Australasia
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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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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.