Sunday, March 24, 2024

Easter Island: Conservation Efforts, Challenges: Conflicts between Islanders and Chile Hinder Preservation

There are ongoing initiatives to conserve and restore the stone head sculptures of Easter Island, but tensions between islanders and Chile threaten efforts to...

Pacific Islands Navigators Land in Americas Before Columbus?

Before Christopher Columbus's 1492 New World discovery on the Atlantic Ocean side, Polynesian navigators may have already landed on the Pacific Ocean side. Pacific Islands...

Hawaiians Want Identity Hijacked by Americans Restored

Native Hawaiians lost more than their Kingdom and Royalties, forced upon them by a "de facto" government, and U.S. Statehood: Their identity was stolen. Due...

The Ghan, the Adelaide to Darwin Railway: One of the World’s Great Train Journeys...

During the 19th century, the vast interior of Australia was slowly but steadily being opened up. Much of it desert, there also existed places...

The Sea Dog and the Sea Cat: Matthew Flinders’ Cat Trim

Much is known of explorer Captain Matthew Flinders who circumnavigated Australia. Less is known of Trim, his constant companion and right hand cat. The State...

Matthew Flinders, Circumnavigator of the Australian Continent

Born in 1774, Matthew Flinders joined the Royal Navy at the age of fifteen. He was a crew member with Captain William Bligh aboard...

Politics in Hawaii: A Brief History

Most visitors to Hawaii know little about its history. They may be aware that Hawai`i enjoys the distinction of having the only royal palace...

Early Australian Explorers – Hume and Hovell

Hamilton Hume and William Hovell earned their place in the history of Australia as the explorers who first made the journey southwards from Sydney...

A Brief Look at Melanesia and its Population

From eastern Indonesia to Fiji, the region of Melanesia forms a large slice of the Pacific Ocean. This was where human settlement of the...

John McDouall Stuart’s Exploration into the Heart of Australia

Australia's inland exploration really began in 1813 when three pioneers, Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, managed to find a path through the Blue Mountains west...