New Guinea is a large island north of the Northern Territory, and is Australia's nearest neighbour.
Australia is referred to as the "Island Continent".
Melville Island lies to the northwest of the Northern Territory coast, in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. However, to Australia's northwest is the island of Timor, which is divided between East Timor and Indonesia.
The island of New Guinea, to the north of Australia, is occupied by Papua New Guinea in the east and the Indonesian province of West Papua in the west.
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Australia is a large country on an island.
The biggest island near Australia that is not part of Australia, is New Guinea, which lies to Australia's north.
The only North Island in Australia is a tiny coral island in the coral archipelago known as the Houtman Abrolhos. It is located in the Indian Ocean, off the midwest coast of Western Australia.
Australia is a country but it is also a large island. Australia is part of the continent Oceania.
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What large island is part of North America, but belongs to Europe?