Melanesia

An immersive journey through the tumultuous past and fascinating present of Australia’s nearest neighbours

“We are the original people of the region … This is a black region, it’s not a white region.”—Ralph Regenvanu, Ni-Vanuatu anthropologist and politician

Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1200 language grou...