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, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.
Contemporary Examples

A point I made in my 2007 book Comeback: back in 1985, NATO plus Japan plus Australasia produced 50% of world GDP.
Is Decline Optional? David Frum February 15, 2012

Historical Examples

Thus South America and Australasia alone are left as the lands that contain these interesting birds in any number.
An Australian Bird Book John Albert Leach

Both are natives of what may be termed the new world of Australasia.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found Mayne Reid

The shorter distance of Auckland from the ports of America gives it an advantage over any other seaport in Australasia.
Under the Southern Cross Maturin M. Ballou

I was in Australasia three months and a half, and saw only one Governor.
Following the Equator, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

The opossum of America is the only species out of Australasia which is thus provided.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 Various

The waiters were men, I think; but that is not usual in Australasia.
Following the Equator, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

It is, however, with Chinese immigration into Australasia that we are more immediately concerned.
The Alien Invasion William Henry Wilkins

I speak of those of Australasia and India, for I had access to those only.
Following the Equator, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

It is of universal range, excepting Australasia and Madagascar, and consists of about sixty species.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia Frank Evers Beddard

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Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
(loosely) the whole of Oceania