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Australia & New Zealand: what “Wildlife” does not decide

Aboriginal and Māori first peoples, British settler colonies, and modern multicultural Pacific democracies. Wildlife is a boundary — Unique fauna — not a winner and not a league table.

At a glance

The boundaryWildlife: Unique fauna. That sentence limits the claim. It does not crown a…
CitiesCities adds a second limit: Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland. If the two limits…
Leave it as a checkUse the published tool for Australia & New Zealand with this limit in view.…
Stop hereThis describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or…

Do not turn Wildlife (Unique fauna) into a ranking. For Australia & New Zealand it only sits next to Cities: Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland.

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Australia & New Zealand

  • First peoples Aboriginal · Torres Strait · Māori
  • Settler British from 1788/1840
  • Languages official English (+ te reo Māori NZ)
  • Wildlife Unique fauna
  • Cities Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland
  • Politics Parliamentary democracies

Amazon

  • Languages Tupi, Tukano, Portuguese
  • Staple Manioc · river fish
  • Towns Manaus · Belém · Iquitos
  • Faiths Catholic · indigenous rites
  • States Brazil · Peru · Colombia
  • Music Boi-Bumbá · carimbó

Reading checklist

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The boundary

Wildlife: Unique fauna. That sentence limits the claim. It does not crown a person, a people, or a nation.

Cities

Cities adds a second limit: Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland. If the two limits disagree, keep both and do not average them into a prize.

Leave it as a check

Use the published tool for Australia & New Zealand with this limit in view. Check 2 of 4 is whether the axis you care about even includes Wildlife.

Stop here

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples. Politics: Parliamentary democracies.

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples.

What should I do with “Wildlife”?

Do not turn Wildlife (Unique fauna) into a ranking. For Australia & New Zealand it only sits next to Cities: Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland.

Does this page rank people or nations?

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples.

Where is the existing tool?

Use the two links below: the topic entry for Australia & New Zealand and the signature tool. The figure to carry is Unique fauna.

Open the topic: Australia & New Zealand · Open the tool