was entirely separate from the imagined (but still undiscovered) seventh continent (today's Antarctica).

In the 19th century, the colonial authorities in Sydney re-allocated the name Australia to New Holland and its centuries-old Dutch name eventually fell into disuse. Meanwhile, having lost its name of Australia, the south polar continent was nameless for decades until Antarctica was coined in the 1890s.

In the early 19th century, British explorer

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