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

“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.

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.

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

Group of islands located in South Pacific Ocean.

Mostly mountainous terrain.

Temperate climate with sharp regional contrasts.

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.

Site of US nuclear testing 1946-1958. Radiation prevented natives from returning.

Worlds largest coral reef system

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.

Worlds largest desert Worlds largest desert

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

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

5% rock, rest is ice