Interesting fact: All Possums in Australia are called Possums based off of the Virginia Opossum. The word “Opossum” is an Algonquin loan word that was adopted by the English to describe the species. So, when Cook encountered them in the late 18th century while sailing around Australia, he named them “Possums,” derived from the short-hand term for “opossum.”
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
That is an interesting fact, thanks!
@mreggs37314 ай бұрын
sounds cap, I'm Australian and have never heard that possums were named after an american word.
@getahanddown4 ай бұрын
I need to look them up because Australasian Possums look very different to every Opossum I've seen. (Kiwi here)
@Planetmango484 ай бұрын
Ok.
@generalgrievous22023 ай бұрын
@@mreggs3731you thought it was complete coincidence that the small marsupial Opossum (pronounced 'possum') of north america, was named the same as our small marsupial possums?
@jordanle3664 ай бұрын
Aussie here, I fuck with this explaination. Shit's well researched and articulated. Citations in description too? fucking ace! Acknowledgement of aboriginal cultural apprehension with pictures of dead? Done amazingly!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks! I try my best to keep my videos to this standard - I'm glad it worked here.
@duck1ente4 ай бұрын
this shits (the video) bussin fr fr no cap
@gabmalagonpersonal4 ай бұрын
"Inney, mate"
@bigtex48644 ай бұрын
Bro's cursing up a storm.
@HarryWHill-GA4 ай бұрын
I used to have the office next to the Australian Liaison officer at a Joint Services Command. He inducted me as a member of the Bendigo Order of Old Bastards. I was the first non-Aussie. I got to visit Australia in the late 80s. Wonderful country and people. You do have some VERY serious empty going on once you get out of the cities.
@MintberryCrunch.4 ай бұрын
Love how you considered Indigenous viewers! I’m Indigenous (Gandangarra) and I rarely see this kind of consideration on KZfaq ❤❤
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
I'm glad to do it! I've seen this kind of warning on both online and legacy media that I respect a lot so I decided to look and find out more. I figured it was the responsible decision.
@weeb32774 ай бұрын
no one stops you from making videos yourself from any perspective you want but let me guess you need a white man to do that
@greenlantern148820004 ай бұрын
Where can I learn more?
@thomasbarca92974 ай бұрын
As a widajuri man I am glad you respected our culture thank you
@DM5550Z4 ай бұрын
@@thomasbarca9297What is it like being wiradjuri more broadly indigenous experience in australia? I an american have had much curiosity on the indigenous history and origins of australia.
@whophd4 ай бұрын
Well as an Aussie I was quite happy with everything in this vidWAIT DID YOU SAY KOALIFY ???!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Haha, yep I did!
@JaneNewAuthor4 ай бұрын
Don't forget the very creative "Macquarie"!
@Brendan77able4 ай бұрын
or PILL BAR RAR... pilbra 🤣
@rebeccawinter4723 ай бұрын
Who needs to say “remember to like” when a sublime pun will do. KOALAFY! 💜
@zelwinters19813 ай бұрын
Yeah, this was all very well done until he pulled a cringe card.
@commander56403 ай бұрын
G'day from Australia, I've added this to my documentary playlist so others can enjoy and learn. This is the most accurate Australian piece I've seen. Even us locals get it wrong, but you, sir, are 100% correct. It shows the level of your fact-checking is spot on
@kezzla3 ай бұрын
as an Aussie, at 00:10 when you blocked out Tassie while focusing on Australia I fuckin cracked up. Tassies will fuckin hate that lol
@windycity704219 күн бұрын
Fuckin gold 😂🍻
@lukepurse904212 күн бұрын
I'm here to bitch about this exact thing!
@vaughanphillips10 күн бұрын
Aa a kiwi I was mildly wounded from the action 2
@ibast14 ай бұрын
politically it's even larger. The Australian Antartic territory is huge, but even outside of that you have the Cocos Islands and Heard and Mcdonald islands and Christmas Island. As well as the Lorde howe island, Macquarie island mentioned in the video. (pronounced Mack-Qwar-rie, btw).
@gavinringland13623 ай бұрын
Ringleader. Town
@Jonesy17013 ай бұрын
Also Norfolk Island, the Coral Sea Islands, and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. Lord Howe Island part of NSW, and Macquarie Island is part of TAS.
