Australia and Oceania to c. 1920

Subject Outline

AThe character and historical development of the diverse peoples of Oceania and the effects of colonization
- 1The historical sources and historiographic problems
- 2Geography, ethnography, and prehistory of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (including New Zealand)
- 3European exploration and colonial settlement: missionaries, trading societies, and colonial government
BAustralia to 1920
- 1Early European exploration by sea and land
- 2British colonization of New South Wales in 1788, expansion and development of self-government (1830-60), economic growth and the federation movement (1860-1901), the establishment of the commonwealth in 1901, social tensions, cultural developments
- 3Early years of the commonwealth: establishment of a White Australia immigration policy, Labor Party reforms, industrial growth, cooperation with Britain in World War I
- 4Relations with the Aboriginal population
CNew Zealand to 1928
- 1The extension of British control over, and annexation of, North and South Islands (1838-41)
- 2Relations between the indigenous Maori people and the British: encroachments and ensuing conflicts
- 3Establishment of self-government (1852): economic development and immigration