Australia and Oceania

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Across
  1. 4. The original inhabitants of Australia
  2. 6. One of the three regions in Oceania. The most populous of the three groups of Pacific islands, includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and others.
  3. 8. a sport played by two teams with an oval ball and H-shaped goals
  4. 9. Country North East of Australia. Known for cultural diversity because of traditional tribal villages. It is also home to rain forests, coral reefs, and volcanoes.
  5. 12. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  6. 13. a region spread across the western pacific ocean made up of more than 600 tiny islands that include four island states. North of Melanesia.
Down
  1. 1. A person who uses the ancient Polynesian practice of navigating the open oceans using deep knowledge and intense
  2. 2. A country that is 2 islands off the east coast of Australia
  3. 3. indigenous people of New Zealand
  4. 4. a country and continent surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans.
  5. 5. The Western region of the three regions in Oceania, meaning "many islands." Exists in the Pacific Ocean. Countries such as Tonga, Tahiti, and Samoa are just a few of the islands there.
  6. 7. Country northwest of Australia consisting of many small islands. The largest country in southeast Asia.
  7. 10. a country that is an archipelago in southeast Asia. North of Micronesia.Formerly a British colony and later a US territory before gaining their independence after WW2.
  8. 11. A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.