Australia,

New Zealand,

Oceania,

Antarctica

Australian Aborigines

Aborigine = “native”

Hunters

Land sacred

Polytheistic

Arrived in Australia over 40,000 years ago (yes, really, not a typo)

MAORI: Indigenous peoples of New Zealand

•Depicts deep meaning told through stories

•Symbols represent natural surroundings.

Thunder & Lightening

ABORIGINAL ARTWORK

EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF

AUSTRALIA (1780’S)

“First Fleet”: 11 British ships

sailed from England (1787) to est.

colony in Australia.

Seeking: spices, tea, luxury goods.

Cleared land for agriculture &

farming, relocated aborigines.

Australian Gold Rush (1851)

brought Europeans.

British convicts built infrastructure.

After WWII, Australian gov’t

promoted European immigration.

ECONOMY

Australia: developed,

modern free market

economy.

Abundant natural

resources

Impacted by US/European

Economic issues.

New Zealand: economy:

Wool, switched to exporting

frozen meat/dairy products

as a result of colonization.

SOCIAL/CULTURE

Australia: greenhouse gas pollution a MAJOR

problem – 2010 govt enacted controls.

Education in the isolated Outback: School via

radio, email, video, satellite.

90% of population of Australia: European

descent

COLONIZATION OF THE PACIFIC

OCEANIA (ALSO REFERRED TO AS: PACIFIC ISLANDS OR SOUTH SEA ISLANDS)

1000’s of tiny islands

scattered between Hawaii

& The Philippines.

Subregions:

Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia.

Economy: Fishing.

Over-fishing…economic

problem.

Island life: simple, complex

customs & rituals.

BIKINI ATOLL Site of US nuclear testing 1946-1958.

Radiation prevented natives from returning.

GREAT BARRIER REEF

Worlds largest coral reef system

RING OF FIRE

MARIANA TRENCH

Deepest part of the world's

oceans, & deepest location on

the surface of the Earth’s

crust.

Maximum depth of about

35,798 feet.

In the NW Pacific Ocean, near

Japan.

NEW ZEALAND

Group of islands located

in South Pacific Ocean.

Mostly mountainous

terrain.

Temperate climate with

sharp regional contrasts.

ANTARCTICA

Worlds largest desert

Colder than the North Pole…Land is colder than water.

Only scientists stay in Antarctica: There are scientists from just about every nation…

5% rock, rest is ice

ANTARCTICA