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steelhive
6461 days ago
Hmm. My globe has "Oceania" printed just to the right of Australia. Perhaps it was a misprint and meant to go
on
Australia. (Hint: Oceania was the country in "Nineteen Eighty-Four".)
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rkowalick
6461 days ago
Technically, the continent of Australia was part of the super-nation Oceania in 1984.
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hugh
6461 days ago
Australia is part of Oceania in most usages of that term (both outside and including 1984):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania
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