Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia). Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French "Australasie") in "Histoire des navigations aux terres australes" (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). The bulk of Australasia sits on the Indo-Australian Plate, together with India. 

Physiographically, Australasia includes New Zealand, Australia (including Tasmania), and Melanesia: New Guinea and neighbouring islands north and east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. The designation is sometimes applied to all the lands and islands of the Pacific Ocean lying between the equator and latitude 47° south. Physiographically, Australasia includes the Australian landmass (including Tasmania), New Zealand, and New Guinea. The independent country of Papua New Guinea also includes approximately 600 offshore islands. 

Most of Australasia lies on the southern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, flanked by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Southern Ocean to the south. Peripheral territories lie on the Eurasian Plate to the northwest, the Philippine Plate to the north, and in the Pacific Ocean – including numerous marginal seas – atop the Pacific Plate to the north and east. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Is New Zealand located within Australasia?
2. Can New Zealand be found inside of Australasia?
3. Is Australasia the location of New Zeland?
Q2:
1. Is Australia located within Australasia?
2. Can Australia be found inside of Australasia?
3. Is Australasia the location of Australia?
Q3:
1. Is New Guinea located within Australasia?
2. Can New Guinea be found inside of Australasia?
3. Is Australasia the location of New Guinea?
Q4:
1. Why isn't New Guinea always considered a part of Australasia?
2. Why is New Guinea only sometimes a part of Australasia?
3. Why do people only sometimes consider New Guinea to be affiliated with Australasia?
Q5:
1. Who coined the term Australasia?
2. Who came up with the word Australasia?
3. Who was the word Australasia first used by?
Q6:
1. In what year did Charles de Brosses come up with the term Australasia?
2. When was the word Australasia coined by Charles de Brosses?
3. What was the year when Charles de Brosses coined Australasia?
Q7:
1. Where did Charles de Brosses first use the term Australasia?
2. In what volume does the word Australasia first appear?
3. In what book did Charles de Brosses use the word Australasia for the very first time?
Q8:
1. How is New Zealand a part of Australasia?
2. What makes New Zealand a part of Australasia?
3. What logic makes New Zealand part of the Australasian territory?
Q9:
1. Is Melanesia Physiographically a part of Australasia?
2. Physiographically speaking, is Melanesia part of Australasia?
3. Is Melanesia considered to be a part of Australasia on a physiographical level?
Q10:
1. What latitude demarcates Australasia?
2. By what latitude is Australasia demarcated by?
3. Which line of latitude marks the start of Australasia?
