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HEALTH
Canvasback
Missions Inc. (www.canvasback.org, US)
[Canvasback Missions, Inc. is
a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1981 to
serve remote Pacific islands with needed health care
and health education.]
South
Pacific Regional Public Health Association (www.acithn.uq.edu.au,
University of Queensland, Australia)
[The South Pacific Regional Public
Health Association (SPRPHA) is a regional non-governmental
and non-political organization composed of health and
non-health professionals. The mission of the SPRPHA
is to promote personal and public (community) health
throughout the South Pacific region.]
Journal
of Pacific History (Carfax Publications, UK)
[The Journal of Pacific Historyserves historians, prehistorians, anthropologists
and others interested in the study of mankind in the
Pacific Islands (including Hawaii and New Guinea),
and is concerned generally with political, economic,
religious and cultural factors affecting human
presence there. It publishes articles, annotated
previously unpublished manuscripts, notes on source
material and comment on current affairs. It also
welcomes articles on other geographical regions, such
as Africa and Southeast Asia, or of a theoretical
character, where these are concerned with problems of
significance in the Pacific.]
Pacific
History on SPIN (South Pacific Information
Network)
[Pacific Historians Information
Network and Community]
Papers of
Sir Joseph Banks (www.slnsw.gov.au, State Library
of New South Wales, Australia)
[The present work is limited to those
papers of Sir Joseph Banks which are held in the
Mitchell and Dixson collections at the State Library
of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia.]
Polynesian
Migrations (Kapi'olani Community College, Hawaii)
[A site dedicated to the knowledge and
understanding of Polynesian seafaring and migration
through the ages.]
The Pacific (www.abc.net.au,
Encounter Program, Radio National)
[Transcipt of audio program At a New Year's Eve dinner party in Sydney
in 1899 a decision was made to mine the tiny Pacific
island of Banaba for enterprise and Empire. The flag
would be raised, the island's accumulated bird
droppings would save agriculture in Britain,
Australia and NZ and the natives would be ameliorated
from their primeval condition. God had given the
evangelists the bounty. And the full development of
colonial regimes in the Pacific, in the way that it's
imagined in this now post-colonial age, had begun. In
1900 began a story that is both uncharacteristic of
the Pacific and a microcosm of it.]
LAW
Journal
of South Pacific Law (www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj, USP,
Vanuatu)
[The Journal of South Pacific Law is
an initiative of the School of Law of the University
of South Pacific. Publishing a wide range of material
and legal research with a focus on laws of the South
Pacific region and on issues of interest to legal
researchers within the region. Submission of work
from scholars with an interest in this area is most
welcome.]
Pacific
Island Law Resources Unit (Monash University,
Australia)
[The Pacific Law Resource Unit of
Monash University Law Library and Faculty of Law is
home to one of the largest collections of Pacific
Island States and Territories primary and secondary
law materials in Australasia.]
University of the South Pacific School of
Law (USP, Vanuatu)
[The law programme at USP provides a unique
environment for legal education. The focus of the
programme is on law in the South Pacific region.]
LINGUISTICS
A
Web of Online Dictionaries (Bucknell University,
US )
[An extensive catalogue (compiled by
Robert Beard, rbeard[use"@"]bucknell.edu) of online language
dictionaries and lexicons. Links to the following
Pacific resources: English-Gilbertese (Kiribati)-French;
Hawaiian-English-Hawaiian Dictionary; Maori-English
Lexical Data Base; Nauruan-English-German Dictionary;
Tarawan Vocabulary; Tongan-English Word List. Also
several links to other useful linguistics' resources.]
Cafe
Pacific (David Robie, Asia Pacific Network)
[ Quick pick of the news media,
valuable information sources, progressive movements
and Pacific research sites in the region.]
The
CocoNET Wireless (U.Queensland, Australia)
[Pacific Islands News and Information.
Covers: International and regional PI events,
contacts: (Newspapers, radio and television stations
in the Pacific Islands Pacific Islands news services
National, regional and international media
associations Journalism training and education),
links to other Pacific Studies sites]
Pacific
Communications (www.ipacific.com, US)
[Commercial site offering internet
services, home of the Samoas Pages and other things]
Pacific Islanders in
Communication (www.piccom.org, US)
[Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC)
is a national nonprofit media organization
established primarily for the purpose of increasing
national public broadcast television programming by
and about indigenous Pacific Islanders.]
Pacific
Islands Report (PIDP & UH, Honolulu)
[News from and about the Pacific
Islands region now is available world wide on the
internet. The new Monday - Friday news service
is a collaborative project of the East-West Center's
Pacific Islands Development program in Honolulu and
the University of Hawai'i's Center for Pacific
Islands Studies.]
