Checkpoints p. 317

1. The Aborigines came from the Asian mainland and the island 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 family.

Research and discover p.317

1. The Maoris are the indigenous people of 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 10% of the New Zealand´s population, a number that is slowly growing.

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 receptive lands, and were later pushed away from their territories.

3. Because of the huge difference between the arrivals of the two peoples, there must surely been different lifestyles and experiences. Also the Maoris were not treated as bad as the Aboriginals.