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Originally posted by Anton The Penguin:
When it comes to Australia, it is not officially a continent. It has to be joined with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and then it becomes [b]Oceania (Australasia is Aussie, NZ, and PNG). I'm not sure how it all works, but trust me; New Zealand has different flora, fauna, AND animals (we have a flightless ground-burrowing parrot grin ) from the rest of the world. We're not a continent because we are not big enough. The official continents are: [/b]
It is ONLY "official" depending on WHO you ask my young Anton. Usually Australia is considered both since it is too small for one, too large for the other.

Ask a geologist or a geographer, and I know many here, or ask the inhabitants of the land in question and they will say differently. Nice thing about the physical/social/biological sciences there IS no definitive answer. That is why I give those frustrating "Yes and No" answers all the time.

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