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== History ==
== History ==
The [[First Doctor]] once told [[Barbara Wright]] that "there [were] places on your Earth that I’ve never visited, such as [[Africa]] and Australasia." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'')
{{First pic|Europa bombing.jpg|The continents of Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')}}
While visiting England in 1963, the [[First Doctor]] told [[Barbara Wright]] that "there [were] places on your Earth that I’ve never visited, such as [[Africa]] and Australasia." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'')


In an address to the United Zone General Assembly meeting in [[2017]], [[Ramón Salamander]] announced highly satisfactory results from sun conservation tests in the Australasian Zone with sun-catching orbital satellites. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'')
In an address to the United Zone General Assembly meeting in [[2017]], [[Ramón Salamander]] announced highly satisfactory results from sun conservation tests in the Australasian Zone with sun-catching orbital satellites. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'')

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Australasia

Australasia was a region on Earth which consisted of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Malaysia, and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia which were collectively known as Oceania. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus)

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The continents of Earth. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

While visiting England in 1963, the First Doctor told Barbara Wright that "there [were] places on your Earth that I’ve never visited, such as Africa and Australasia." (PROSE: Planet of Giants)

In an address to the United Zone General Assembly meeting in 2017, Ramón Salamander announced highly satisfactory results from sun conservation tests in the Australasian Zone with sun-catching orbital satellites. (TV: The Enemy of the World)

At one point, Australasia was home to one of the five ioniser bases keeping back the glaciers of the second Ice Age. (TV: The Ice Warriors)

In 200,100, when the Daleks attacked Earth, Australasia was referred to as "just... gone" after a bombing run, which implied absolute destruction of the continent. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)