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