Australasia is a subregion of Oceania , comprising Australia , New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia ), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia ). The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically , physiogeographically , philologically , and ecologically , where the term covers several slightly different but related regions.
5-651: Southern Cross Route is a term for passenger flights from Australasia (or Oceania ) to Europe via the Western Hemisphere . The term was coined by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines when they began services from Sydney to Vancouver in 1949. The route was extended to Europe following the signing of an air services agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom in 1957, which saw Qantas flying from Sydney to London via Los Angeles and New York using Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellations . The name
10-779: Is in honor of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith 's historic 1928 flight in the aircraft Southern Cross . The equivalent route running through the Eastern Hemisphere is known as the Kangaroo Route . Qantas operated on the route from 1949 — 1974, when it discontinued the London leg of the trip. BOAC began flying to Australia via the South Pacific in April 1967. Air New Zealand operated an Auckland – Los Angeles – London Heathrow from 1982 — 2020. Other airlines to use
15-513: The Latin for "south of Asia " and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific ( Magellanica ). In the late 19th century, the term Australasia was used in reference to the "Australasian colonies". In this sense it related specifically to the British colonies south of Asia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria (i.e.,
20-532: The Australian colonies) and New Zealand. Australasia found continued geopolitical attention in the early 20th century. Historian Hansong Li finds that against the backdrop of British colonialism, German geopoliticians considered "Australasia" as a counterweight to the former German South Sea Edge (Südseerand), both of which form the "Indo-Pacific" region. The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary gives two meanings of "Australasia". One, especially in Australian use,
25-561: The route include Air Tahiti Nui , French Bee , Air France , Air Canada , Aerolíneas Argentinas , and LAN Airlines . Aside from codeshares and alliances/partners, airlines on the Southern Cross Route (with seasonal destinations in italics ) are the following: Australasia Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French Australasie ) in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from
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