@Ggdivhjkjl3 ай бұрын
@@Jonesy1701Have you been to Norfolk Island? There's a standing protest against the Australian occupation of their island. They particularly resent having to pay tax to Canberra when they never needed tax to look after themselves before.
@Jonesy17013 ай бұрын
@@Ggdivhjkjl *Of our island. Norfolk Island is an Australian territory, not simply an island we occupy. And the citizens there are Australians, and are subject to Australian law just like the rest of us. Just because you don't use tax, doesn't mean you are suddenly exempt. And Norfolk island was actually being majorly bankrolled by the Commonwealth, and then needed a financial bailout after they demonstrated they cannot self govern without a lot of help from the Commonwealth, so don't make out as though they don't see any money from Canberra.
@Goldfinch233 ай бұрын
@@Ggdivhjkjlpolitics aside, it's still an Australian territory.
@liammcgrath70514 ай бұрын
Absolutely love how you included the article explaining the warning. This is something I never even knew about! Love learning knew things I wasn't expecting to learn when clicking on a video ❤
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Awesome, glad you could learn something extra!
@gavinringland13623 ай бұрын
Ringleader. WROLD
@Kneedragon19624 ай бұрын
It's not easy to Koalafy, because How much can a Koala Bear?
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
I think it's best to just leave a ko-wallaby.
@Kneedragon19624 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei ~ She'll definitely lead you astray, Liana.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
I don't know if I canberra-nymore!
@buzzinbilby43084 ай бұрын
Are you having a Go anna?
@samueljo79104 ай бұрын
this is beautiful
@Autotrope3 ай бұрын
You won me over with your indigenous content warning - coming from a apparent non-Australian, that was a pretty culturally aware sign of respect!
@danshady097 күн бұрын
Omg shut up
@Dinorexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3 ай бұрын
really nice to see the consideration of indigenous viewers!
@Pokehero4 ай бұрын
This is such a good channel, always posts bangers
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos!
@Tarragon-kh6ko3 ай бұрын
Great video! The acknowledgment of indigenous peoples was great to see, really showing an understanding and respect for the culture’s importance to our country, and the geological explanations were easy to understand and effective. Keep it up. :D
@gavinringland13623 ай бұрын
Ringleader. WROLD
@danshady097 күн бұрын
Yeah fuck the whole video, I'm just glad he put a little me message at the start otherwise I don't know what I would have done, probably complain like some little snowflake that he didn't acknowledge the people that collect benefits
@NINE93THREE4 ай бұрын
Another insightful video, well done!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you found it insightful.
@timjim85243 ай бұрын
love the addition of indigenous names and terms as well as waltzing matilda at the end
@coraliemoller38964 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the video which brought together the various viewpoints about Australia. As an Australian, I find outsiders are already so confused about Oz that giving them the broader views through different scientific research will just bamboozle them. I doubt that many even know about Zealandia, which would likely never have been identified without the recent advances in satellite imagery. I’ve learned about the Wallace line, the Sahul, biogeography, and Zealandia in the past year. I think it will take a long time for it to filter through the education system here in Oz, since they are so busy with social re-engineering, not scientific research. Anyway, we see Australia (and the Australian continent) as the mainland and Tasmania, plus the few surrounding islands, and a slab of Antarctica. Tasmania was always known since many ships passed through Bass Strait in the early years and Tasmania was one of the penal colonies. Our history acknowledges New Zealand as our closest neighbour, despite the closer distance with the far north. Still it is quite far away and totally different in many ways. Far North Queensland was virtually impenetrable for the settlers for most of the ‘Australian’ history of European settlement. It was far from the movers and shakers of south eastern Australia. New Guinea was a protectorate of Australia and was not considered to be part of Oz since the water was the boundary of our country.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for that additional context. As someone from the US, I think a lot of Americans similarly don't think of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the other US territories as truly "American", if they even know that those places are part of our country at all. The idea that Brazilians consider themselves to be on the same continent as the US is also quite surprising to most in the US. My goal is to help people learn and think about the world, rather than make them confused, but I do acknowledge that there is a risk of confusion if people lack the proper context.
