Oceania

Australia is a country and the continent Australia. Australasia and Oceania are different collective names for the countries of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and other groups of pacific islands including Tuvalu (or .tv as it is known domainly). No, Australia is the name of a country which is also considered a continental land mass. Australasia or Oceania refers to the continent which includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. The term 'Australia' cannot be used to describe these other countries.

It is a volcanic island

France, Germany, Britain, USA, and Japan. French Polynesia & Tahiti are under French rule. Parts of New Guinea and part of Samoa were colonized by Germans. The British colonized Kiribati. The US colonized Guam and part of Samoa. The Japanese also colonized several islands nearer to Japan such as the Bonins.

* England had colonies in both Australia and New Zealand. * The islands of French Polynesia were known as the French Colony of Oceania. * The Netherlands had Netherlands New Guinea and the Dutch Indies (the latter were theoretically not part of the Oceanic region, but of Asia)

People from the Beautiful Islands of Fiji are called Fijians.

Australia is the name of the continent on which the country of Australia exists.

Australasia is a region ... which includes Australia, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and is a part of Oceania.

Oceania is the entire region of the south west Pacific and includes Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and others.

So there is no other name for Australasia or Oceania - and while the regions do overlap, they are not the same thing.

Hence, comprehensively, Oceania is not a continent but a region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises many nations, their territories, and independent islands such as: * Australia * New Zealand * East Timor * Fiji * parts of Indonesia * New Caledonia * Papua New Guinea * Solomon Islands * Vanuatu * Micronesia * Guam * Kiribati * Marshall Island * Nauru * North Mariana Island * Palau * American Samoa * Cook Island * French Polynesia * Nive * Samoa * Tokelau * Tonga * Tuvalu * Wallis & Futuna.

Finally, being a large country by comparison, the states of Australia include Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. There are also two 'territories': Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

16 September 1975 (Independence Day)

timber, fish, palm oil, kernels, copra

There are approximately 10,265 miles from Paris to Fiji. The estimated flight time from Paris to Fiji is 21 hours and 5 minutes.

Yes, Tuvalu consists of nine small islands whose highest point is about 15 feet above sea level.

For me personally, it would have to be the Calvo Family. They own stores, shopping malls, ect. I believe they are worth over Millions of dollars. But for most guamians the Governor and First Lady are pretty Famous.

the widest river in fiji

The Philippines and Japan.

Mostly mountainous ranges, also low lying land

No. Papua New Guinea was once a territory of Australia. It is now a country in its own right, having achieved full independence on 16 September 1975. It does not belong to Asia.

Well i can answer this one tu-8 never go to sink pliz only when God up there has da rite to make it sink kk Because he already make his promise to us no flood animore that's his promise pliz if u want to argue pliz not me ask God kk c u later

Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress was created in 1970.

The 169 islands of the Kingdom of Tonga have an estimated area of 289 square miles (742 km2). Only 36 of the islands have a resident population, at a density of about 360 residents per square mile (139 per square kilometer).

The largest island, Tongatapu, has an area of 99 square miles (257 km2), and the next largest islands include four or five about 25 to 35 square miles each.

IT IS 1610 MILES FROM CHICAGO,ILL. TO THE BORDER OF MEXICO. SO IF YOU WERE DRIVING WITH PLANS TO STOP FOR THE NIGHT, THEN IT WOULD TAKE AROUND THREE AND A HALF DAYS.

Melanesia has a democracy.

There are seven, not six. Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica Europe and Australia.

Some say there are six because they tend to put South & North America together.

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Papua New Guinea

'Nesia' comes from the Greek and means 'Islands':

Melanesia means 'islands of the black-skinned people',

Micronesia means 'small islands',

Polynesia means 'many islands',

Indonesia means 'Indian islands' (Indonesia was once known as the Indian Archipeligo).