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VK6BE > ASIA 20.12.05 14:45l 31 Lines 1345 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Where is Australia ?
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Well I studied geography to University level and I would say that
Australia is not in Asia, it is in Oceania, or Australasia, which includes
New Zealand and a few islands in the region. Asia is a continent.
Australia is also a continent but not part of the Asian continent.
That is my story but I have no doubt that Warren will have soething to
contribute to that. He seems to be an expert on things Australian!!! Just
joking, Warren!
Barry you are correct about those Mercator's projections. They distort the
picture and students cannot see what has been added to the map to stretch
it at the extremities.
Bob VK6BE.
> I have noticed recently several comments about Australia being in Asia.
> Very strange this, I think a lot of people need to go back to school, or is that where they were
misinformed in the first place,
> Why don't the same people say that Britain is in Asia ? After all London is closer to Asia
than Darwin is to Singapore.
> I won a $5 bet on this once.
>
> Even Djakarta, which is in Oceana not Asia, is about the same distance from Darwin as London is
from Ankara.
> North Korea's missiles are closer to Stockholm than Darwin.
> I think a lot of the blame can be put on those Mercator's projection world maps on every school
wall.
>
> 73 Barry VK2AAB
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