@TYsdrawkcaB3 ай бұрын
southeast papua new guinea was only a protectorate of australia briefly before being annexed, after which point it was the australian territory of papua until 1975. and northeast papua new guinea became part of australia in 1949. soooooo
@coraliemoller38963 ай бұрын
@@TYsdrawkcaB That may be so, but as far as most Australians are concerned, we are the mainland, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, Melville Island, Kangaroo Island, the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Christmas Island, the Torres Strait and Tiwi Islands, and a few others. Papua New Guinea was always a responsibility, not really part of Australia. Maybe because it is mountainous and covered in vegetation. It just isn’t Australian, even though our Northern regions are similar. Having shared boarding school with students from PNG and Bougainville, etc, I can assure you that they do not consider themselves to be Australian. They come here to school on sufferance but cannot wait to get home again.
@Qu_2_wil_lmjk3 ай бұрын
@@coraliemoller3896 You have a really good knowledge of the country and its surrounds, Coralie; did you learn some of this in a degree course & if so, which one, if I might ask?
@coraliemoller38963 ай бұрын
@@Qu_2_wil_lmjk I’m Australian. I’m almost 69 years old and I have always lived in Sydney. I know certain facts or lore about Australia and it’s environs. My education was in modern languages and law, which don’t relate to any knowledge about geography or Australian politics. I was around for the politics from high school to now. I’m a reader so I have a wide range of interests and many topics that I absorb. I’m curious, so I follow threads and find snippets from surfing from one website to another. A lot of recent knowledge, including about the newly discovered (mostly submerged) continent of Zealandia, came from watching KZfaq videos and then following up with Google and Wikipedia searches. There is a wealth of information floating around but it may not all be accurate.
@TheOrbitingBrick4 ай бұрын
Another great video, as always!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@blairthompson48913 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei WHAT?
@revinhatol4 ай бұрын
FUN FACT: The geographic center of mainland Australia is located due west of Alice Springs.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Cool!
@alexwood54254 ай бұрын
But the Lambert thing is near Finke.
@gdhdi53393 ай бұрын
Excellent depth and breadth in your research, well done mate! I love your work!
@gavinringland13623 ай бұрын
Ringland. News
@lizardthedragon2 ай бұрын
This is so well done! I was honestly shocked to see that you have less than 100k subscribers. 🇦🇺
@Ice_bear1333 ай бұрын
You didn’t really give us a strait answer just a bunch of suggestions and ideas of we’re it could end but still a great video
@alveolate4 ай бұрын
great content; but the voice recording was too soft, as the sudden loudness of the outro music clearly shows.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Hmm...yeah I had a slightly different setup this time than in the past (I have a new microphone shock mount which affected the positions of everything) so I may still have some tweaking to do for the ideal volume level.
@packerman294 ай бұрын
Came to say the same thing - Great vid, well researched and fun presentation. But yeah, the mic levels were very low
@FreakyHimmel3 ай бұрын
9:29, Im jumping into oncoming traffic and youre the reason why /j This was very interesting as an australian inhabitant, did know know cockies went that far up tbh, pretty cool
@andoru4 ай бұрын
Interesting and insightful video. Nice to see well-researched content.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you like it!
@WryAunКүн бұрын
Thanks for the video! I'm definitely going to use this to try some stuff!
@captainclarky53524 ай бұрын
The Waltzing Matilda outro is a nice touch
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@deekshas39363 ай бұрын
Loved the video. I learnt so many new things
@user-pg2sz4rj8m3 ай бұрын
Thank you for excellent documentary 👏
@rmar1274 ай бұрын
Anyone who thinks that Oceania is a continent needs to give themselves an uppercut.
@Clarence23rd3 ай бұрын
1000%
@TYsdrawkcaB3 ай бұрын
i'm an australian and i call the continent oceania though at the same time i also use it more often as a region for the pacific islands too
@SuperJeshua0073 ай бұрын
@@TYsdrawkcaBif you are Australian then you should know better. Australia is a continent, as a matter of fact it is the only land mass in the world that is a country, continent and island. Before you call yourself Australian learn about Australia
@TYsdrawkcaB3 ай бұрын
@@SuperJeshua007 you should know that it's not an island before telling people what does or does not make them australian
@jaddy11mash3 ай бұрын
@@SuperJeshua007it’s actually they only solid rock in the world ! AUSTRALIA DOESNT MOVE ALL OTHERS ACTUALLY MOVE
@xiphosura4134 ай бұрын
When talking about the Lord Howe island, did you mean Norfolk Island by any chance? Howe is just a normal ocean island on ocean crust, but Norfolk is actually a volcanic tip emplaced on the sunken Zealandia continent, considerably further East. Norfolk's ecology is also very unique, yet tied closer to that of NZ/NC. Norfolk is a territory of Australia, but most stuff is handled by Queensland after it was handed over from NSW in the last decade or so. Fun fact, Kingston on Norfolk island is the 2nd oldest settlement in Australia, having been founded just over a month after Sydney. This makes it older than all other state capitals in the country! Also if I may make a suggestion, boost the vocal volume somewhat, I had to turn it up to hear you clearly. Great video otherwise.
