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Ch 26 Sec 2

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Capt. Cook claims land for GB

NEW ZEALAND

  • 1769
  • Recognized natives: Maori
  • Farm, hunt, fish

AUSTRALIA

  • 1770
  • Did not recognize natives: Aborigines
  • Nomadic: farm, hunt, fish
Photo by Leonrw

WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT OF AUSTRALIA?

BRITAIN'S PENAL COLONY

  • Prisons were overcrowded in GB
  • GB began colonizing Australia w/criminals-1788
  • After release, convicts can buy land and settle
Photo by jev55

WHY DID FREE SETTLERS COME?

  • Cheap land
  • Early 1800s-sheep/wool becomes big business

GOLD RUSH 1851

  • Pop inc. greatly
  • Settlements spread

BACK TO NEW ZEALAND

  • GB recognized land rights of Maori
  • 1814-missionaries begin to convert Maori
  • Conflicts arise between Maori and settlers over land
  • GB annexes NZ in 1839 and sign treaty with natives in 1849
  • Maori accept British rule in exchange for land rights

SELF RULE

  • 1850s-Australia and NZ became self-governing
  • Use parliamentary forms of government
  • Both became dominions by early 1900s
Photo by ecstaticist

POLITICAL PIONEERS

  • Australia-secret ballot
  • NZ-first women's suffrage

HOW DID THE NATIVES FARE?

  • Natives-diseases, disenfranchised, displaced, killed
  • 1845-1872 Maori Wars-drives natives to remote areas
Photo by Timm Suess