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Polynesia List

This document summarizes the indigenous peoples and cultures of Oceania, which includes Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It outlines the main indigenous groups of Australia including Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. For Melanesia, it lists peoples from New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Micronesia includes the small island chains of the western and central Pacific inhabited by Micronesian peoples. Finally, it provides the indigenous groups of Polynesia including those from New Zealand, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Easter Island, Samoa, and Tahiti.

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Polynesia List

This document summarizes the indigenous peoples and cultures of Oceania, which includes Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It outlines the main indigenous groups of Australia including Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. For Melanesia, it lists peoples from New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Micronesia includes the small island chains of the western and central Pacific inhabited by Micronesian peoples. Finally, it provides the indigenous groups of Polynesia including those from New Zealand, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Easter Island, Samoa, and Tahiti.

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Oceania Indigenous Islands and Cultures

Oceania includes most islands of the Pacific Ocean, New Guinea and the continent of Australia.

Australia

Australia includes the continental landmass, and


associated islands.
Indigenous Australians: Australia

Aboriginal farmers in Victoria, Australia, 1858

Australian Aborigines
Djabugay people: Cairns region, Queensland,
Australia
Torres Strait Islanders: Torres Strait, Australia
Palawa: Tasmania, Australia
Tiwi: Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Yolngu people: Arnhem Land, Australia

Melanesia

Yali people in New Guinea

Fijians

Melanesia generally includes New Guinea and other (far-) Western Pacific islands from the Arafura Sea out to
Fiji. The region is mostly inhabited by the Melanesian peoples.

Fijian: Fiji
Kanak: New-Caledonia
Malaitan people: Malaita, Solomon Islands
Ni-Vanuatu: Vanuatu
Papuans: more than 250 distinct tribes or clans, each with their own language and culture. The main
island of New Guinea and surrounding islands (territory forming independent state of Papua New
Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of West Papua and Papua Considered "Indigenous" these people
are a subject to many debates.
o Dani: Papua, Indonesia
o Hewa: Southern Highlands, PNG
o Kaluli: Great Papuan Plateau, PNG

Micronesia

Micronesia
Micronesia generally includes the various small island
chains of the western and central Pacific. The region is
mostly inhabited by the Micronesian peoples.
- Chamorros: Northern Marianas and Guam

Polynesia
Polynesia generally includes New Zealand and the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The region
is mostly inhabited by the Polynesian peoples.

Cook Islands Mori: Cook Islands


Kanaka Maoli: Hawaii
Mori: New Zealand Aotearoa
Moriori: Chatham Islands
Rapanui: Easter Island
Samoans: Western Samoa and American Samoa
Tahitians: Tahiti, French Polynesia

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