OCEANIA

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OCEANIA Culture Notes
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Population Patterns

• Worlds most sparsely populated region
• 30 million inhabitants

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Population Origins

• Most trace to Great Britain and Ireland
• Native people Aborigines (Latin for from the
  beginning)
• New Zealands earliest inhabitants - Maori

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Population Distribution

• Most populated mild climate regions
• Most sparsely populated Antarctica, Australian
  deserts
• Most populated country Australia (18.7 million)
• Primate cities Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne,
  Adelaide, Perth

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Population Density Urbanization

• Figures are misleading large areas are
  uninhabitable
• Urbanized countries Australia, NZ
• Factors that account for urbanization
• Productive land supports grazing, not farming
• People moving to cities
• Communication makes area accessible from anywhere
  in the world.

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Cultures and Lifestyles

• Blend of Cultures
• Early people worked with/ adapted to natural
  environment
• European influence by 1900s mix of traditional
  and European. Western lifestyles and culture
• Religion Christianity brought by missionaries

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Languages

• Isolation led to many different languages
• Strine Australia
• Pidgin English
• Others Aboriginal, French, native