Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania

Diversity Amid Globalization, 3rd edition: Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff 2

Learning Objectives

Understand the complex interactions between indigenous populations and European, Asian and North American colonization.

Examine the ways in which economic, political and cultural globalization influence distance in this vast region.


Key ConceptsOceaniaOutbackArchipelagoMelanesiaPolynesiaMaoriMicronesiaMalleeTsunamiHigh and Low IslandsHot Spot

AborigineViticultureKanakasWhite Australia PolicyHaolesPidgin EnglishAotearoaNative Title BillAPECCER Agreement


Setting the Boundaries

Vast region; dominated by the Pacific Ocean

Australia, New Zealand and the island subregions of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia

Shared elements of indigenous and colonial history


Australia andOceania

Figure 14.1


Figure 14.5

Environmental Issues - Overview

Regional environmental risksare both natural and human-induced


Figure 14.6 – MiningFigure 14.8 – Nonnative Species

Figure 14.7 - Logging

Environmental Issues(cont’d)


Physical Setting

Figure 14.4


Physical Landscapes—Australia

Figure 14.9 – The Outback

Figure 14.10 – Great Barrier Reef

Figure 14.12 – Mallee Scrub


Physical Landscapes—Oceania

Figures 14.13, 14.14 and 14.16


Evolution of an Atoll High vs. Low Islands

Figure 14.17


Climate

Figure 14.11

What accounts for the transition in climates between the southeast coast of Australia and the interior?


Populationand Settlement

Figure 14.18


Demographic Indicators


Settlement

Patterns—Historical

Figure 14.19


Settlement Patterns—Current

Figure 14.20 - Melbourne

Figure 14.22 – Port Moresby


Sydney

Figure 14.3 – The city

Figure 14.21 – The suburbs


“Heart of Polynesia”—Apia

Figure 14.4.1

Figure 14.4.2


Agricultural Regions

Figure 14.23


Agricultural Landscapes

Figure 14.24 – Commercialized

Figure 14.25 - Subsistence


Cultural DiversityFigures 14.27, 14.29 Figures 14.28, 14.30

Complex blend of cultures resulting frommultiple migrations.


Linguistic Diversity

Figure 14.26


Geopolitical Framework

Figure 14.34


Native LandRights

Figure 14.35

- Australian Aborigines- Maori: Aotearoa


Economic Indicators


Tourism

Figure 14.36 – Queensland’s Gold Coast

Figure 14.37 – Tahiti


Social Development

Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania

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