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If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 3:48 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 3:46 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: The ‘continent’ is Australasia (encompassing New Zealand and some of the islands in the South Pacific outside of Polynesia) and the ‘country’ is Australia.

Also, India is actually classed as a sub-continent already in many cultural/geographical classifications:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 3:52 pm
To whom do I write to see about getting continent status for New Zealand?

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 3:55 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 3:52 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: To whom do I write to see about getting continent status for New Zealand?

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The current government.

They'll set up a committee about it.

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 3:56 pm
Australia's content is small? I knew there was always something different about those people.
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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 4:01 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 3:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(November 8, 2018 at 3:52 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: To whom do I write to see about getting continent status for New Zealand?

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The current government.

They'll set up a committee about it.

YAY!!  Committees fix EVERYthing!!! 

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 4:02 pm (This post was last modified: November 8, 2018 at 4:02 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
Thing is, Australia is actually massive. It’s the 6th largest ‘country’ by land mass, and is around double the size of India (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-...-area.html).

It’s also one of the most sparsely populated. Three times as many people live in the UK than the entirety of the country, mainly as the vast majority of it is inhospitable desert in the outback.

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 4:02 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: Thing is, Australia is actually massive. It’s the 6th largest ‘country’ by land mass, and is around double the size of India (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-...-area.html).

It’s also one of the most sparsely populated. Three times as many people live in the UK than the entirety of the country, mainly as the vast majority of it is inhospitable desert in the outback.

But to bring the tone back down - “that’s not a knife! THIS is a knife!”


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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 4:28 pm (This post was last modified: November 8, 2018 at 4:29 pm by ignoramus.)
We are girt by sea. (apparently)
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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 4:43 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 4:28 pm)ignoramus Wrote: We are girt by sea. (apparently)

And thankfully separated by the sea from Tassie!

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RE: If Australia a Small Continent or a large Island?
November 8, 2018 at 5:42 pm
(November 8, 2018 at 2:33 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: I would think the fact that Australia sits on its own tectonic plate classifies it as a continent. Yet, by that definition, India should also be considered a continent, while Europe, with shares the Eurasian tectonic plate with Asia, should not.

It appear then that continental status is based more on politics and culture than empirical science.

I think geologists don't consider Europe it's own continent.
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