Region of the Pacific Ocean
This article is about the geographical term. For the Pelican music album, see
Australasia (album) . For the ecozone, see
Australasian realm .
Not to be confused with
Australia (continent) ,
Australia (country) ,
Austrasia , or
Austroasian .
Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes
Australia ,
New Zealand and, in this case,
Melanesia Australasia is a region which comprises Australia , New Zealand , and some neighbouring islands. The term is used in a number of different contexts including geopolitically, physiogeographically, and ecologically where the term covers several slightly different but related regions.
Derivation and definitions [ ] Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French Australasie ) in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes [1] Latin for "south of Asia " and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica ).[2]
In the late 19th Century, the term Australasia was used in reference to the "Australasian Colonies". In this sense it related specifically to the British colonies south of Asia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria (i.e. the Australian colonies) and New Zealand.[3]
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary gives two meanings of "Australasia". One, especially in Australian use, is "Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea , and the neighbouring islands of the Pacific". The other, especially in New Zealand use, is just Australia and New Zealand.[4]
Two Merriam-Webster dictionaries online (Collegiate and Unabridged ) define Australasia as "Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia ". The American Heritage Dictionary online recognizes two senses in use: one more precise, being similar to the aforementioned senses, and the other broader, loosely covering all of Oceania .
See also [ ] Notes [ ]
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de Brosses, Charles (1756). Histoire des navigations aux terres Australes. Contenant ce que l'on sçait des moeurs & des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour; & où il est traité de l'utilité d'y faire de plus amples découvertes, & des moyens d'y former un établissement History of voyages to the Southern Lands. Containing what is known concerning the customs and products... ] (in French). Paris: Durand. Retrieved 2013-12-08 .
^ Douglas, Bronwen (2014). Science, Voyages, and Encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850 . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 6. ^ Lee, Joseph (1889). "Anti-Chinese Legislation in Australasia" . The Quarterly Journal of Economics . 3 (2). p. 220. JSTOR 1879468 . ^ Deverson, Tony; Kennedy, Graeme, eds. (2005). "Australasia". New Zealand Oxford Dictionary . Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/acref/9780195584516.001.0001 . ISBN 9780195584516
References [ ] Richards, Kel (2006). "Australasia" . Wordwatch . ABC News Radio. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2006-09-30 . External links [ ] show Sovereign states
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