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colinprince
on Aug 6, 2010
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Islands in lakes in islands in lakes ...
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 :(
die_sekte
on Aug 6, 2010
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In Germany Australia technically belongs to Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand and all those tiny islands. Could be the same in France.
mattcole
on Aug 11, 2010
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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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There oughtta be 7 continents; without Aust there'd only be 6 :(