Tahitian is spoken throughout French Polynesia as the lingua franca. In spite of this, until now the only Tahitian grammars have been written either in French or with a heavily ecclesiastical aim. This book caters for the need for a general introduction to the Tahitian language written in English. It is a comprehensive study based on modern linguistic techniques, but presented in non-technical language.

Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529) was a Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Ming Era, whose thoughts have had a profound influence in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. But, although there has been a wealth of material published in Chinese and Japanese on his life and philosophy, the English-language world has only two previous translations of Wang Yang-ming{u2019}s selected writings. This translation contains sixty-seven letters, thirty-one more than previously translated, which help reveal the philosophy of the great Chinese thinker.

This book is the first detailed study of what happened when the well-established Australian colonial governments joined together to form the Commonwealth of Australia. It tells how the State politicians, anxious not to lose the political limelight, strove to maintain their former power and status virtually unchanged, and how the politicians of the new Commonwealth Government seized every opportunity to enhance their own authority and prestige.

This is a collection of various documents, correspondence and memoranda dealing generally with the boundaries up to 1962. They have been reproduced as faithfully as is possible in this format from original material in Canberra, London and The Hague. Some of the translations are official; others have been made for this volume. Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries is a complementary volume to Dr van der Veur{u2019}s main study Search for New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries which is described on the back flap of this book.

Migrant organisations supply more than mere support for in dividual immigrants. They enable those who so wish to preserve something of the life, language and culture of the home country. The three groups of migrant or ganisations studied here - Polish, Dutch and Maltese - differ widely in their aims and success. The Polish migrant organisations in Melbourne are mainly intent on preserving Polishness, not only among those who migrated here from Poland but also in the younger generations who were small children when their parents came to Australia or who were born here.

The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania 1825-50 is the first detailed and documentary history of the seminal period of Roman Catholic missionary activity in Oceania. Before 1825 there had been sporadic missionary efforts but from the founding of the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands in 1825 there was continued development in Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.