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monolith a massive, solid stone
Uluru ,This amazing monolith has two names. Many Australians know it as Ayers Rock. However the Aboriginal people, call it Uluru. Uluru is an official World Heritage site located within a protected national park
Outback The most rural and isolated parts of the Central Lowlands in Australia.
Aboriginal people The first humans to live in Australia
Coral reef The Great Barrier Reef is a living coral reef, a giant community of marine animals called corals.
hot spring bubbling mud pools, and violent geysers. Hot springs are pools of hot water that occur naturally. Hot springs form in rocky areas when rainwater seeps into cracks in Earth’s surface.
geyser hot springs that sometimes shoot hot water out of the ground. The water in hot springs and geysers is warmed by heat energy from deep within Earth
drought Shortages of water. Droughts are common in Australia and threaten the survival of wildlife, livestock, and farm crops. Low water reserves can lead to poor-quality drinking water for humans.
marsupial a type of mammal that raises its young in a pouch on the mother’s body. Marsupials vary in size from tiny kangaroo mice to 6-foot-tall, gray kangaroos.
boomerang a flat, bent, wooden weapon, hunters threw the L-shaped boomerang to stun their prey.
dingo a species of domestic dog first brought to Australia from Asia about 4,000 years ago
tikanga Maori customs and traditions passed down through generations. Maori tradition says that tikanga come from tika, the “things that are true,” which began with all creation at the dawn of time.
kapahaka a traditional Maori art form combining music, dance, singing, and facial expressions.
dominion n 1901 Australia set up a new federation of British colonies. The new country was a dominion, a largely self-governing country within the British Empire
Captain Cook carried out three voyages in the 1760s and 1770s around Australia and New Zealand
penal colony a place for convicts from England to work off their sentences
Treaty of Waitangi This treaty gave legal ownership and control of New Zealand to Great Britain, but it guaranteed protection and certain land rights to the Maori.
bush a rural area in Australia
didgeridoo a long wood or bamboo tube that creates an unusual vibrating sound when the player breathes into one end.
action song a song that combines singing and dancing to celebrate Maori history and culture in order to instill pride among Maori people
geothermal energy is naturally occurring heat energy produced by extremely hot liquid rock in Earth’s upper mantle
kiwifruit a type of gooseberry fruit that originated in East Asia but has become a symbol of New Zealand.
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