Australia

nouns

a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
is derived from
Australian
the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Australia
is a part of
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
eastern hemisphere, orient
is a part of
the hemisphere to the south of the equator
southern hemisphere
is an instance of (narrower)
one of the large landmasses of the earth
"there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
continent