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Australia & New Zealand in 1300: Māori settle

In a classroom, start Australia & New Zealand with food, a festival, and a language. The year is 1300, the line is “Māori settle,” the figure is 1788. Skin and bone are not a basis for rank. Through staples, techniques and social meals — not tourist clichés alone — with note of regional variation.

Cultures are not sports teams. This atlas explains practices and histories without superior/inferior scores. Major lingua francas and heritage languages appear together; minority tongues are named where they structure identity. As lived practice and festival calendars, without treating any faith as a racial essence.

State borders and conflicts appear when they shaped culture; the page is not a news wire. Can diaspora count as Australia & New Zealand? Yes. Overseas communities often conserve and reinvent tradition; they appear in the Today section. Wikipedia article titles resolve to Commons files with reusable licences; attribution lives on the credits page.

Aboriginal ancestors arrive in Australia. British penal colony begins in Australia. Foundational — and contested — NZ compact. Migration remakes colonial demography. ANZAC legend shapes national memory. White Australia policy ends; Asia links grow. Major legal recognition milestones (AU/NZ paths differ).

Fold the league table. Keep 1300, “Māori settle,” and 1788 for Australia & New Zealand.1300

Figures to keep

Year of the account
1300
Figure beside it
1788
Topic
Australia & New Zealand
Line about the life
Māori settle

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