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These are the tasks we were asked to do!

Checkpoints page 317

1.) The aborigines originally cam from Asia a long time ago.

2.) One of the main reasons the aboriginal population was halved when the Europeans came was because they brought with them unknown diseases such as smallpox.

3.) About 100 000 aboriginal children were believed to be taken away from their home and family, these are referred to as the stolen generation.



"Research and discover 1" page 317

1.) The Aboriginal Australians lived with a strong dependence with the land, and the water. The path of Australian Aboriginal history changed radically after the 18th- and 19th-century settlement of Britain. They were forced to submit to European rule. Their current situation is in many ways appalling and perilous. The Aborigines don’t get much attention outside Australia either, making them somehow forgotten. What is so unique about their culture is that they can claim to be the oldest continuous living culture in all of history. The hallmark of Aboriginal culture is 'oneness with nature'. This means that they live purely of what the nature has to offer.

2.) Mini presentation of a famous aboriginal, David Unaipon: David Unaipon is featured on the front of Australia’s 50-dollar note, along with drawings from one of his inventions, and an extract from the original manuscript of his book Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines. He was a preacher, writer and inventor. One of his known ideas/patents was a helicopter design shaped based on the principle of a boomerang.

"Research and discover 2" page 317

1.) The Māori 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 only around 10% of the New Zealand population are Maori, however it is slowly growing.

2.) Australia and New Zealand are both home to indigenous tribes that have struggled for years to retain their culture and people. Both the Aboriginals of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand share an unfortunate history of colonization. However, their cultural sides, from the origin to their language, are vastly different.

3.) One of the reasons why I think these two groups have had quite different experiences are that the aboriginals of Australia settled way earlier than the Maoris (even earlier than 10 000BC) and the Maori settled as late as the 12^th and 13^th century.