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by colinprince 5795 days ago
In the english speaking world we refer to Australia as a continent, but I just saw a kid's encyclopedia from France which refers to Australia as an island.

There oughtta be 7 continents; without Aust there'd only be 6 :(
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die_sekte 5795 days ago
In Germany Australia technically belongs to Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand and all those tiny islands. Could be the same in France.
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mattcole 5790 days ago
It's really no big deal, but in Australia as kids we're taught we live on a continent that is an island and a country :)
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