Australasia

Australasia

Australasia Region that includes Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The term Australasia is inexact. It is sometimes used to include various Asian countries (usually Indonesia and Malaysia), or extended to include Pacific island groups and the Australian and New Zealand territories in Antarctica. Many botanists and zoologists use the term to mean the lands and seas to the e and s of Wallace's Line. The native flora and fauna on one side of the line differ from those on the other.

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Australasia A name used to describe Australia and the islands of the south‐west Pacific Ocean, including New Zealand and New Guinea. It combines the Latin australis ‘southern’ and Asia.

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Australasia

Australasia , islands of the South Pacific, including Australia , New Zealand , New Guinea , and adjacent islands. The term is sometimes used to include all of Oceania.

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