1. Brief History of Oceania LECTURE #1 Australia & New Zealand Early Times – Colonial Period

2. Migration to Australia First people in Australia came from Southeast Asia Crossed land bridges (when possible) Also used boats/canoes

3. Aborigines First people to live in Australia 50,000 years before Europeans Lived in tribes, in small villages Food came mostly from the sea (fish) Also grew yams, fruits, taro Nomadic people

5. Colonial Period First European explorers came around 1500 A.D. 1800s - In search of whale oil, more exploration occurred when whalers followed animals to Oceania Capt. James Cook (right) – explorer of Australia & New Zealand (1770s)

6. European Settlement of Australia 1788 Great Britain turns Australia into prison colony 1851 Gold discovered, bringing many European settlers Decline of Indigenous people (Aborigine) Fighting for control of land Could not combat European diseases

7. Brief History of Oceania LECTURE #2 Australia & New Zealand New Zealand & Modern Auzzieland

8. New Zealand in Brief First settled between 950-1130 A.D. First explored by Europeans in 1630 (Abel Tasman) Capt. James Cook explored NZ in 1769

10. New Zealand Today Government Member of the British Commonwealth, but completely independent (like Canada) Voting: Every person 18+ can vote Elections every 3 years Economy Mostly agriculture and tourism However, there are 13 times more sheep than people in New Zealand

11. 5 Things You didn’t Know about Aussieland 1. Australia is REALLY BIG 6 th largest country (physically) in the world (slightly smaller than continental USA) 2. Australia is REALLY EMPTY Only 20 million residents (USA has 300 million) 3. Australia has really dangerous animals (yes and no!) More people have died from lightning strikes than shark attacks More people died from bee stings (20) than died from shark attacks, crocodile attacks and spider bites combined.

12. 5 Things (cont’d) 4. Australians are hard workers In 2004, Australian's ranked third in a list of average hours worked each year amongst industrial countries behind New Zealand (1) and the USA (2) and ahead of Japan (5), Britain (8) and Germany (12).

13. 5. Rugby Players are tougher than Soccer (football) Players