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Melanesia includes several archipelagos north and northeast of Australia. The name is derived from the Greek and means something like black islands, which refers to the dark-skinned population groups.
countries
Other goals
- New Caledonia - one of France dependent overseas territory.
- West Papua - the western part of New Guinea; part of Indonesia.