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Australasia
Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The article is about the geographic sense of the term For other uses including Regions and Regional, see Region (disambiguation. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Papua New Guinea (or ˈpæpjuːə in Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). Charles de Brosses, comte de Tournay baron de Montfalcon seigneur de Vezins et de Prevessin ( February 7 1709 - May 7 1777) was a French writer Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a Subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over It is also distinct from Micronesia (to the northeast). Micronesia, from the Greek mikros (μικρός (meaning small) and nesos (νῆσος (meaning island) is a Subregion

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Human geography

Geopolitically, Australasia is sometimes used as a term for New Zealand and Australia together, in the absence of another word limited to those two countries. Geopolitics is the study that analyzes Geography, History and Social science with reference to Spatial politics and patterns at various scales New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Sometimes Papua New Guinea is encompassed by the term. There are many organizations whose names are prefixed with "(Royal) Australasian Society" that are limited to just New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

Australasian Olympic Flag
Australasian Olympic Flag

In the past, Australasia has been used as a name for combined Australia/New Zealand sporting teams. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Examples include tennis between 1905 and 1915, when New Zealand and Australia combined its best players to compete in the Davis Cup international tournament (and won it in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911 and 1914), and at the Olympic Games of 1908 and 1912. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Baseball World Series - New York Giants (NL defeat Philadelphia Athletics (AL 4 games to 1 in the last "first" Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's Tennis. The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1912 in Australasia also competed in the 1911 Festival of Light in London, the precursor of the Commonwealth Games.

In speculative fiction or counterfactual historical analysis, it is used to describe an alternate history New Zealand and Australia which agreed to political union at Australian federation in 1901, rather than seeking divergent British Empire Dominion status in 1901 and 1907 respectively. Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a recent form of Historiography which attempts to answer "what if" questions Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities under sovereign authority within the British Empire and Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Ecological geography

Main article: Australasia ecozone

From an ecological perspective the Australasia ecozone is a distinct region with a common evolutionary history and a great many unique flora and fauna. The Australasian zone is an ecological region that is coincident but not synonymous (by some definitions with the geographic Region of Australasia Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of The Australasian zone is an ecological region that is coincident but not synonymous (by some definitions with the geographic Region of Australasia Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. In this context, Australasia is limited to Australia, New Guinea, and neighbouring islands, including the Indonesian islands from Lombok and Sulawesi eastward. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Lombok (population 2950105 in 2005) is an Island in West Nusa Tenggara province Indonesia. Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the The biological dividing line from Asia is the Wallace line – Borneo and Bali lie on the western, Asian side. The Wallace Line (or Wallace's Line) is a boundary that separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australia. Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to New Zealand comprises another ecological zone altogether, as it had been isolated from the rest of the world, including the rest of Australasia, for even longer. The biodiversity of New Zealand, a large Pacific Archipelago, is one of the most unusual on Earth, due to its long isolation from other Continental

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Australasia

-proper noun

  1. Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands
  2. all of Oceania
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