LibGuides: Pacific Knowledge: Pacific History

Books

Cook Islands heroes by David Riley
Call Number: ESOL 305.899623 RIL
ISBN: 9780473395667
Publication Date: 305.899623 RIL
Crafting Aotearoa by Karl Chitham; Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai
Call Number: 745.0993 CRA
ISBN: 9780994136275
Publication Date: 2019
Pacific presences. Volume 2, Oceanic art and European museums by edited by Lucie Carreau, Alison Clark, Alana Jelinek, Erna Lilje & Nicholas Thomas.
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9789088906282
Publication Date: 2018
Remembrance of Pacific Pasts : An Invitation to Remake History by Robert Borofsky
Call Number: online
Publication Date: 2000
Samoan heroes by written by David Riley
Call Number: ESOL 305.899462 RIL
ISBN: 9780473315047
Publication Date: 2015
Scoundrels & eccentrics of the Pacific by John Dunmore
Call Number: 995 DUN
ISBN: 9781988516219
Publication Date: 2018
Telling Pacific Lives : Prisms of Process by Brij V Lal, Vicki Luker
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9781921313820
Publication Date: 2008
Tongan heroes by written by David Riley
Call Number: ESOL 305.899482 RIL
ISBN: 9780473352448
Publication Date: 2016

“The Polynesian Problem”: Western Studies of Pacific Islander Origins

Note. From "The Polynesian problem: Western studies of Pacific Islander origins" [video], by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 2021, June 11. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/gX3yd2jaHjI). Copyright 2021 by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology.

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

Note. From "How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva" [video], by TED-Ed, 2017, October 18. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/m8bDCaPhOek). Copyright 2017 by TED-Ed.

Nomads of the wind - Polynesians Part 1/5

Other Resources

The Journal of Polynesian society
The Polynesian Society has provided a major forum for discussion of the history, ethnology, archaeology, biological anthropology, sociology and linguistics of Māori and other Pacific Islands people since 1892. It publishes the Journal of the Polynesian Society quarterly as well as an extensive memoir series.
The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific
Between c. 700 and 1756, Polynesian people settled thousands of islands across a wide area of the Pacific Ocean...
The Journal of Pacific History
The Journal of Pacific History is a leading refereed journal dedicated to research concerning the Pacific Islands, their peoples and their pasts.

Dawn Raids

Polynesian Panthers continuing the fight 50 years on

Untold Pacific History: Episode 2 - Niue / The Murder of Commissioner Larsen

Note. From "Untold Pacific history: Episode 2: Niue: The murder of commissioner Larsen" [video], by TheCoconetTV, 2021a, June 2. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/s-gE1tyepVo). Copyright 2021 by TheCoconetTV.

Untold Pacific History: Episode 3 - Samoa / NZ's colonisation of Samoa & the Mau Movement

Note. From "Untold Pacific history: Episode 3: Samoa: NZ's colonisation of Samoa & the Mau movement" [video], by TheCoconetTV, 2021, June 5. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/UjnnHLCmfHI). Copyright 2021 by TheCoconetTV.

Websites

Pacific Encounters
Europeans have been losing their way in the Pacific from the beginning when early explorers made up for navigational errors by claiming inhabited islands as new discoveries.

Pacific Knowledge: Pacific History

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