Pacific Islands Report - Links Page (PIDP & UH, Hawai'i, US)
[Links to the major
news sources and other information resources
on the Pacific]
Media Hotlinks (PJO, USP, Fiji)
[Comprehensive listing
of online media resources in the Pacific]
Pacific
Journal Review (University of Papua New Guinea)
[A Journal Website specifically
looking at South Pacific news media, information and
communication issues.]
PHILATELICS
Pacific
Study Circle (dspace.dial.pipex.com/jray/pisc.html,
London, England)
[The Study Circle was founded in Great
Britain in 1962. We now have nearly 400 members, of
whom more than 40% live overseas.Catering for
collectors of the stamps and postal history of the
Pacific islands.]
Oceania
Sport Information Centre(OSIC, Fiji)
[The Oceania Sport Information
Centre (OSIC) is a regional information centre for
sports and physical education hosted and implemented
by the University of the South Pacific for and on
behalf of the Oceania National Olympic Committee with
the support of the Australian Sports Commission and
UNESCO. ]
David
Stanley's South Pacific (www.southpacific.org,
Canada)
[From the author of the South Pacific
Handbook, this site gathers excerpts from Stanley's
travel guides, and introduces you to other websites
of Pacific interest.]
Orbit
- Pacific Islands (public-www.pi.se/~orbit/pac.html,
Sweden)
[An online travel log for travellers
and tourists by travellers and tourists]
Welcome to
the Pacific Islands (www.pacificislands.com, US)
[Travel site with listings and other
information for travel in the Pacific Islands]
The
Asia-Pacific Magazine: Online Edition (The Australian
National University, Australia )
[A discontinued magazine of high
academic quality from the Research School of Pacific and
Asian Studies, ANU.]
Centre
for South Pacific Studies (University of New
South Wales, Australia)
[The Centre, established in 1987,
collects, collates and distributes information from a
diversity of disciplines in printed and electronic
form about the peoples and places of the Pacific
islands. Site under construction - ed.]
Department
of Pacific and Asian History (Australian National University, Australia)
[The Division of Pacific and Asian
History was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two
Departments of Pacific and Southeast Asian History
and East Asian (formerly Far Eastern) History. It
comprises four area groups committed to the
discipline of history: China, Japan, Southeast Asia,
and Pacific Islands, with a small unit devoted to
Korean history. By providing a venue for scholars to
undertake important research - from the level of the
post-graduate student to that of senior academic -
and also by acting as a meeting place for historians
from Australia, Asia, the Pacific and elsewhere, the
Division of Pacific and Asian History constitutes a
central site for academic exchange in the region.]
Institute of
Commonwealth Studies (ICS) web site (Institute of
Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK)
[ICS is the only postgraduate academic
institution in the UK devoted to the study of the
Commonwealth. Its purpose is to promote inter-disciplinary
and inter-regional research on the Commonwealth and
its member nations, including those in the Pacific,
in the fields of history, politics, economics and
other social sciences. The Library is an
international resource holding material on all
Commonwealth countries in the region: More than 150
seminars and conferences take place at ICS annually.
One recent event was a workshop on 'Three Centuries
of Science in the Pacific', held jointly with the
Pacific Circle and convened by Jane Samson (ICS) and
Carl Bridge (SRMCAS). The Sir Robert Menzies Centre
for Australian Studies is also based at the
Institute.]
Macmillan
Brown Centre for Pacific Studies (www.pacs.canterbury.ac.nz,
University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
[The mission of the Macmillan Brown
Centre for Pacific Studies is to promote and advance
scholarship and understanding of the Pacific region,
including Aotearoa New Zealand, its people, societies
and cultures; histories; arts; politics; environment
and resources; developments and future.]
Pacific
Science Association (Bishop Museum, Hawaii, US)
[The Pacific Science Association (PSA)
is a regional, nongovernmental scientific
organization founded in 1920. PSA is now on the web
with announcements of future PSA meetings, the
Pacific Meeting Register (which will be updated
regularly), notices of publications, and general
information, including a membership form which can be
automatically forwarded]
Societe des Oceanistes
(Musee de l'homme, Paris, France)
[Site contents: Les Publications; Les Conferences; Les liens Oceanistes; La Carte
de l'Oceanie; Statut; Organigramme; Adresse; Adhesion; Actualite.]
University of the South Pacific School of
Law (USP, Vanuatu)
[The law programme at USP
provides a unique environment for legal education.
The focus of the programme is on law in the South
Pacific region.]
