1) Archipelago 2) Region of Oceania
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Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French Australasie) in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for `south of Asia` and differentiated the area from Polynesi.....
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(from the article `Oceania`) Oceania has traditionally been divided into four parts: Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. As recently as ... Australia has no big game animals. Early settlers hunted the kangaroo, the dingo (a wild dog), and the emu (for plumage) as indigenous hunters had; ... ...
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n] - Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
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Australasia The geographical region of Oceania consisting of Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific.
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noun Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
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Australia and New Zealand, taken together.
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Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.
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