@SignoreGalilei3 ай бұрын
Those are some fun facts! Both Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island are geologically part of Zealandia according to the sources I read.
@DeneSnellАй бұрын
Not Australia
@PatchyFaun3 ай бұрын
Hey mate you forgot Herd Island. Between Perth and South Africa. It’s the largest mountain in the world if u count it from its base which is below the ocean surface. Loved the vid btw
@anthonyn.73793 ай бұрын
This is some A+ work man!
@DarkabyssTheFounder3 ай бұрын
The way I see it Australia: The Country Oceania: The Continent Boundaries of Oceania: Half of Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands
@jamesflannery-serle34893 ай бұрын
Oceania was invented by United nations system
@andrewjgrimm4 ай бұрын
Australia also has a large territorial claim in Antartica, has a variety of islands, and used to run other places as colonies (such as PNG).
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
True - it's pretty interesting stuff
@seanlander93214 ай бұрын
Actually it’s not a claim, half of Antarctica is Australian and our neighbours there have agreed our borders so that’s all that’s needed to define our land.
@dozermc52204 ай бұрын
@@seanlander9321 Always was, always will be? lol
@0Zolrender04 ай бұрын
I loved this presentation. It was so well done and very well explained.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@seanlander93214 ай бұрын
Australia has shrunk since it gave independence to its colonies, however as Australia extends to the South Pole it’s the second largest country on earth.
@Blakestar27Ай бұрын
Wow as an Aussie I never really knew this but it makes a lot of sense Ty for this video it has sure made me learn something.
@angelawossname3 ай бұрын
Thankyou for your disclosure at the beginning. I am a Kuarna woman from Adelaide, South Australia and it's a strict taboo in my culture. I will still watch, but it's always shocking and jarring to see images or hear names without a warning.
@SignoreGalilei3 ай бұрын
You're welcome, I'm glad the warning helped. I'll freely acknowledge I'm not an expert on this topic, but I've seen similar warnings on other shows, and I did some research on it. It seemed like the appropriate and respectful thing to do, and I'm happy that it helped you to be forewarned.
@peterixon87083 ай бұрын
Interesting conundrum you raised here; the sea link to New Guinea is a heck of a lot more shallow than that separating Tasmania from the mainland. Then there is the elephant in the room you profiled; the Wallace Line. I noticed a number of prominent universities around the world still don't have a definitive answer as to where the Australian continent actually extends. As an Australian, I think I'll just let this one pass.
@gdaholic4 ай бұрын
Very well rounded! Love it!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@mandywarren59122 күн бұрын
Warradjuri tribe here, indigenous on my fathers side also. . Giving thanx to my nation! My island home! Mx🙏❤️👍
@paulorocky3 ай бұрын
Australia plays its football (soccer) in the Asian Football Confederation. But just to add to the confusion, the A-League has one team in New Zealand, a member of the Oceania Football Confederation, and will add another next season (notwithstanding APL collapsing). I’m pretty sure we do the same for basketball, but many other sports are still affiliated with Oceania. This can cause problems such as when the Australian handball team had its Olympic qualification reversed due to concerns about the relative strength of the Oceania group. That was also the reason why all FIFA men’s World Cups prior to the next one had no direct qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation, which led then-Football Federation Australia to apply to move to the AFC, into which we were duly accepted in 2006. Politically, we are a member of the Pacific Nations Forum but also an associate member of ASEAN, as well as the G20 and APEC. My hometown, Melbourne, recently hosted an ASEAN Special Summit.
@BoiseLou3 ай бұрын
No mention of Christmas & Cocos Islands? Christmas Island sits literally on the edge of the Java Trench, far closer to Java than the Australian mainland. You can even easily swim out and see the trench with merely a snorkel.
@virtualdude644 ай бұрын
Would have been good to also include the boundary that encompasses all the islands that are part of Australia politically or the maritime jurisdiction of Australia.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Fair. That's not one continuous region, though.
