Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest, is a practice described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms.
Much of the region is an ancient highland, but there is basaltic bedrock near Cooma and Nimmitabel that produce the only true chernozems in the whole continent, which are some of the best soils in Australia.
Best Answer: Australia is the continent, Oceania is the region. Continents are just very large landmasses. Australia is the only country that is also a continent. Oceania is the larger region that contains Australia, New Zealand and the many island countries of the South Pacific.Australasia is what the Oceania region used to be called about 40 years ago.he country of Australia for instance includes the Australian continent, Tasmania (which is an island) and various other islands in the Indian, Pacific and Southern oceans. The Asian continent would be just the mainland. The Asian region would also include Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan etc. for example.