This document provides an overview of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It describes the natural features and climates of each location. For Australia, it discusses the indigenous Aborigines, European settlement, and independence. It also provides brief histories and cultures of New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, as well as pictures and maps.

1. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands Oceania

2. Australia's Natural Features Land Down Under Reversed Seasons Three Landforms

3. Above: Great Barrier Reef Above Right: Australian Kangaroo Far Right: Eucalyptus Tree Right: Australian Koala

4. Indigenous Aborigines Australian History European Settlers and Independence

5. Australia Today

6. New Zealand Natural Features

7. Exploration Colonization Independence History and Culture

8. New Zealand Today Left: Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand

9. Pacific Islands Land of Much Water Tahiti is a high island Marshall Islands are low islands

10. Humid tropical climate Coconut palm Tourism Climate, Plants, and Resources

11. Ferdinand Magellan to US Territories History and Culture Map of the Pacific Islands

12. Pacific Islands Today Left: EEZ Zones of the Pacific Above: Nuclear test size in the Marshall Islands

13. Picture Citations Slide 2 map.net.au esc.nsw.gov.au budgiesareawesome.blogspot.com bird.net.au Slide 3 gowhere.com outback-australia-travel-secrets.com imagesaustralia.com Slide 4 history.howstuffworks.com lemonlemonade.wordpress.com goway.com Slide 5 blogs.novonordisk.com seanselva.com cia.gov Slide 6 nzmirror.com worldwidehomestay.com hannasworld.typepad.com mvemilygrace.blogspot.com Slide 7 teara.govt.nz mvemilygrace.blogspot.com silverfernz.com soccertunes.tk Slide 8 mkiwi.com Slide 9 tahiti-one.com gseii.org Slide 10 oneorchid.com tourismroi.com touristlink.com Slide 11 oki-park.jp exequy.wordpress.com biology.usgs.gov Slide 12 fao.org watoday.com.au