| c.1000 | AUSTRALIA has long distance exchange networks for ornaments and raw materials. Large villages of round stone houses in south & east. | 1000 PW 15 |
| c.1000 | AUSTRONESIAN peoples of Melanesia from 1200, now occupy Polynesia. | 1000 wikA |
| c.1000 |  Successive waves of migrations from Southeast Asia spread across Western Pacific, some landing and remaining on Marshall Islands. |
1000 wikPI map Hobe |
| c.1000 | Eastern MELANESIANS begin sailing north. | 1000 wikPI |
| c.1000 |  NIUE Island occupied by Polynesians. |
1000 wikPI map TUBS |
| c.900 | Lapita culture spreading from the Bismarck Archipelago since 1300, reaches Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. | 900 wikP |
| c.800 | LAPITAN POTTERY begins in Western Polynesia. | 800 wikLap |
| c.750 | LAPITAN POTTERY, produced from 1350 in Bismarck Archipelago, ends. | 750 wikLap |
| c.750 | MOTURIKI Island, in Fiji's Lomaiviti Archipelago, settled by Polynesians. | 900-600 wikPI |
| c.500 | AUSTRONESIAN migration to Melanesia and Micronesia from 1200 ends. | 500 wikA |
| by c.500 | Melanesians had reached Fiji and intermarry with Polynesian inhabitants. | 500 wikPI |
| c.500 | Asia-Pacific Neolithic age ends. Began 8000. | 500 wikPP |
| c.500 |  Earliest metal tools in the Philippines. |
500 wikPP map Addicted04 |
Pacific 500-300
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