Introduction. Para-Colonial Influences – Colonial Transactions – Postcolonial Legacies: Architecture in Oceania (1840–1970)Michael FalserPart I. The ‘South Seas’: Para-Colonial Forms of Architecture and Architectural KnowledgeChapter 1. Re-scribing Indigenous Form: The 19th-Century Churches of the London Missionary Society in Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCarolyn HillChapter 2. Tongan–German (Siamane) Relations and their Architecture in the Kingdom of TongaCharmaine ‘Ilaiū TaleiChapter 3. From Comparative Study to an Emergent Local Building Practice: Hermann Frobenius’ Study of Oceanische Bautypen of 1899Robin SkinnerPart II. German Colonialism in the Südsee and its Encounters (1884–1914)Chapter 4. Administrative and Residential Architecture in the German Colonial South Seas: The Photo Albums of Wilhelm Knappe, Carl Schiesser, and Ferdinand KunzmannHermann MücklerChapter 5. Extracting Growth: The Phosphate Mining Infrastructure on Nauru and Angaur (1906–1913)Jasper LudewigChapter 6. Colonial Waves from Apia to Yap: Technoscientific Network Structures of German Expansionism in OceaniaClemens FinkelsteinChapter 7. German Colonial Building Cultures in Kaiser- Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck-Archipel: Reconnecting a Fragmented Architectural History of Deutsch-NeuguineaMichael FalserPart III. From Inter-Colonial Encounter to Post-Colonial Building PracticesChapter 8. Burns Philp’s Encounters across Colonial Borders: Buildings for Export and Commerce in the South PacificPaul Walker and Amanda AchmadiChapter 9. Architectural Influence within Missionary Areas: The Steyl Mission Architecture during the German and the Australian Colonial Periods in New Guinea (1896–1914–1945)Paul B. SteffenChapter 10. Australian Architects in Melanesia: Culture as Resource in the Late-Colonial Development of Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia (1950s–1970s)Peter Scriver, Amit Srivastava, and Louis LagardeAbout the ContributorsPara-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial entanglements in South Pacific architectureKnowledge of colonial architecture in the South Pacific remains sparse, with often-overlooked connections to para-colonial settings and postcolonial continuities. This edited volume seeks to address these gaps, focusing on the period from 1840 to 1970 across the broader South Pacific region. Through in-depth architectural case studies of buildings, ensembles and urban projects, the essays reflect on the complex interactions between locals and foreigners, colonisers and the colonised, and their shifting allegiances, even across changing political powers. With a rare focus on German colonial influences in the region, the contributions go beyond the predominant narratives of British and French colonial influence. This volume is a valuable resource for students and researchers of architectural history and colonial history in Oceania.