Jane Resture's Oceania Page was developed to present and highlight an extended range of material in conjunction with Jane's Oceania Home Page. In doing this, it will allow the visitor to readily access information about the Pacific Islands.

As the sun rises over the vast expanse of Oceania, the daily lives of many of the people of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia (including the Polynesian nation of Hawai'i) go on as they have for thousands of years. The fishermen are already at sea; the toddy cutters are already at work and the men and women are working in their gardens. The singing of traditional and contemporary songs can be heard all around from the early morning, until the evenings come alive right through until late at night.  It is this love of traditional singing passed from generation to generation that binds many islanders together and forms the basis of much of island cultural heritage and in particular dancing. Both the songs and the dance are unique and their performance tells the stories of life and love in a manner that consumes both the dancers and the audience.

The traditional life of the people of Oceania is basically uncomplicated. They are normally happy, highly intelligent, kind, generous and loving people who have inherited a culture that is ancient, complex, diverse, very functional and beautiful. Let us hope that through these Web pages, visitors will be able to enjoy our relaxed and happy lifestyle as well as our rich and complex cultural heritage.

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Travel and Accommodation Guide - Jane's Oceania Travel Page

Tuvalu Islands Online Christmas (Kiritimati) Island Visit Pictures
Hawaii - The Pearl Harbour Story Captain Cook - The First Voyage
Papua Historical - Early Images of Irian Jaya Captain Cook - The Second Voyage
Tahiti Images Captain Cook - The Last Voyage
Tuvalu - About Tuvalu History Historical Guam Postcards
Tuvalu Visit - A Visitor's Introduction to Tuvalu Historical Tahiti Postcards

Tuvalu - World War 2 Images of Nanumea Part 2 Tahiti Holiday - Holiday Postcards from Tahiti
Hawaii - The Faces of Hawaii Micronesia Music
Palau Storyboard Historical Guam Postcards I
Historical Fiji Historical Fiji I
Hawaii - The Story of Kamehameha (King Kamehameha I) Micronesia - Aspects of Yap
Hawaii - The Story of Kings Kamehameha II and III Micronesia - Aspects of Pohnpei
Micronesia - Aspects of Saipan Micronesia - Aspects of Palau
Micronesia - Aspects of Kosrae Samoa Historical Postcards
Micronesia - Aspects of Chuuk Tonga - Recollections of an Early Visitor
Kiribati - Aspects of Kiribati Kiribati - Aspects of Makin and Butaritari
Oceania - The Navigators of Oceania Oceania - Voyaging Canoes
Norfolk Island - A Short History Norfolk Island Postcards
Alfred Restieaux - Stories about "Bully" Hayes Micronesian Stick Charts
Pingalap - The Wonders of Pingalap Trobriand Islands Postcards
Oceania - A Short History of Fiji Oceania - The Second Recruiting Voyage of the Carl
Kiribati and Bully Hayes Hawaii  - Recollections of an Early Visitor

Samoa - Recollections of an Early Visitor Pitcairn - Postcards from Pitcairn Island
Tahiti - The Black Pearls of Tahiti Guam - Impressions 1900
New Zealand - The Kaikoura Canyon Hawaii  - The Vanishing Species
Solomon Islands - About Tikopia Solomon Islands - The Miracle of Tikopia
Oceania -The World War 2 Memoirs of John Vollinger Kiribati - WW2 Images of Abemama People
Oceania -The Return Voyage of the Nottingham Oceania - The Voyages of d'Entrecasteaux
Oceania Nuclear Testing Oceania - A Nuclear Veteran Remembers
Guam Historical Postcards 2 Tahiti Historical Postcards 2
Samoa Historical Postcards 1 Tahiti Historical Postcards 3
Oceania-The Final Voyages of  Robert Louis Stevenson Oceania Portraits - The Robert Louis Stevenson Collection
Papua New Guinea Tribal Art Kiribati - Fanning Island World War 2 Images
Samoa - Traditional Village Solomon Islands: Clickable Map of Provinces
Hawaii - Hawaiian Hula Hawaii - Hawaiian Hula, Part 2
Tahiti -The Fortress of Ra'ivavae Kiribati - The King of Christmas (Kiritimati) Island
Tahiti Postcards Samoa Postcards
Irian Jaya - Asmat Tribal Art Papua New Guinea - Sepik Tribal Art
Papua (Irian Jaya) Home Page Solomon Islands - A Doctor In Paradise
Battle of the Coral Sea Kiribati - Historical Tarawa
Hawaii - Recollections of 1851 Kiribati-Images of Hull Island (Orona), Phoenix Group, 1967
Hawaii - Kaua'i Mythical Menehune Tuvalu - Early Impressions
Kiribati - Doctor's Recollections Of Kiribati Kiribati Schools
Samoa Historical Postcaards 1 Fiji - Historical Postcards

Melanesia Origins Tonga - A Doctor In Paradise
Jane's Oceania Postcards Hawaii - The Recollections of John Nicol
Guam Historical Postcards 3 Marshall Islands Stamps
Oceania - David Lewis Oceania - Timor, Early Ethnology and Mythology
PNG - Trobriand Is. - The Amorous Life of Adolescence Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands Magic
PNG - Trobriand Is. - Sex in Folklore - Myths and Legend Red Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Psychology of Love A Fiji Visit
Trobriand Islands  Online PNG - Trobriand Islands - Psychology of Love
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