Frost and drought through time and space, part III : what were conditions like when the high valleys were first settled? in Frost and drought in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Paleogeographic evidence for the high valleys of New Guinea suggests that four advances and retreats of ice can be inferred within the period of probable human settlement. - (DWG)
Der Weinbau Australiens. Ein Beitrag deutscher Siedler zur Entwicklung der australischen Kulturlandschaft The vine-culture of Australia. A contribution of German settlers to the development of the Australian cultural landscape
Cultivated plants as indicators in the reconstruction of the progression of settlement in Oceania, The example of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
plants. The present article deals with the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). A close examination proves that the sweet potato was transferred from America to Oceania. But the plant first appears in Oceania considerably after the first period of settlement
This paper presents results from an empirical study of land availability for housing development in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, since 1885. The availability of land also affects the pattern of growth of squatter settlements, and contributes
to their unique character. In most cases land has not been seized indiscriminately by squatter settlers. Recently, although much land within the urban area is still vacant, low income earners have been seeking alternative forms of urban residence to squatter
settlements because the principal land-holders are controlling land use more rigorously.
British settlement of New Zealand accompanied and depended upon the space-time convergence resulting from rapidly improving oceanic shipping. In turn this made other countries of new settlement readily accessible to New Zealand. Sharing a suite
adapted to the present Warlpiri way of life semi-permanent settlement focussed on government and mission stations, cattle properties and nearby towns. Some of these characteristics, such as the custom of abandonning houses after a death, or making frequent
spontaneous trips to visit family elsewhere, mean that these contemporary settlements are used in unconventional ways. Greater understanding of these aspects of Aboriginal mobility would aid planning policies.