TS1277 Where is our original iTunes library?

Hi
We recently moved from Australia to US. Our iTunes library was created in Australia, through the Australian iTunes store.
Now we have bought new music and when we try to psynch iPod, the message ' this iPod is psyched to another iTunes library' and the choices we have are: Erase and Psynch OR Transfer Purchases. Erase and Psynch will erase everything on iPod and replace with the 20 odd songs purchased in US, so we dont want that! Do we want 'Transfer Purchases? The way it is written is confusing.
The other problem is we cant see the extensive music list we purchased in Australia. The library only shows the music purchased here in US.
To add more confusion, our account still shows as the 'region' of Australia so we dont understand why another library has been created.
We did change Apple ID passwords so that our devices would psynch. Would that have screwed things up?
We really want our original library back and can go without the 20 odd songs purchased here - if anyone can shed some light we would be grateful!
thank you

Or, if you've been opening alternate libraries and are no longer sure exactly which one is the current library, try my script iTunesXMLPath which tells you where the active XML file is. The active library is the most recently modified ITL file in the same folder.
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