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The Islands of Oceania Defining the Islands By composition

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1 The Islands of Oceania Defining the Islands By composition
High islands Low islands Geographic groups Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia

2 The Islands of Oceania Original Discovery and Colonization
“Island hopping” theory Theory that first Polynesians came from South America Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki expedition

3 The Islands of Oceania European Discovery and Impact
Negative consequences Positive consequences Missionary activity John Paton James Chalmers

4 Early European Exploration
Spanish Exploration Mendaña expeditions Solomon Islands Marquesas Santa Cruz Fernández de Quirós

5 Early European Exploration
Dutch Exploration Abel Tasman Tasmania New Zealand Australia

6 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

7 European Settlement in Australia
“Aborigines” The Original Australians Life and Culture Impact of European Immigration Pushed back by English settlers Many died from disease

8 European Settlement in Australia
England claims New South Wales Captain Cook First Fleet To settle hundreds of convicts Arthur Phillip

9 European Settlement in Australia
Expansion and Establishment Great Dividing Range Gregory Blaxland South Australia Victoria A New Nation Commonwealth of Australia (1901) Capital: Canberra


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