© T. M. Whitmore Last Time SE Asia country details: Indonesia & Philippines Australia & New Zealand Physical Geography Population and density issues Historical, economic, and cultural Immigration and Maori & Aboriginal rights
© T. M. Whitmore Today Papua New Guinea & the Pacific realm (Oceania)
© T. M. Whitmore Papua New Guinea & Oceania I Size, location, and etc Micro states (thousands of islands and many states) Spread over thousands of miles of the Pacific Pacific ~ a hemisphere it self virtually ½ the globe Total land area is small Islands <4 x NC Total area ~ 18x NC Small pop Total ~ = NC; > 1/2 in Papua New Guinea
© T. M. Whitmore Papua New Guinea & Oceania II Physical geography Tropical/equatorial wet (AF - AM) or tropical wet/dry climates (Am) Aside from New Guinea, 2 island types “high” and “low” (i.e., volcanic mountainous islands or low coral reef islands) Papua New Guinea has large mtn. range
© T. M. Whitmore Original settlement & Colonial past Initial settlement over 3000 yrs from 2500 BC European voyages of “discovery” 1600s – 1700s Complex colonial histories for most Many still colonial possessions France USA
© T. M. Whitmore International Law of the Sea Territorial waters vs “high seas” For most = 12 miles Exclusive Economic Zones 200 miles from each land (island) This an tiny atoll can claim economic rights (minerals & fishing etc.) to an area 200 miles across (166,000 sq mi)
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© T. M. Whitmore Melanesia Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji Some ethnic and linguistic commonality but hundreds of languages Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Fiji
© T. M. Whitmore Micronesia Mostly micro-sized low islands — former UN sponsored USA trust area from former Japanese holdings from WWI Marshall Islands open air H-bomb nuclear tests Bikini the article of clothing got its name from the island in the 1950s when the H-bomb tests occurred there
© T. M. Whitmore Polynesia Hawaii to N. New Zealand Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, etc. Amazingly wide spread culture Tourism is main industry
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