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[[New Zealand]] is largely interchangeable with Australia in western media. This is especially ironic given New Zealand has a different culture, history, even ecology - its indigenous ecology almost wholly lacks native mammals of any kind. Also, its location is even more remote, being one of the last major land masses colonized by humans: the Maori arrived only in the 13th century CE.<ref>To give you an idea, the Vikings by this point had not only spotted America, they had managed to establish a settlement, lose a war, and then abandon it...over two hundred years earlier. Just gives you an idea of how HUGE the Pacific is...</ref>
Australia's first European settlements were prison colonies. A fair few Australians claim convict ancestry with '''pride''', truthfully or otherwise. Of course, with [[Those
Complicating this trope is that a lot of Australian humour involves ''deliberately'' [[Deadpan Snarker|playing up or invoking these stereotypes]] [[N-Word Privileges|to mess with foreigners]]. Especially [[Eagle Land|Americans]].
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