as an iMessage but it arrived from my +44 number. That was the old SIM card no longer in my phone. I got a text back from her saying, "Who is this?" because she didn't recognize the +44 number! So, now I'm totally confused! How is that possible? The +44 number SIM card wasn't in my phone--so how could she get the iMessage from that number? Please help! What can I do to fix this?

You can try turning off/on iMessage to have it see your +61 Aussie number...

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