Is australia a continent?

Question

SOme people said that australia is a continent but i thought that oceania was the continent. Which is right?

Answer 1

The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia's neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.



The continent of Australia has been inhabited for over 40,000 years by Indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and by European explorers and merchants starting in the 17th century, the eastern half of the continent was claimed by the British in 1770 and officially settled as the penal colony of New South Wales on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were successively established over the course of the 19th century.

Answer 2

Australia is a country and continent

Answer 3

Of course it is.  What grade are you in?  My grandson is in third grade and knows this answer!

Answer 4

yes australia is a continent because it is made up of both the countries australia and tasmania

Answer 5

Australia is the smallest Continent but has some of the strangest animals

Answer 6

Yes, as you have already gathered.  And to Stacey, Tasmania is part of Australia not a seperate country.  The continent of Australia includes Tasmania as on the same landmass - that is connected under the water that seperates them, and Tasmania was only split from Australia 30-40,000 years ago.

Answer 7

Oh, wow.  Thanx 4 the points.

Who is your teacher?  SNATCH their credentials!

Answer 8

yes and it is also called oceania

Answer 9

Australia is a continent.

Answer 10

Yes, it is.

Answer 11

Yes,Australia is a continent. The 7 contenents are Antartica,Africa, Asia,Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

Answer 12

Austrailia is a continent and a country.

Answer 13

yes.

The 7 continents are:

N. America.

S. America.

Africa.

Asia.

Europe.

Australia.

and Antarctica.

Answer 14

Australia is a continent.

Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands--mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is often used in many languages to define one of the continents and is one of eight terrestrial ecozones.