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Brief History of Oceania. LECTURE #1 Australia & New Zealand Early Times – Colonial Period. Migration to Australia. First people in Australia came from Southeast Asia Crossed land bridges (when possible) Also used boats/canoes. Aborigines. First people to live in Australia
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Brief History of Oceania LECTURE #1 Australia & New Zealand Early Times – Colonial Period
Migration to Australia • First people in Australia came from Southeast Asia • Crossed land bridges (when possible) • Also used boats/canoes
Aborigines • First people to live in Australia • 50,000 years before Europeans • Lived in tribes, in small villages • Food came mostly from the sea (fish) • Also grew yams, fruits, taro • Nomadic people
Colonial Period • First European explorers came around 1500 A.D. • 1800s - In search of whale oil, more exploration occurred when whalers followed animals to Oceania • Capt. James Cook (right) – explorer of Australia & New Zealand (1770s)
European Settlement of Australia • 1788 • Great Britain turns Australia into prison colony • 1851 • Gold discovered, bringing many European settlers • Decline of Indigenous people (Aborigine) • Fighting for control of land • Could not combat European diseases
Brief History of Oceania LECTURE #2 Australia & New Zealand New Zealand & Modern Auzzieland
New Zealand in Brief • First settled between 950-1130 A.D. • First explored by Europeans in 1630 (Abel Tasman) • Capt. James Cook explored NZ in 1769
New Zealand Today • Government • Member of the British Commonwealth, but completely independent (like Canada) • Voting: Every person 18+ can vote • Elections every 3 years "Summer" Months: October - April • Economy • Mostly agriculture and tourism • However, there are 13 times more sheep than people in New Zealand "Winter" Months: May-September
5 Things You didn’t Know about Aussieland • Australia is REALLY BIG • 6th largest country (physically) in the world (slightly smaller than continental USA) • Australia is REALLY EMPTY • Only 20 million residents (USA has 300 million) • Australia has really dangerous animals (yes and no!) • More people have died from lightning strikes than shark attacks • More people died from bee stings (20) than died from shark attacks, crocodile attacks and spider bites combined.
5 Things (cont’d) 4. Australians are hard workers • In 2004, Australian's ranked third in a list of average hours worked each year amongst industrial countries behind New Zealand (1) and the USA (2) and ahead of Japan (5), Britain (8) and Germany (12).
