European Settlements in Australia
and New Zealand
—Australia
—1788-1853 – exported convicts
—Discovery of gold increases population in 1850s
—Unified federal nation claimed on January 1, 1900
—New Zealand
—Conflict with Maoris – attempts to convert to Christianity
—Agricultural population
—Parliament allowed to rule self without interference from mother country
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