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Originally Posted by whswhs

So I see. I've never encountered that meaning before; I thought of "Australasia" as a fancy way of saying "southeast Asia and the East Indies"—Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, and whatever less well known countries may be lurking among them.

Bill Stoddard

Nope. Just Australia and nearby islands.