Australasia

The area known as Australasia covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, and several other smaller islands. Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea are all fragments of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, and still bear traces of this ancestry today, while Australia was also connected to the sunken continent of Lemuria. All three land masses have been separated from the other continents and each other for millions of years, which has led to the evolution of the unique flora and fauna for which the area is famous.   Australasia has been inhabited by aboriginal populations for thousands of years, and has only been colonized by others for the last two hundred years or so. This has had a vast impact on the culture of the area, ranging from acceptance and treaty with aboriginal natives, to all-out war and, unfortunately, even genocide.