GOVERNMENT
AusAID
- Country Profiles - Regional Overview South Pacific (AusAID,
Australia)
[The Australian Agency for
International Development Country Profiles online,
with briefs on each of the Countries that AusAID is
involved with as well as information on projects. Papua New Guinea
has its own section given the special funding
relationship it has with Australia]
Oceania
Governments on the WWW (www.gksoft.com, US)
[Listings of Government Institutions
available on the world wide web]
INTERNATIONAL
The European Centre on Pacific Issues (ECSIEP)
(Europe Pacific Solidarity Network, the Netherlands)
[ECSIEP "was set up in 1992 to improve the quantity and quality of the
information flow from the Pacific to Europe. It functions as a service
bureau for the Europe Pacific Solidarity Network."
Site contents: More information on ECSIEP and the Europe Pacific
Solidarity Network; Europe Pacific Solidarity Bulletin; The
German Pacific Network and information office; Resources ('Moruroa and
us' - the final report about the experiences of the Polynesian
test-site workers and islanders who lived in the vicinity of Moruroa
and Fangataufa); Links (Pacific Links, Small Island Developing States,
Lomé Convention Links]
Agricultural Development in the American
Pacific (ADAP, Hawai'i, US)
[ADAP addresses common Pacific
Island-based agriculture and community issues through
cooperative research, extension, and instruction
programs that are culturally appropriate, socially
acceptable, economically viable, and environmentally
compatible.
Pacific
Development Directory (Development Resource
Centre, New Zealand)
[The Pacific Development Directory
brings together, for the first time, a catalogue of
agencies with a shared concern for aid and
development in the Pacific region. In doing so it
supports New Zealand’s own vision of equity,
growth, and sustainable development for the Pacific
Islands in our home region.]
Pacific Peoples Partnership (PPP) (Pacific Peoples Partnership, Victoria, B.C., Canada)
[An NGO originally set up in 1975 to facilitate connections
between Pacific Islanders and Canadians, now the "PPP is devoted to
international education and advocacy on issues of concern for the
South Pacific region such as: sovereignty and decolonization; nuclear
testing and militarization; environmental issues; community
development; indigenous science / indigenous knowledge; sustainable
development.
Site contents: * About; * Programs (Indigenous Peoples Abroad Program, Aboriginal Media Project, Pacific Networking Conferences, Tok Blong Pacific Magazine, Speaker Series, Past Programs); * Issues & Resources (Canadian Policy & Aid, Environmental Sustainability, Gender, Globalization, Indigenous Knowledge and Science, News, Solomon Islands, Sovereignty & Decolonisation, West Papua, Youth); * Map; * TakeAction; * Library; * Partners (Pacific Partners Canadian Partners, Pacific News, Travel Information, Indigenous Movements, Canadian Aboriginal News Listings, Partnerships with Government); * Donations; * Contact. ]
Saskawa Pacific Island Nations Fund (www.spf.org, Japan)
[Part of the Saskawa Peace Fund
- in response to a request expressed by the
participants of the 1988 Pacific Island Nations
Conference, the decision was made to establish a
Pacific Island Nations Fund within the Sasakawa Peace
Foundation to conduct specific regional projects.]
REGIONAL
Pacific Community
(www.spc.org.nc, New Caledonia)
[Formerly South Pacific Commission. A
Pacific Island development organisation with a
mandate as a technical advisor training and research
organisation, SPC has developed a clear vision of its
corporate goals and strategic priorities for the 21st
century.]
Pacific
Forum Secretariat (Forum
Secretariat, Fiji)
[The South Pacific Forum
represents Heads of Government of all the independent
and self-governing Pacific Island countries,
Australia and New Zealand. It has provided member
nations with the opportunity to express their joint
political views and to cooperate in areas of
political and economic concern.]
Pacific Power
Association (www.ppa.org.fj, Fiji)
[Pacific Power
Association (PPA) is an association of electricity
utilities, organisations, and individuals who have an
interest in the operations and development of the
power industry in the Pacific Island Countries. ]
SOPAC (South
Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, www.sopac.org.fj,
Fiji)
[The Geological site about the Pacific,
created by SOPAC and its 16 member countries.
Includes, databases, satellite images, virtual
library, Internet Project and other materials]
OTHER
Indigenous
People's Global Caucus (NetWarriors, US)
[Indigenous Nations and Peoples call
for Support at the Intersessional Working Group on
the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples]
See also Pacific Region Resources - Part 1
Maintainer: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au), ANU, Canberra
Copyright Jun 1995 - Jul 1996 by T. Matthew Ciolek. Copyright Aug 1996 - Nov 1999 by
'Alopi Latukefu. Copyright Dec 1999 - present by T. Matthew Ciolek. Between Jan and mid-Apr
2000 this page was co-edited by Peter Raftos.
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