Australasians

Down-under region natives

Australasians are people from Australasia—a region comprising Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands of the South Pacific.

The term appears most often in formal or geographic contexts: Australasians dominated the tennis tournament.

It functions as both noun and adjective: Australasian wildlife, Australasian cuisine.

peoples

Aboriginal

Australia's native peoples

Micronesian · Fijian · Samoan · Tongan · Tasmanian · Aussie · Pacific Islander · Kiribati · indigenous

geography

New Zealand

Pacific island nation

Micronesia · Papua New Guinea · Fiji · Samoa · Tonga · Vanuatu · Great Barrier Reef · Outback · Tasman Sea · Coral Sea

diaspora

emigrants

People leaving their country

settlers · immigrants · naturalization · visa · assimilation · repatriates · transnational · London · British · Commonwealth

culture

Dreamtime

Aboriginal mythological creation era

  • LuauRoblox development language
  • PavlovaBallet icon, namesake dessert
  • VegemiteYeast extract spread

Rugby · AFL · Barbie

Opposites
geographic/continental origin

AustralasiansEuropeans

People from that continent

North Americans · Africans · South Americans · Asians · Central Americans

hemispheric position

AustralasiansNorthern Europeans

People from Scandinavia, etc.

Scandinavians · North Americans · Eurasians · Europeans · Canadians

Family

Australasian, Australasia

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G