Talk:Australasia

Various dictionary definition and other usages for Australasia, supporting various different definitions:-
 * A region consisting of Australia and islands of the south west Pacific
 * The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary


 * Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands of the the South Pacific Ocean
 * The Concise Macquarie Dictionary


 * Occasionally used to designate Oceania, which includes all the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
 * Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 1971


 * just Australia and New Zealand
 * THE HUMAN GENETICS SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA.


 * In physical geography, deisignation sometimes applied to all the lands and islands of the Pacific Ocean lying between equator and latitude 47deg south.
 * Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 1971


 * Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and other nearby islands
 * The World Book Encyclopedia 1971

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia - agrees with this - but somehow Australasian then include Indonesia? SatuSuro 15:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)