"Australia" should probably be relabelled "Australasia" - "Australia" at its widest definition covers only mainland Australia and Tasmania. (unsigned edit by 110.32.150.157, September 16, 2010)
Why is frame 4 of the gif shown for 4500 ms while the rest are shown for 4000 ms? That seems odd... 67.166.35.150 ( talk) 00:34, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Why are the various islands of the Pacific colored the same as the Australian continent? They aren't part of it or any other continent. While they may be treated along with Australia in geography courses, I don't think they are actually ever considered to be part of the same continent. -- Khajidha ( talk) 18:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Further, see the article
Australia (continent), which explains: 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.
The article on
Australasia seems to suggest that word "Australasia" usually refers either to Australia and New Zealand alone, or to Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia, excluding the Polynesian and Micronesian islands.
The article on
Oceania reminds us: In the geopolitical conception used by the United Nations, International Olympic Committee, and many atlases, Oceania includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not the Malay Archipelago or Indonesian New Guinea.
Therefore I would humbly suggest that the term we're looking for on this map is "Oceania". To label Fiji or Tonga as "part of Australia" is quite patently wrong, by any definition.
Aridd (
talk)
10:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Why does this map have them? If they are to stay, shouldn't the country outlines in Africa be updated to include South Sudan? -- Khajidha ( talk) 20:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
These continued mutual reverts are getting us nowhere... And since it seems the issue is not going to be discussed on the talk page, I've requested mediation, here. Aridd ( talk) 00:30, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
"Australia" should probably be relabelled "Australasia" - "Australia" at its widest definition covers only mainland Australia and Tasmania. (unsigned edit by 110.32.150.157, September 16, 2010)
Why is frame 4 of the gif shown for 4500 ms while the rest are shown for 4000 ms? That seems odd... 67.166.35.150 ( talk) 00:34, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Why are the various islands of the Pacific colored the same as the Australian continent? They aren't part of it or any other continent. While they may be treated along with Australia in geography courses, I don't think they are actually ever considered to be part of the same continent. -- Khajidha ( talk) 18:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Further, see the article
Australia (continent), which explains: 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.
The article on
Australasia seems to suggest that word "Australasia" usually refers either to Australia and New Zealand alone, or to Australia, New Zealand and Melanesia, excluding the Polynesian and Micronesian islands.
The article on
Oceania reminds us: In the geopolitical conception used by the United Nations, International Olympic Committee, and many atlases, Oceania includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not the Malay Archipelago or Indonesian New Guinea.
Therefore I would humbly suggest that the term we're looking for on this map is "Oceania". To label Fiji or Tonga as "part of Australia" is quite patently wrong, by any definition.
Aridd (
talk)
10:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Why does this map have them? If they are to stay, shouldn't the country outlines in Africa be updated to include South Sudan? -- Khajidha ( talk) 20:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
These continued mutual reverts are getting us nowhere... And since it seems the issue is not going to be discussed on the talk page, I've requested mediation, here. Aridd ( talk) 00:30, 17 December 2011 (UTC)