After British colonisation, the name New Holland was retained for several decades and the south polar continent continued to be called Terra Australis, sometimes shortened to Australia.
The Oceania region includes 14 countries: Australia, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
This island nation is made up of three territories - Guam, Wake Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands - as well as five nations, including Palau, Kiribati, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
So officially it's clear to see that there are 3 countries in Australia(Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea). Those 3 countries, plus 11 Pacific Island countries make up the 14 countries in the Oceania region.
The Aboriginal English words 'blackfella' and 'whitefella' are used by Indigenous Australian people all over the country — some communities also use 'yellafella' and 'coloured'.
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Most people assume the word Aboriginal means "the first inhabitants" or "from the beginning." But the root meaning of the word​ ​"ab" is a Latin prefix that means "away from" or "not." And so Aboriginal can mean "not original."Feb 22, 2018
While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.
As such a nation, created through law, Australia is 117 years old.Jan 22, 2018
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia.
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The name Australia (pronounced /əˈstreɪliə/ in Australian English) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern", and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography.
It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who made the suggestion of the name we use today. He was the first to circumnavigate the continent in 1803, and used the name 'Australia' to describe the continent on a hand drawn map in 1804.
