The Islands of Oceania Defining the Islands By composition High islands Low islands Geographic groups Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia
The Islands of Oceania Original Discovery and Colonization “Island hopping” theory Theory that first Polynesians came from South America Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki expedition
The Islands of Oceania European Discovery and Impact Negative consequences Positive consequences Missionary activity John Paton James Chalmers
Early European Exploration Spanish Exploration Mendaña expeditions Solomon Islands Marquesas Santa Cruz Fernández de Quirós
Early European Exploration Dutch Exploration Abel Tasman Tasmania New Zealand Australia
European Exploration in the 1700s French Exploration Louis Antoine de Bougainville Expedition to Falkland Islands Accompanied by naturalist and astronomer Tahiti and other islands claimed for France English Exploration James Cook
European Settlement in Australia “Aborigines” The Original Australians Life and Culture Impact of European Immigration Pushed back by English settlers Many died from disease
European Settlement in Australia England claims New South Wales Captain Cook First Fleet To settle hundreds of convicts Arthur Phillip
European Settlement in Australia Expansion and Establishment Great Dividing Range Gregory Blaxland South Australia Victoria A New Nation Commonwealth of Australia (1901) Capital: Canberra