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I've always thought of Australia as a continent but what I've found confusing is which islands/nations in that part of the world constitute the various "-nesias" as in Micronesia, Melanesia, Indonesia, and Polynesia.
Wikipedia has nice maps of what goes where by googling each of the nesias, of course Indonesia is not a region, its its own country.
I wonder why so many people are talking about what they think it is? It's not a matter of opinion- scientifically, Australia is one of the 7 continents. Oceana is a region, an idea, sort of like the Middle East, Central America, etc.
Science is only a matter of what people think. Look at Pluto's downgrade.
On shape and area, Australia is more like an island than a continent. I know what is taught at school but I'm afraid I have divergent opinion to my masters.
Science is only a matter of what people think. Look at Pluto's downgrade.
On shape and area, Australia is more like an island than a continent. I know what is taught at school but I'm afraid I have divergent opinion to my masters.
Lol, I was just about to make a comment about learning that we had 9 planets as scientific fact when I was little but you beat me to it.
For continents it is a matter of naming conventions or general idea's though. Closest to the scientific definition of a continent would be the tectonic plate it is on but then Europe and most of Asia would be one continent. India would be its own continent.
Oh for goodness sake, did no-one pay attention during their geography classes?
New Zealand is a series of 3 islands, it is not a continent and it is not part of Australia.
'New Zealand is not on the same continental shelf and so is not part of the continent of Australia but is part of the submerged continent Zealandia. Zealandia and Australia together are part of the wider region known as Oceania or Australasia.'
Do some reading, get some education. By continuing to state NZ is part of Australia and Australia isn't a continent yada yada, you make yourself out to be a completely uneducated twit.
Last edited by Djuna; 01-18-2011 at 09:08 PM..
Reason: Spelling correction so I won't look as stupid as some people posting on this thread
Ok, so it's settled. New Zealand is a part of the Australian continent.
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