Austral Islands
Britishplural noun
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Soon other colonies followed: the five dots of French territory in India; in the Pacific, New Caledonia, Tahiti, the Gambier Islands, Tuamotu, the Marquesas and Austral Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1820, a canoe arrived at Maurua, about thirty miles west of Borabora, which had come from Rurutu, one of the Austral Islands.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
From these facts we may infer, perhaps, that the Cook and Austral Islands have been upheaved at a period probably not very remote.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
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