History of Oceania
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The history of Oceania includes the history of Australia, Easter Island, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Western New Guinea and, other Pacific island nations.
Māori war dance, New Zealand, circa 1850
Boy from Vanuatu
Nan Madol, capital of the Saudeleur dynasty
Haʻamonga ʻa Maui, a stone trilithon on the Tongan island of Tongatapu, constructed of three coral limestone slabs each weighing at least 30–40 tons It was built at the beginning of the 13th century under the 11th Tuʻi Tonga Tuʻi-tā-tui.
Oceania
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Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Oceania is also described as a continent, with mainland Australia regarded as its continental landmass.
History of Oceania
…the islands of 'Ata and Tongatapu as the first islands hauled to the surface from the deep ocean by Maui. The "Tuʻi Tonga Empire" or "Tongan Empire" in Oceania are descriptions sometimes given to Tongan expansionism and projected hegemony dating back to 950 CE, but at its peak during the period 1200–1500. While…
A 19th-century engraving of an Aboriginal Australian encampment
Stone money transport to Yap Island in Micronesia (1880)
Moai at Ahu Tongariki on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
New Zealand troops land on Vella Lavella, in Solomon Islands