Suggests a a recent and rapid expansion of Polynesian ancestors from Asia/Taiwan via coastal and island Melanesia, in the settling of the Pacific.
Suggests a long history of cultural interaction between Southeast Asia, Melanesians and Polynesians in the settling of the Pacific.
Currency from another country.
The development of Aboriginal art from the 1970s onwards in the western desert of Australia.
A highly infectious and fatal disease that affects rabbits. Introduced into Australia in 1959 to control the rapidly growing rabbit population.
An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.
In general refers to any society dominated by settlers from elsewhere. More specifically refers to societies such as the Australia, Canada, and US that were populated by settlers form Europe.
The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.
A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.
An arc tectonic activity, including volcanoes and earthquakes, caused by the movement of tectonic plates that surround the Pacific Ocean.
The amount of greenhouse gases produced for any given person, entity or practice.
The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.
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