The Xenophile Historian

Contents

(and malcontents)

	Chapter 1: Of Lands and Seas, A Prehistoric Age of Exploration (Before 1500 A.D.)
	Chapter 2: Terra Australis Incognita (1500 to 1781)
	Chapter 3: Pulled Into the Modern World (1781 to 1914)
	Chapter 4: The Great Pacific War (1914 to 1945)
	Chapter 5: Oceania Since 1945
	Chapter 6: A History of Antarctica (so far)

Chapter 1: Of Lands and Seas, A Prehistoric Age of Exploration

Before 1500 A.D.

	Pacific Geography
	From Sunda-Land to Sahul-Land
	The Melanesians
	Early Austronesian Migrations
	The Polynesian Expeditions
	Polynesian Cultures
	The Micronesians
	The Tu'i Tongan "Empire"
	Nan Madol
	The Easter Island Mystery -- Solved
	Aotearoa
	Epilogue

Chapter 2: Terra Australis Incognita

1500 to 1781

	Demographics at the Time of the European Arrival
	The Mysterious Southern Continent
	Did Spain Discover Hawaii First?
	The Spanish Lake
	Early Expeditions to Australia
	Pohnpei Liberated
	The Discovery of Easter Island
	The Discovery of Tahiti
	Captain Cook
	The First Voyage
	The Second Voyage
	The Third Voyage
	Epilogue

Chapter 3: Pulled Into the Modern World

1781 to 1914

Part I

	Botany Bay
	Mutiny on the Bounty
	New Holland Becomes Australia
	The Impact of Western Contact
	The Traders and Whalers
	The Missionaries
	Unrest In the Islands
	Tonga
	The Society Islands
	Fiji
	Kamehameha the Great
	Australia Developing
	The Last of the Tasmanians

Part II

	Britain Claims New Zealand
	The Tahitian Kingdom
	A French Foothold on New Caledonia
	The Maori Wars
	The Wairau Massacre, the Bay of Islands War, and the Wellington/Whanganui Battles
	The Taranaki Wars
	Aftermath
	The Kingdom of Hawaii
	Kamehameha II
	Kamehameha III
	Kamehameha IV
	Kamehameha V
	William Lunalilo and David Kalakaua
	There's Gold Down Under . . .
	. . . And in New Zealand, Too

Part III

	Tonga: The Restored Monarchy
	Cakobau Unites and Delivers Fiji to Britain
	The Unification and Division of Samoa
	Taming the Outback
	Ludwig Leichhardt
	Edmund Kennedy
	The Gregory Brothers
	The Burke and Wills Expedition
	John Stuart
	And the Rest
	The Bush Culture

Part IV

	Dividing What's Left
	Hawaii, USA
	America's Imperialist Adventure
	Australia: Six Colonies = One Commonwealth
	New Zealand Follows a Different Drummer

Chapter 4: The Great Pacific War

1914 to 1945

Part I

	World War I: The Prologue
	The Pacific Islands in the Interwar Period
	The Interwar Years: Australia
	The Cactus War and the Emu War
	New Zealand: Between Liberal and Labour
	"Under A Jarvis Moon"
	The Flight of Amelia Earhart

Part II

	The Pacific War Begins
	From Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea
	The Battle of Midway: The Tide Turns
	The New Guinea Campaign, Part 1
	Guadalcanal
	The New Guinea Campaign, Part 2
	Climbing the Solomon Islands, and Part 3 of the New Guinea Campaign
	The Pacific Drive
	The Last Carrier vs. Carrier Battle
	The End of the War is in Sight

Chapter 5: Oceania Since 1945

Part I

	First, A Word on the Cargo Cults
	The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Nearby Atolls
	Australia: The Menzies Era
	Rabbits Gone Wild
	Recolonial New Zealand

Part II

	Independence Comes to the Islands
	Western New Guinea: From One Colonial Overlord to Another
	Western Samoa
	Nauru and Tonga
	Fiji
	Papua New Guinea
	The Solomon Islands
	Tuvalu and Kiribati
	Vanuatu
	The Free Association States

Part III

	The Australian Constitutional Crisis
	Australia in Recent Years
	New Zealand: Labour and National Reforms

Part IV

	The Smaller Island Nations Since Independence
	The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Palau
	Fiji: Too Early to Tell
	Kiribati: Every Day and Every Year Begin Here
	Tuvalu: The First Nation to Go Under?
	Nauru: The Island That Lost its Future
	Papua New Guinea: A Troubled Young Nation
	Samoa: No Longer Western, But Looking Southwest
	The Solomon Islands: Are They A Nation Yet?
	Tonga: It’s Good to Be King
	Vanuatu: Harmony With Disunity
	New Caledonia: Unfinished Business
	Conclusion for the Islands

Chapter 6: A History of Antarctica (so far)

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