The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoChoose your difficultylemmy.worldimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageChoose your difficultylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squarejoel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoFor some reason New Guinea is included with Australia, even though the western half is owned by Indonesia, and the eastern half is its own country. Either way with the civil war going on there at the moment I’d much rather be living in Australia!
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThose are geographic boarders not polticals ones. New Guinea is included because, like Australia the country, its part of the continent of Australia.
minus-squarejoel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoUmm I don’t think New Guinea is part of the Australian continent. I live in Australia and they definitely didn’t teach us that in school
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWikipedia says it is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_(continent) Like my teacher always said “Trust everything you read on the internet. Also you need to listen better”
For some reason New Guinea is included with Australia, even though the western half is owned by Indonesia, and the eastern half is its own country. Either way with the civil war going on there at the moment I’d much rather be living in Australia!
Those are geographic boarders not polticals ones. New Guinea is included because, like Australia the country, its part of the continent of Australia.
Umm I don’t think New Guinea is part of the Australian continent. I live in Australia and they definitely didn’t teach us that in school
Wikipedia says it is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_(continent)
Like my teacher always said “Trust everything you read on the internet. Also you need to listen better”