@ascaddenokeefe3 ай бұрын
Can you do New Zealand Next? (mention these please:) Auckland Island Campbell Island The Snares Anitpodes Islands Bounty Islands Chatham Islands Kermedec Islands Balleny Islands Ross Dependancy Cook Islands Tokelau Nuie and The Three Kings Islands?
@local_authority3 ай бұрын
Just ask him to do your essay for you
@zombiephobe2230Ай бұрын
Aussie here, pretty sure Indonesia will have an issue with much of the argument pointing out geological and oceanic features that make a lot of their islands ours! lol
@cheesequaked3 ай бұрын
Epic video. I appreciate the separation of the mainland from the other islands, like my own in New Zealand. A lot of people, once they figure out where we are, assume we're "just like Australia/An Australian state" when New Zealand, or Aotearoa, is a country of its own, with its own laws, cultural history, even animals! However, Australia and New Zealand are arm-linked when it comes to residency. Citizens of either country are allowed to work in either country under almost similar laws, however the ability to work in Australia or New Zealand from other countries has very high law demand (Australia, you have to do something like 12 months of hard labour to earn residency or the ability to work under residency)
@AngusMurray3 ай бұрын
Fascinating! Thanks for the deep dive 🙂
@shelldraken30892 ай бұрын
Macquarie Island is pronounced as a Scottish surname: "Mack Quarry". It's a very common name in Australia named for Governor Lachlan Macquarie who put down the Rum Rebellion and transformed the Sydney Penal Colony away from being a prison in the early 19th century.
@steampunknord29 күн бұрын
I'm not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander but I am happy to see the inclusivity disclaimer at the start of your video. I haven't seen it in so long and I haven't seen it in use aside from on ABC and SBS documentaries about their history.
@daikucoffee53164 ай бұрын
Love your channel
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@frodosadventures87573 ай бұрын
1. I've heard that New Calidonia was originaly part of the Queensland Coast that splits off and drifted away at some stage. Therefore a lot of the geology and biology are similar. 2. Most of the Coral Sea reefs, cays and Islets belong to Australia and are Commenwealth teretories. They extend out more than half way to New Caladonia. 3. You showed an image of Macquarie Island which is a Sub Antartic Island belonging to Australia, however there was no mention of Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, which are also Sub Antartic Islands that belong to Australia. Heard Island is actually Australia's only active Volcanoe and support Australia's only Glaciers outside of Antartica. 4. Australia's teretorial claim is the biggest in Antartica. 5. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean belong to Australia. 6. Cocos Keeling Attol in the Indian Ocean is an Australian Terretory. It was a British teretory, however the local Malay people were given the choice what country they wanted to belong and they voted for Australia. 7. PNG was governed by Australia before becoming Indipendant.
@Dobuan753 ай бұрын
Great video and appreciate your acknowledgement of indigenous people like me. Just a quick pronunciation correction: “Cuss-cuss” not “cooss-cooss” - a hard letter “u” here.
@solsoman1023 ай бұрын
i’ve skipped over your content a couple of times when it’s been recommended to me because your channel name and the topics you cover kinda give off ai generated vibes but i’m glad i decided to actually see if my assumption was right because this is a cool video
@GreenPoint_one4 ай бұрын
If you talk about connection arabia was millions of years longer connected to africa than eurasia. Even though now humans call it part of asia what I culturally understand but not geographically :o
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
India, too - it's got its own tectonic plate and everything. Continents can be weird sometimes.
@generalgrievous22023 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalileiand depending on how you classify it, India is on the same plate as Australia (indo Australian plate), although I think that hypothesis is a bit outdated now
@Clarence23rd3 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalileii like to keep simple "A continuose landmass" so Eurasia, Africa, Australia, South America, North America".
@Lisa-x3n5x3 ай бұрын
Is the Wallace Line where Wallis and Fortuna got its name from? Loved this, thankyou!
@joeypescado73004 ай бұрын
Great video about something that I never thought about and I even learned something about the indigenous people in Australia!
@TheNeraum3 ай бұрын
As other aussies have said, this is really well done and a great explanation. I have one gripe, why did you say Macquarie like daiquiri 😭 its mac-quarry, like a dig site. Every city has a suburb and several streets named Macquarie, plus a university, so we know it well haha. Otherwise 10/10
@ReidPlaysVR3 ай бұрын
Can you make a video on the debate about whether Oceania is a continent or a region.
