Melanesians
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Melanesians are the predominant and Indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia, in an area stretching from New Guinea to the Fiji Islands. Most speak one of the many languages of the Austronesian language fa
Biak people in Southwest Papua, Indonesia
A Fijian mountain warrior, photograph by Francis Herbert Dufty, 1870s.
Girls from Vanuatu
Solomon Islands
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Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is an archipelagic country consisting of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands in Melanesia, Oceania, to the north-east of Australia. It
Melanesians
…created the Lapita culture, and later followed by Melanesian groups. They appear to have occupied these islands as far east as the main islands in the Solomon Islands, including Makira and possibly the smaller islands farther to the east. Particularly along the north coast of New Guinea and in the islands north and…
Solomon Islanders
Solomon Island warriors, armed with spears, on board an ornamented war canoe (1895)
Carlson's Raiders with captured Japanese equipment on Guadalcanal, December 1942
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) under aerial attack during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons