1 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oceania_3233.jpg]] |
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3 | Also known as the continent of Australia (not to be confused with the individual country which is a part of it), Oceania is {{UsefulNotes/Australia}}, UsefulNotes/NewZealand, and the Pacific Islands. It's a political continent rather than a geographic one, because it's not a huge landmass but a collection of atolls and islands. To confuse the terminology further, Oceania is often considered part of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Asian]] ''region'' (but not the continent), and is often grouped with South Asia and UsefulNotes/TheFarEast as the Asia-Pacific. |
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5 | The islands are divided in three zones: Melanesia being the islands north and northwest of Australia (the [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Indonesian]] provinces of Papua and West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia); Micronesia, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin micro-islands]] north of Melanesia (Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island, etc.) and Polynesia, with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a lot of islands]] (New Zealand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, [[UsefulNotes/RapaNui Easter Island]] (part of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Chile}} Chilean]] Valparaíso region), the [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates US]] state of UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia, etc.). |
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7 | You might also hear the term Australasia (literally "south of Asia"), this being Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea (the whole island) and some neighbor islands, including some of Indonesia. Sometimes Australasia is used the same way as 'trans-Tasman' to refer to Australia and New Zealand alone, as seen in the region list below. |
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9 | Regarding tropes, there are few of them here. Why? The islands have achieved independence only in TheSeventies and TheEighties. With the exception of the biggest three[[note]]Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea[[/note]], every single country here has less than a million people, and most have less than 200,000. In fact, Oceania is the second-least populated continent on Earth after UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} and has the lowest population of the permanently inhabited continents, housing only 38 million inhabitants (in comparison, UsefulNotes/SouthAmerica, the third-least populated continent, has 422 million inhabitants). |
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11 | Do not confuse with Oceania from ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', which comprises mutually exclusive territories. |
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13 | Also see PacificIslandersInMedia. |
14 | ---- |
15 | [[index]] |
16 | !Countries |
17 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/regions_of_oceania.png]] |
18 | !!Australasia |
19 | * UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} (sometimes considered to be a continent by itself) |
20 | ->'''Capital''': Canberra |
21 | ->'''Largest City''': UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}} |
22 | * UsefulNotes/NewZealand (also considered to be part of Polynesia) |
23 | ->'''Capital''': UsefulNotes/{{Wellington}} |
24 | ->'''Largest City''': UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}} |
25 | |
26 | !!Polynesia |
27 | * UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}} |
28 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Apia |
29 | * UsefulNotes/{{Tonga}} |
30 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Nuku'alofa |
31 | * UsefulNotes/{{Tuvalu}} |
32 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Funafuti |
33 | |
34 | !!Melanesia |
35 | * UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}} |
36 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Suva |
37 | * UsefulNotes/PapuaNewGuinea |
38 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Port Moresby |
39 | * UsefulNotes/SolomonIslands |
40 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Honiara |
41 | * UsefulNotes/{{Vanuatu}} |
42 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Port Vila |
43 | |
44 | !!Micronesia |
45 | * UsefulNotes/FederatedStatesOfMicronesia |
46 | ->'''Capital''': Palikir |
47 | ->'''Largest City''': Weno |
48 | * UsefulNotes/{{Kiribati}} |
49 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': South Tarawa |
50 | * UsefulNotes/MarshallIslands |
51 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Majuro |
52 | * UsefulNotes/{{Nauru}} |
53 | ->'''Capital''': Yaren (''de facto'') |
54 | ->'''Largest City''': Denigomodu |
55 | * UsefulNotes/{{Palau}} |
