Europeans first exerted colonial influence in Melanesia in 1660, when the Dutch announced sovereignty over New Guinea in an effort to keep other countries from encroaching on the eastern end of the profitable Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Over the next several centuries Britain, the Netherlands...
The 2021 SEAPAVAA conference will also mark the 25th anniversary of SEAPAVAA, a group "interested in the development of audiovisual archiving in a particular graphic region - the countries of Southeast Asia (the ten member nations of ASEAN), Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), and the Pac...
Drawing on an extensive qualitative dataset, including forty in-depth interviews with emerging women leaders from three Melanesian countries, we find that many women are pessimistic about the way electoral politics are conducted. Echoing longstanding critiques of political practice, this cohort ...
It includes countries such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. The term “Melanesia” is derived from the Greek words “melas” meaning “black” and “nesos” meaning “island,” referring to the dark-skinned population indigenous to the region. What...
This paper considers the pedagogical validity of English immersion education in two Melanesian countries of the South Pacific: Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, questioning the appropriateness of implementing a policy of English language immersion education in a postcolonial, multilingual Third World context...
PNG is one of a growing number of countries which have converted all bank notes from paper to polymer, with the currency being issued by the Bank of Papua New Guinea. Bank notes are printed in Australia, by Note Printing Australia, a section of the Reserve Bank of Australia, who first ...
Regionally, the change can be seen in the Melanesian Spearhead Group, which now counts Indonesia among its members, and in Fiji's push for its own vision of Pacific regionalism. Australia and New Zealand nevertheless remain the indispensable countries in the region. Australia's commitment to ...
On this detailed map of Melanesia, you’ll be able to find political boundaries. It clearly marks the boundaries of countries likePapua New Guinea,Solomon Islands,Vanuatu, andFiji. This map also depicts major cities and country capitals. We’ve labeled cities like Port Moresby, Honiara, Port ...
Before 1840, life in Melanesia was largely undisturbed. Except for the the Dutch who in 1660 claimed island New Guinea to keep other European countries from accessing the very profitable Dutch East Indies (now known as Indonesia), very few Europeans traveled among the islands of the region they...
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