<P> The arrival of European settlers in subsequent centuries resulted in a significant alteration in the social and political landscape of Oceania . In more contemporary times there has been increasing discussion on national flags and a desire by some Oceanians to display their distinguishable and individualistic identity . The rock art of Australian Aborigines is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world . Puncak Jaya in Papua is often considered the highest peak in Oceania . Most Oceanian countries have a parliamentary representative democratic multi-party system, with tourism being a large source of income for the Pacific Islands nations . </P> <P> The term was coined as Océanie circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte - Brun . The word Océanie is a French word derived from the Latin word oceanus, and this from the Greek word ὠκεανός (ōkeanós), ocean . Natives and inhabitants of this region are called Oceanians or Oceanicans . The term Oceania is used because, unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean that links the nations together . </P> <Ul> <Li> Biogeographically, as a synonym for the Australasian ecozone and the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia), with New Zealand forming the south - western corner of the Polynesian Triangle . To note, New Zealand may also be considered part of Australasia, despite being traditionally part of Polynesia . </Li> <Li> As an ecozone, Oceania includes all of Micronesia, Fiji, and all of Polynesia except New Zealand . New Zealand, along with New Guinea and nearby islands, part of the Philippine islands, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, constitute the separate Australasian ecozone . </Li> <Li> In the geopolitical conception used by the United Nations, International Olympic Committee, and many atlases, Oceania includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not Indonesian New Guinea . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Biogeographically, as a synonym for the Australasian ecozone and the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia), with New Zealand forming the south - western corner of the Polynesian Triangle . To note, New Zealand may also be considered part of Australasia, despite being traditionally part of Polynesia . </Li>

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