56 | ->'''Capital''': Ngerulmud |
57 | ->'''Largest City''': Koror |
58 | |
59 | !Dependencies |
60 | !!Polynesia |
61 | * UsefulNotes/AmericanSamoa (Belongs to the United States) |
62 | ->'''Capital''': Pago Pago |
63 | ->'''Government Seat''': Fagatogo |
64 | ->'''Largest Village''': Tāfuna |
65 | * UsefulNotes/CookIslands (Self-governing country in free association with New Zealand) |
66 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Avarua |
67 | * UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia (Belongs to France) |
68 | ->'''Capital''': Papeete |
69 | ->'''Largest City''': Fa'a'ā |
70 | * UsefulNotes/{{Niue}} (Self-governing country in free association with New Zealand) |
71 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Alofi |
72 | * UsefulNotes/NorfolkIsland (Belongs to Australia) |
73 | ->'''Capital''': Kingston |
74 | ->'''Largest City''': Burnt Pine |
75 | * UsefulNotes/PitcairnIslands (Belongs to the United Kingdom) |
76 | ->'''Capital & Largest Settlement''': Adamstown |
77 | * UsefulNotes/{{Tokelau}} (Belongs to New Zealand) |
78 | ->'''Capital''': None |
79 | ->'''Largest City''': Atafu |
80 | * UsefulNotes/WallisAndFutuna (Belongs to France) |
81 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Mata-Utu |
82 | |
83 | !!Melanesia |
84 | * UsefulNotes/NewCaledonia (Belongs to France) |
85 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Nouméa |
86 | |
87 | !!Micronesia |
88 | * UsefulNotes/{{Guam}} (Belongs to the United States) |
89 | ->'''Capital''': Hagåtña |
90 | ->'''Largest City''': Dededo |
91 | * UsefulNotes/NorthernMarianaIslands (Belongs to the United States) |
92 | ->'''Capital & Largest City''': Saipan |
93 | |
94 | !Defunct countries, empires, kingdoms, and so on |
95 | * UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan |
96 | |
97 | !Useful Notes and other articles related to Oceanians and Oceanian culture |
98 | !!Oceania in General |
99 | * UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball |
100 | * ClamshellCurrency |
101 | * CreatorsOfPacificIslandsDescent |
102 | * DevelopingNationsLackCities (the Pacific Islands) |
103 | * UsefulNotes/EnglishLanguage |
104 | ** UsefulNotes/AustralianEnglish |
105 | *** UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent |
106 | *** UsefulNotes/AustralianSlang |
107 | * ForcesWithFirepower |
108 | ** UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery (Australian military) |
109 | ** UsefulNotes/KiwisWithCarbines (New Zealand military) |
110 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage |
111 | ** GratuitousEnglish |
112 | * HungryJungle |
113 | * JungleWarfare |
114 | * MaliciousMonitorLizard |
115 | * [[NationalStereoTypes/{{Oceania}} National Stereotypes]] |
116 | * PacificIslandersInMedia |
117 | * Myth/PacificMythology |
118 | ** {{Mana}} |
119 | * UsefulNotes/SchoolSystems |
120 | ** UsefulNotes/AustralianSchoolSystem |
121 | * StormingTheBeaches |
122 | * TropicalEpilogue |
123 | * TropicalIslandAdventure |
124 | * UmbrellaDrink |
125 | * WesternAnimation |
126 | * WesternTerrorists |
127 | * UsefulNotes/WorldWarI |
128 | * UsefulNotes/WorldWarII |
129 | ** WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific |
130 | ** WorksSetInWorldWarII |
131 | |
132 | !!Australasia |
133 | ''See UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} for everything solely related to Australia'' |
134 | * Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths |
135 | ** HollywoodDreamtime |
136 | * AngryWhiteMan |
137 | * UsefulNotes/AustralianCuisine |
138 | * MediaNotes/AustralianNewWave |
139 | * UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife |
140 | * AwesomeAussie |
141 | * BattleBoomerang |
142 | * TheBogan |
143 | * BoxingKangaroo |
144 | * UsefulNotes/TheEmuWar |
145 | * UsefulNotes/EurekaRebellion |
146 | * FakeAustralian |
147 | * UsefulNotes/FirstAustralians |
148 | ** UsefulNotes/AustralianAborigines |
149 | ** UsefulNotes/TorresStraitIslanders |
150 | * {{Flynning}} |
151 | * HighKoalatyCuteness |
152 | * IntimidatingWhitePresence |
153 | * KangarooPouchRide |
154 | * KangaroosRepresentAustralia |
155 | * JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras |
156 | * LaidBackKoala |
157 | * LandDownUnder |
158 | * MonstrousSeal |
159 | * PuzzlingPlatypus |
160 | * SentencedToDownUnder |
161 | * SettlingTheFrontier |
162 | * ShinyNewAustralia |
163 | * SluggishSeal |
164 | * SweetSeal |
165 | * VolatileTasmanianDevil |
166 | * UsefulNotes/TheWest |
167 | * WintryAuroralSky |
168 | * YowiesAndBunyipsAndDropBearsOhMy |
169 | |
170 | !!Polynesia |
171 | ''See UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}} for everything solely related to Samoa'' |
172 | * BornUnderTheSail |
173 | * TerrifyingTiki |
174 | * WildSamoan |
175 | |
176 | !!Melanesia |
177 | ''See UsefulNotes/PapuaNewGuinea for everything solely related to Papua New Guinea'' |
178 | * CargoCult |
179 | * Myth/PapuanMythology |
180 | [[/index]] |
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