George Windsor Earl the Physical Geography of South-Eastern Asia and Australia", published in 1845, described how shallow seas connected islands on the west (Sumatra, Java, etc.) with the Asian continent and with similar wildlife, and islands on the east such as New Guinea were connected to Australia and were characterised by the presence of marsupials. This formed the insipiration for Alfred Russel Wallace to propose the faunal boundary line now known as the Wallace Line. He published a paper in 1850 that invented the term 'Indu-nesians', for a quaint racial classification, derived from the Latin for India and island. He published a seminal
Lawnie Wallace Lawnie Wallace Lawnie Wallace is a Canadian country singer. Wallace recorded one studio album for MCA Canada, 1995's "Thought I Was Dreaming". Four singles from the album charted on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in Canada, including the number 8-peaking title track. Wallace was born in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. At age seven she began performing and writing songs. At the age of fifteen Wallace signed a publishing deal with TMP Publishing, and an artist development deal with Warner Chappell. After relocating to Nashville she began co-writing songs. Before the age of seventeen Wallace had signed a major record deal with