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)