Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Britain also established colonies in Australia in 1788, New Zealand in 1840 and Fiji in 1872, with much of Oceania being annexed by the British Empire. The Gilbert Islands (now known as Kiribati) and the Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu) came under Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century.
The colonisation of Oceania includes: Colonisation of Australia; Colonisation of New Zealand; Colonisation of the Pacific islands; See also. Europeans in Oceania;
People from former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania (20 C, 2 P) A. Colonial Australia (17 C, 3 P) F. Colony of Fiji (14 C, 19 P) G.
Former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania (11 C, 18 P) G. German New Guinea (8 C, 20 P, 1 F) German Samoa (2 C, 12 P) H. Territory of Hawaii (4 ...
The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown, styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
Former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania (18 C, 25 P) C. Canterbury Association (2 C, 7 P) H. History of Australia (1788–1850) (2 C, 65 P) P.
Micronesia was the first part of Oceania that was evangelized, with Catholicism becoming widespread in the Carolines and elsewhere during the first few hundred years of European colonization. [ 70 ] Venereal disease devastated the islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae during the mid-19th century. [ 71 ]
Former colonies in Oceania (10 C, 19 P) Former monarchies of Oceania (4 C, 33 P) Former republics in Oceania (7 P) H. Hawaiian Kingdom (15 C, 47 P) R. Republic of ...