Peopling of the Austral Islands (Rurutu, Rapa, Tubuai) (c. 800–1200 CE)

1. Lapita seafaring spreads into Remote Oceania

   Jan 1, 1500 BCELabels: Lapita people, Remote Oceania

   • Britannica
   • Cambridge RC

2. East Polynesian voyaging expands to new frontiers

   Jan 1, 800Labels: East Polynesia, Polynesian voyaging

   • Australs

3. Initial settlement begins in the Austral Islands

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Austral Islands, Society Islands

   • Australs

4. Early coastal community established at Atiahara, Tubuai

   Jan 1, 1113Labels: Atiahara, Tubuai

   • Australs
   • Tubuai

5. Rapa (Rapa Iti) settled in the 1100s–1200s

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Rapa Iti, southern Polynesia

   • Australs
   • Rapa Iti

6. Fortified hilltop settlements develop on Rapa

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Rapa, fortified p

   • Rapa Iti
   • Rapa fr

7. Wooden deity figure A’a created on Rurutu

   Jan 1, 1591Labels: A a, Rurutu

   • A a
   • Smarthistory

8. James Cook sights Rurutu and names it

   Aug 14, 1769Labels: James Cook, Rurutu

   • Australs
   • Australs ES

9. Cook records the name of Tubuai

   Aug 8, 1777Labels: James Cook, Tubuai

   • Cook Soc
   • Tubuai

10. Bounty mutineers attempt to settle on Tubuai

    May 28, 1789Labels: Bounty mutineers, Tubuai

    • Bounty
    • NatGeo

11. George Vancouver visits Rapa and records “Oparo”

    Dec 22, 1791Labels: George Vancouver, Rapa

    • Rapa Iti
    • Rapa fr

12. Rurutu leaders present A’a to London Missionary Society

    Aug 9, 1821Labels: London Missionary, A a

    • Smarthistory
    • A a