Australasian
, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.
Contemporary Examples
That picture has now become the image by which the whole australasian tour will be remembered.
Kate Middleton’s History of Flesh-Flashing Wardrobe Malfunctions Tom Sykes May 28, 2014
australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24 (4), 355-373.
15 Signs You’ll Raise a Genius Anneli Rufus October 23, 2011
Historical Examples
Samuel Marsden may be called the patriarch of australasian Christianity.
Pioneers and Founders Charlotte Mary Yonge
The career of this man is a curiosity of australasian literature.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) John West
The origin of the australasian fauna is a question pertaining to the article Zoological Distribution.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5 Various
The air was still, heavy, and parched with the breath of the australasian sirocco.
A Strange Story, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The australasian is of course Conservative, but not quite so rabidly so as the Argus.
Town Life in Australia R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
On this occasion at Exeter, it was one of our own australasian prelates who preached the sermon.
The Retrospect Ada Cambridge
Also other things too flat to be bawled through an australasian tube.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I) Henry James
The men who followed the drum of Drake were much akin to the australasian of to-day.
G. H. Q. Frank Fox
noun
a native or inhabitant of Australasia
adjective
of or relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the neighbouring islands
(of organizations) having members in Australia and New Zealand
noun
Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
(loosely) the whole of Oceania
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