The largest cities in the small island countries of the southwest pacific generally began as:

The first population of the Melanesian countries was composed of the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia and Proto-Australoids. These Proto-Australoids emigrated from Africa about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Although they are relatively close, the Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian countries have very little similarities with each other in terms of genetics.