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Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case, Melanesia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania , comprising Australia , New Zealand , and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean . The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically , physiogeographically , philologically , and ecologically , where the term covers several slightly different but related regions.
Derivation and definitions
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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] [4]
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.[5]
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,[clarification needed and the other broader, loosely covering all of Oceania .
Demographics
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Arms
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Area km 2 Population [6] [7] Population density 2 Capital
ISO 3166-1
Australasia
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)
199
Australia 7,686,850
25,921,089
3.1
Canberra
AU
Christmas Island (Australia)
135
1,692
12.5
Flying Fish Cove
CX
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
14 593
42.4
West Island
CC
Coral Sea Islands (Australia)
10 4 0.4
New Zealand 268,680
5,129,727
17.3
Wellington
NZ
Norfolk Island (Australia)
35 2,302
65.8
Kingston
NF
Australasia (total)
7,955,923
29,645,874
3.7
See also
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References
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^ 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. doi :10.2307/1879468 . JSTOR 1879468 .
^ Li, Hansong (2021). "The "Indo-Pacific": Intellectual Origins and International Visions in Global Contexts" (PDF) . Modern Intellectual History . 19 3 ): 20–23. doi :10.1017/S1479244321000214 . S2CID 236226422 . Retrieved 30 July 2022 .
^ Deverson, Tony; Kennedy, Graeme, eds. (2005). "Australasia". New Zealand Oxford Dictionary . Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/acref/9780195584516.001.0001 . ISBN 9780195584516
^ "World Population Prospects 2022" . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022 .
^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022 .
Richards, Kel (2006). "Australasia" . Wordwatch . ABC News Radio. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2006-09-30 .
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