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Re:Islands in lakes in islands in lakes ... by colinprince on Friday August 06, 2010 @09:34AM (#1580946)
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 :(

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Re:Islands in lakes in islands in lakes ... by die_sekte on Friday August 06, 2010 @03:14PM (#1582047)
In Germany Australia technically belongs to Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand and all those tiny islands. Could be the same in France.
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Re:Islands in lakes in islands in lakes ... by mattcole on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @03:32PM (#1595787)
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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