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	Topics Australasia Topic Home Australasia is a regionRegion Region can be used to mean:# Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or se... of OceaniaOceania Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands but usually includi... : New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean consisting of two large islands and many much smaller islands, m... , AustraliaAustralia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland o... , Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea or PNG, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupyin... , and neighbouring islandFacts About Island An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.... s in the Pacific OceanPacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest body of water. ... . The term was coined by Charles de BrossesFacts About Charles de Brosses Charles de Brosses was one of the most noteworthy French writers of the 18th century.... in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes. He derived it from the Latin for "south of AsiaAsia Summary Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition.... " and differentiated the area from PolynesiaPolynesia Polynesia is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.... (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also distinct from MicronesiaMicronesia Micronesia, from the ancient Greek ????? and ??s?? , is the name of a region in the Pacific Ocean.... (to the northeast). Human geography GeopoliticallyGeopolitics Overview Geopolitics is the study which analyses geography, history and social science with reference to international politics.... , Australasia is sometimes used as a term for New Zealand and Australia together, in the absence of another word limited to those two countries. 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. In the past, Australasia has been used as a name for combined Australia/New Zealand sporting teams. Examples include tennisTennis Overview Tennis is a game played between either two players or two teams of two players .... between 1905 and 1915, when New Zealand and Australia combined its best players to compete in the Davis CupDavis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.... international tournament (and won it in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911 and 1914), and at the Olympic GamesSummer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event held every four years, or... of 19081908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England.... and 19121912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.... . Australasia also competed in the 1911 Festival of Light in London, the precursor of the Commonwealth Games. Ecological geography From an ecologicalEcology Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how ... perspective the Australasia ecozoneAustralasia ecozone Overview The Australasian ecozone is an ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous, with the geographic region of Aust... is a distinct region with a common evolutionary history and a great many unique floraPlant Plants are a major group of living things including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, and mosses.... and faunaAnimal Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.... . In this context, Australasia is limited to Australia, New Guinea, and neighbouring islands, including the IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a nation of islands consisting of 18,110 islands in the South Eas... n islands from LombokLombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia.... and SulawesiSulawesi Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda islands of Indonesia.... eastward. The biological dividing line from AsiaAsia Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition.... is the Wallace lineWallace Line The Wallace Line is a boundary that separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australasia.... – BorneoBorneo Borneo is the third largest island in the world.... and BaliBali Bali is an Indonesian island located at , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and one of the country's 33 provinces.... lie on the western, Asian side. New ZealandBiodiversity of New Zealand The biodiversity of New Zealand, a large Pacific archipelago, is one of the most unusual on Earth, due to its long isolation... comprises another ecological zone altogether, as it had been isolated from the rest of the world, including the rest of Australasia, for even longer. See also Near OceaniaNear Oceania Near Oceania is a region, the part of Oceania that most linguists and scientists consider as one of the natural division of ... SundalandSundaland Sundaland is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia that comprises the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago isla... OceaniaOceania Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands but usually includi... Australia-New Guinea New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean consisting of two large islands and many much smaller islands, m... ANZACAnzac ANZAC originally stood for "The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps" the name used to describe the combination of ... - Australia and New Zealand External links