blake Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Australia's not an island. It's a continental landmass like the American continent, or Antartica, which are also surrounded by water. But I bet you don't think of them as being islands, do you? the notion of the 'small island' or 'tiny little island' thing comes up when people feel somewhat beleaguered. Like back in 1940 when Britain faced a onslaught from a massive Nazi military juggernaut which had already invaded most of Europe, or today, when people get all upset because they hear Polish being spoken on the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjames Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Australia's not an island. It's a continental landmass like the American continent, or Antartica, which are also surrounded by water. But I bet you don't think of them as being islands, do you? the notion of the 'small island' or 'tiny little island' thing comes up when people feel somewhat beleaguered. Like back in 1940 when Britain faced a onslaught from a massive Nazi military juggernaut which had already invaded most of Europe, or today, when people get all upset because they hear Polish being spoken on the bus. It's surrounded by water. The UK is surrounded by water....its the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Heath Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 The odds of Labour ever winning power again are very long. Scotland is lost to them, the Boundary Commission is likely to reorganise constituencies in the Tories favour. The Conservatives would need to fall apart as a party to give Labour any chance. Cameron has been quite smart in getting the referendum out of the way early in this parliament, in or out of Europe, the Tories will mend any broken fences within the party and be in poll position in 2020, Corbyn or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Australia's not an island. It's a continental landmass like the American continent, or Antartica, which are also surrounded by water. But I bet you don't think of them as being islands, do you? Isn't it both? Bill Bryson says: Australia is the world's sixth largest country and its largest island. It is the only island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. It was the first continent conquered from the sea, and the last. It is the only nation that began as a prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Isn't it both? Bill Bryson says: Would you guys like to go and play in the chatroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 It's surrounded by water. The UK is surrounded by water....its the same thing. It's not, in geographical terms. Britain is an island that seperated from the main Eurasian continental landmass millions of years ago. Baffin island is an island that seperated from the American continental landmass. Australia is like Antarctica and the Americas - a continental landmass in its own right not usually thought of as being an island. People sometimes call Australia the world's largest island when it just looks like the world's largest island on a map. What Australia really is is the world's SMALLEST continental landmass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 It's surrounded by water. The UK is surrounded by water....its the same thing. WHY GREENLAND IS AN ISLAND AND AUSTRALIA IS A CONTINENT http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/why-greenland-is-an-island-and-australia-is-a-continent/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shef1985 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 WHY GREENLAND IS AN ISLAND AND AUSTRALIA IS A CONTINENT http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/why-greenland-is-an-island-and-australia-is-a-continent/ Whatever happened to Oceania and Australasia? Anyway, it seems tiny island is rhetoric and this debate is way off topic. Tiny island that can beat the Bosch, tiny island that can't cope with migrants..... In 1982 it was tiny islands. But that was Reagan not wanting to say Falklands or Malvinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 In 1982 it was tiny islands. the Falkands aren't all that tiny. If it was all one continuous island rather than loads of them - with two main big ones - it would be bigger than Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjames Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 It's not, in geographical terms. Britain is an island that seperated from the main Eurasian continental landmass millions of years ago. Baffin island is an island that seperated from the American continental landmass. Australia is like Antarctica and the Americas - a continental landmass in its own right not usually thought of as being an island. People sometimes call Australia the world's largest island when it just looks like the world's largest island on a map. What Australia really is is the world's SMALLEST continental landmass. Australia is an island too bud. It's also a country. ---------- Post added 27-05-2016 at 13:59 ---------- WHY GREENLAND IS AN ISLAND AND AUSTRALIA IS A CONTINENT http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/why-greenland-is-an-island-and-australia-is-a-continent/ Australia's an island too. ---------- Post added 27-05-2016 at 14:01 ---------- Isn't an island a land mass surrounded by water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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