oceania

There are fourteen countries in Oceania: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, and Tuvalu. There are nine dependencies or territories: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guam, Northern Mariana...

A long, long time ago, in a wide valley in the northern Rockies... A herd of horses. The animals were becoming increasingly rare nowadays - the wise men blame this on a strange change in weather, probably caused by the spirits or whatever wackiness they say they believe in, resulting in...

Our story begins with a single man. His name, who he was, this is forgotten to history. Regardless of who he was or what his name was, he was a man who‘s influence on history would be great. One day, when wandering away into the swamp, he came across some strange plants. He took them back to...

Axis win WW2 Nazis conquer or puppetize Mainland Europe, Middle east, Central Asia, Africa and Japan puppetize China, Mongolia, Russian Far east due to US absolute neutrality i.e., no lend lease, no embargo. India,Oceania,French IndoChina and Dutch East Indies develop a siege mentality and join...

The first thread got derailed by modern politics so I'm hoping that the second attempt will last longer. Basically, how can we get Australasia, New Guinea, and Polynesia united under an Orwellian, totalitarian government with a big-brother leader who may or maynot exist by the year 1984? The...

In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian state is named Oceania (presumably because it's a transatlantic empire). Sometime times when I hear Oceania however, I tend to think of the actual continent. Starting in 1900, how can we get Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Polynesian...

If New Zealand had been colonized before 1000 BCE, could the civilization that developed there have independently developed metallurgy? NZ has plenty of mineral resources (including lots of copper and some tin) and active volcanoes; does anyone know how societies make this leap?

I am working on my Chinese TL where my version of Imperial China which has successfully industrializes itself in 19th century and survives to modern-day on par with the Western world. In other words, Imperial China which had theoretically succeeds in Meiji-style reforms, more or less. Like I...

I was always curious to see why the Pacific Islands never saw massive European settlement unlike OTL. What must happen for more Europeans to settle the islands? Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia that is. What prevented them in the past from settling in large numbers? And could it be possible...

Is it possible, with a PoD after the signing of the Maori Declaration of Independence in 1835, for a native Maori kingdom, under a single head of state (as is advocated by the Maori King Movement), independent from British control (there is the possibility of a protectorate though), to form in...

For those who don't know, I am working on a timeline in which the black death kills 75% of Eurasia which in turn pushes technological advancements back and thus things such as advanced naval boats and advanced navigation and whatnot all don't come to fruition. The new world is eventually...

What sort of political scenario would be necessary in order for the peaceful unification of the British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, West Australia, and Queensland into the Dominion of Australia in 1901 to be butterflied away? What sort of ramifications would...

The life of Juan Fernández was an exciting one. Born in Cartagena, Murcia between 1528 and 1530. Being born in the major port of Castile in the Mediterranean he promptly grew an interest in sailing. He was promoted to captain and major pilot sometime in the 1550's and in the 1560's he was sent...

Do I have to say anything else? Would New Zealand be considered a Southern Canada?

In OTL Chile annexed the easternmost Polynesian Island, Easter Island/Rapa Nui, how can Chile and other Latin American nations colonise the Pacific? What nation could establish colonies in Oceania? Ecuador and the Central American nations are too small and weak. Colombia might have a large...

What if contact between the Māori of New Zealand and tropical Polynesia never ended, using the Kermadec Islands as a stopover en route to the Cook Islands and Tahiti? How would European colonisation of New Zealand be affected with a Māori with a stronger maritime culture? Would pigs and chickens...

So ignoring how they conquered it, Māori from New Zealand settle some coastal areas in Australia. By the time the Europeans arrive the coast from Melbourne to Sydney, Flinders Island, King Island and the northern coast of Tasmania (the rest remains almost unchanged) has been settled by Māori...

What if James Cook was never born? Would this mean that British exploration into Oceania takes longer? Was James Cook that essential, or would someone else just take his place? If Britain took longer or maybe never went to Oceania, what would happened? Would the Dutch take Australia, or the...

Now I want you to imagine the coolest weapon ever. Got it? Okay well, it's not the coolest weapon ever, It's actually a coconut bomb. I was just watching videos, but then I found a video about how to open a coconut without any tools. Which is here Then I kept watching other videos about tools...

If the Dutch executed their plan and moved 160,000 Indonesian Dutch Eurasians aka Indo people to Netherlands New Guinea between 1947-1970, could there today (2014) be 1-1.2 million Eurasians in West Papua? If they had moved there, they could surely have founded new settlements and renamed...