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Australasia
thumb|upright=1.25|Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case, Melanesia
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Australasia is a geographical region that includes Australia, New Zealand, and nearby island groups like Melanesia. It's a useful term for understanding the cultural, political, and economic connections between these countries and territories in the southwestern Pacific.
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Research
261,122 papers- Australasia.ReviewGlobal heart · 2018DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.518
- Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.Lancet (London, England) · 2020GBD Chronic Kidney Disease CollaborationDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30045-3
- Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies.Lancet (London, England) · 2017Ng SC, Shi HY, Hamidi N et al.DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32448-0
- Exotic Animal Practice in Australasia.ReviewThe veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice · 2024Baron HR, Haberfield JDOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2024.03.004
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- Derivation and definitions
- Demographics
- See also
- References
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thumb|upright=1.25|Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case, Melanesia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologically, where the term covers several slightly different but related regions.
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