"David Grosz" <david@DLG.com.au> writes:
I'm not sure if this is what the issue is but politically, Macquarie Island is part of Tasmania and as such, I would have thought it should be included under Australia.
Organization into the top-level structure is by continent or oceanic region, not by political entity. Otherwise, it would be America/Honolulu, not Pacific/Honolulu. That's why Paul's reply pointed out the ambiguity of geographic classification, rather than focusing on the political classification. Classifying by political entity is a fast way to get us into trouble in more politically contentious places. Consider Atlantic/Stanley, for example. Australia is somewhat confusing in that context since it's both a political entity and a continent. -- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>