@modmaker76172 ай бұрын
Basically, it depends on the language. In English, it is a geographic region but in Spanish, French and most other European languages, it is a continent and Australia as a continent doesn't exist as an idea.
@ReidPlaysVRАй бұрын
@@modmaker7617 Ohhhh, ok. Is that why so many people argue about Australia being a continent? Because their English or use the English language? (I consider Australia a subcontinent like India.)
@StuffandThings_4 ай бұрын
This has always bothered me, I personally consider the edge of the continent to be the borders of Sahul, which also gives a convenient name to separate the continental landmass from the country and island. The complicated mess of Wallacea is realistically a collection of microcontinents jammed between Sahul and Afroeurasia. Similarly, the North American continental crust ends in the Cherskiy range in Russia, hence why the Bering sea was dry during the LGM (its epicontinental). Realistically, Afroeurasia and the Americas all form one gigantic supercontinent, which is evidenced by multiple groups which are spread across its 5 constituent landmasses but are excluded from the island continents and microcontinents.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Definitely a good way of thinking about things. One of my first videos that got traction on this channel was about the Bering Strait - I think it's a pretty cool and underappreciated bit of geography.
@calebptolomey65183 ай бұрын
The way you say Pilbara and Bali cracks me up
@dudleymills14273 ай бұрын
Continents are composed mostly of less dense rock with a chemical composition similar to granite. Oceania? Ocean is composed of salty water. Apparently in 1812 geographer Conrad Malte-Brun could not tell the difference.
@sparkieT884 ай бұрын
But nobody ever ask how is Australia 😢
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Well now that you mention it, how is Australia?
@skarn813 ай бұрын
Why is Australia?
@madzygal3 ай бұрын
😿😿
@madzygal3 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalileiwe are bad
@Sharky5113 ай бұрын
Who is Australia
@mal_31574 ай бұрын
As an Aussie I am proud to be a South Indonesian
@fasteddie92014 ай бұрын
Or are some Indonesians North Australian? Or Austronesian?
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
And I am a proud member of Canada's pants!
@jbro27803 ай бұрын
You should do this with what people consider the beginning of “Europe” and the beginning of “Middle East”
@ipo5566pm3 ай бұрын
I learnt something today. Amazing video 👌
@christendomempire56573 ай бұрын
Great video. Australia also has islands far out in the indian ocean, some closer to Madagascar Africa then Australia
@shnazshin4 ай бұрын
Great video. I just found found some of the maps quite difficult to sea with low lighting. Otherwise great stuff!👍
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into brightening them in the future. Glad you liked the video in general!
@texans4423453 ай бұрын
8:35 I didnt know Kiwis could hypothetically swim to Australia 🤔
@goawaygosh4 ай бұрын
You forgot about Cocos Keeling Islands, which is a part of Australia, and sits in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
They are very cool! I wound up focusing this video on the continent of Australia rather than the country's external territories, but there are a lot of interesting territories.
@goawaygosh4 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei fair enough. It was a good video.
@JoeKNYC4 ай бұрын
The Moluccas are culturally part of Melanesia, because the indigenous peoples there have historically been Papuan. Nowadays, most Moluccans are descended from a combination of Melanesian and Austronesian ancestors, so they could be considered the westernmost archipelago of Oceania.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Cool! That would make sense culturally speaking.
@aldopulidocastillo12704 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who ears the audio too low? I had to put the volume at 100% to barely hear
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
I think you're not the only one - I saw some other comments about that.
@davidjohnson14143 ай бұрын
Fascinating I had no idea. Thank you for the insight. 😂
@andrewmcdermott43084 ай бұрын
Southern Tasmania's ancient rocks matched up with the North America continent. Kind'a broke off... Yeah, nah yeah
@williamsutter215228 күн бұрын
Like nails on a chalkboard when someone says that Australia is the only country that spans a continent given Australia definitely doesn't span the entire continental shelf of Sahul.
@rtheben4 ай бұрын
Hey, I love this channel. As an Italian I’m might suggest “Signor Galileo” sounds and readsmuch better. Just for you info, with love
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you like the channel! I had a poll a while ago about maybe changing the channel name but people pretty overwhelmingly wanted me to keep it despite the grammar.
@rtheben4 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei oh ok! That’s ok, it’s not even a grammar mistake, it’s just a habit we have, kudos to you for the content you create
@FroyourHistory4 ай бұрын
This reminds me of how Australia defines the Southern/Antarctic Ocean as directly bordering it. Posted with a link to a map but looks like YT didnt like it :P
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
KZfaq is being annoying about links
@FroyourHistory4 ай бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei Strange too since it was just Wikimedia Commons
@callyman3 ай бұрын
That was really informative! Thanks from as Aussie.
