Jane Resture's Oceania Page

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.

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 Legends	Red Beach, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Psychology of Love	Fiji - A Fiji Visit
Trobriand Islands Online	Samoa - Some Legends of Samoa
Cook Islands Home Page	Cook Islands Legends
Oceania Voyage, 1931	Memoirs of George Albert DeLong

Samoa - Religion	Samoa - Short Chronological History
Polynesian Triangle	Samoa Marriages
Palmyra Letter - 24th June, 1942	Papua New Guinea Sorcery
Papua New Guinea - The Gimi People	Marshall Islands - Rongelap Revisited
Cook islands and the Blackbirders	Samoa - Origin, People, Navigators Islands
New Zealand - Some Maori Legends	Tahiti Vahine
Samoa - Fine Mats	Samoa - Games and Sports
Tahiti - Images1	Guam Pictures

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