Edit: on Australia being continent - now I come across as a fool. But I hope people understood what I meant. Also, I have had to argue against folks who said Greenland should also be a continent since it is bigger than Australia.
If it's the only projection you've ever seen - and globes aren't all that common - it's a reasonable misconception.
Kind of makes you wonder what other projections we're carrying around in our heads.
Unless your talking about Australia which is ~3.5x a big. (2,969,907 sq miles)
A technicality. While people thinking Greenland is bigger than Australia is not, which is the point I was trying to get across.
I often wonder if it will matter in a couple of years. If we actually get to the point where walls are displays, then I would expect most schools will have a globe projected on the wall instead of a map. How long until we start with 3D animations instead of 2D drawings?
ANTARCTICA 5,400,000 sq mi AUSTRALIA 2,969,900 sq mi GREENLAND 836,330 sq mi