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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

12.3.10 "West Island".

New Zealand is another country, not a state of Australia. (Sometimes
people in NZ refer to Australia as the "West Island" as NZ has two
main land masses, North and South Islands) [RK]

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