Checkpoints p. 317
1. The Aborigines came from the Asian
mainland and the islands north of the Australian continent.
2. Unknown diseases, like smallpox,
were the reason that the Aboriginal population was halved soon after the
European arrival.
3. It is believed that more than 100 000
Aboriginal children were taken away from their homes.
Research and Discover p. 317:
Maoris in
New Zealand:
1. The Maoris are an indigenous people
living in New Zealand. The Maoris originated with settlers from eastern
Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some
time between 1250 and 1300 CE. Today, the Maoris makes up for 10% of New Zealand’s
population, a number that is slowly increasing.
2. The Australian Aborigines arrived in
Australia many years before the Maoris arrived in New Zealand. Both of the
peoples were the first to inhabit their respective lands, and were later pushed
away from their territories.
3. Because of the huge difference in
time between the arrivals of the two peoples, there must surely have been
differences in their lifestyles and experiences. Also, the Maoris were not treated
as bad as the Australian Aboriginals.
