Australia (continent)
The continent of Australia, sometimes known technically as Sahul, Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is a continent located in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.
Australia (continent) Media
Australia-New Guinea (orthographic projection)
Mainland Australia showing the continental Sahul Shelf (light blue) extending to the islands of New Guinea in the north, the island of Timor in the northwest, and Tasmania in the south
Aboriginal pictographs known as Wandjina in the Wunnumurra Gorge, Barnett River, Kimberley, Western Australia
Terra Australis, depicted on one of the Dieppe maps from 1543 as a large promontory attached to South America. The landmass bears a striking resemblance to the western portion of mainland Australia.
A typical map from the Golden Age of Dutch cartography, printed in Paris, 1663
An Australian light machine gun team in action near Wewak, Papua New Guinea, in June 1945
The Sahul Shelf of the continent
Australia as a whole part of the Australian Plate
Sea level rise since the Last Glacial Maximum
Australian eucalyptus forest in a state of regeneration
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