@michellevanbeest18444 ай бұрын
Excellent educational tutorial
@harry-ie5xd3 ай бұрын
always good to learn more about my country 🙂
@captaindivad50623 ай бұрын
The warning at the start was for the aboriginals of australia or indiginous people and it is their culture that when somebody passes away they are not seen or talken about or anything like that in case you were wondering
@simonolsen999521 күн бұрын
First time the alogorithm has thrown this channel to me and its an instant sub and bell. 60 something YO educated Aussie and, mate, top marks for every comment and image. I've become so used to AI generated random images thrown together with anodine Chat GTP voice overs... hell, if this is an AI channel, then the machines have won.
@SignoreGalilei21 күн бұрын
Thanks for the sub! I'm glad you liked the video this much. I do not use AI for my script, voiceover, or video. I did once ask ChatGPT for a bad pun idea for one of my shorts, but I picked the one in this video with no AI help - I can't blame the machines for the koala pun.
@Andy-zc1dp2 ай бұрын
Id be interested in a video exploring the zealandia continent, an "8th" continent
@indigozsn4 ай бұрын
Awesome video, thanks! Keep up the great work
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
@Planetmango484 ай бұрын
1:06 Australia is an island too.
@Char1iBr0wn3 ай бұрын
Speaking as an Australian, we don't consider the continent as Oceania. The Continent is the main landmass. The rest is part of the continental plate.
@HammersDownАй бұрын
Wait so your telling me my Fucking teacher’s wrong
@ajmullaaaaaaa3 ай бұрын
How do I find the version of waltzing Matilda and the end of the song?
@SuperJeshua0073 ай бұрын
Why is he is talking about Australia being a part of a continent. Australia IS a continent. As a matter of fact Australia is the only land mass in the world that is classified as a country, continent and an island, feel free to look it up. This used to be common knowledge.
@evolveausevolveaus4 ай бұрын
Quality video mate
@SignoreGalilei3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@AhmadAbduljalil-n8nАй бұрын
my solution: make australia an island in asia, they already play in the asian cup, and there are lots of asians in australia edit: i'm just joking, don't write 2000 letter essay on how wrong i am
@Pluto-ge4opАй бұрын
There are heaps of asians here they don’t know how to bloody drive💀
@imaginaryfool114 ай бұрын
You got a like becuse of the koala pun at the end. Well done good sir !
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Haha amazing, thanks for the like!
@AdamEarl24 ай бұрын
Great vid! Thanks!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
You're welcome - glad you liked it!
@joeybulford52664 ай бұрын
Politically speaking, which islands does Australia govern. THAT’s what I consider Australia. Sure it’s more arbitrary than geographical lines but there’s too many islands around there. If they don’t vote in Australian elections then they’re not part of Australia.
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
It's definitely got its plusses as a definition. The only real ambiguous area then becomes the Australian Antarctic Territory, but no one lives there permanently anyway.
@Matias_Avila201118 күн бұрын
As an Australian I can say Australia is only mainland, Tasmania, torres straight, a few islands, and Ocean claims
@uno38224 ай бұрын
thank you for the Tasmania love even Australians don't recognise it as a state
@Windshear_beer3 ай бұрын
As a Perth resident most of us here recognize Tassie as a state - since we ran out of insults for South Australia. Jokes aside would love to travel down there, got some of the most beautiful views in Australia.
@juliusnepos60134 ай бұрын
Wow, a new signore video!
@SignoreGalilei4 ай бұрын
Yeah!
@foxdart13 күн бұрын
Pretty good mate, preeeeeety good 👍 👍.
@TheLostError4043 ай бұрын
If we take this a step further… Australia was apart of Antarctica last, so that could mean that Australia COULD consist of two continents. …I could be wrong with the Antarctica thing, but I just thought it would be fun to think about.
@GeoSquare643 ай бұрын
This leaves the question. Is Australia technically a transcontinental country due to the fact that the Christmas Island’s (owned by Australia) is in Asia.
@lilpenn75163 ай бұрын
Drawing the line at Lombok would exclude Bali from the list making it invalid. There's enough of us there at any given moment to make it count from a bibliographical perspective.