seven continents? include Australia?

Question

I've heard some say that Australia is both a continent and a country and others say it isn't. Clarify please.

Answer 1

I thought It was a continent. Sometimes it and the other island around it are called Oceania.

Wikipiki says there are 7 different continent models/naming conventions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Answer 2

Australia is the only country to also be a continent. It just so happened that it didn't get divided up like other continents. The British were the first Europeans to discover Australia. The aborigines were there for tens of thousands of years first.

Answer 3

Australia is a country and a continent. The continents are North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. There are over 150 countries in the world.

Answer 4

I believe that it is both. Seven continents are North Amer, South Amer, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

Answer 5

continents are the major land masses (N. & S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Anartica) while a country in a sovergn body, Austraila just so happens to fit into both of these.

Answer 6

Yes, it is both. It is a continent because it is a large island and it is one country on that land mass.

Answer 7

it is both a country and a continent