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| coral | a rocklike material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures, most plentiful in warm ocean water |
| Maori | a native of New Zealand whose ancestors first traveled from Asia to Polynesia, and later to New Zealand |
| Aborigine | a member of the earliest people of Australia, who probably came from Asia |
| penal colony | a place where people convicted of crimes are sent |
| station | in Australia, a large ranch for raising livestock |
| outback | the dry land consisting of plains and plateaus that makes up much of central and western Australia |
| atoll | a small coral island in the shape of a ring |
| marsupial | an animal, such as a kangaroo, that carries its young in a body pouch |
| tectonic plate | a huge slab of rock that moves very slowly over a softer layer beneath the surface of Earth's crust |
| geyser | a hot spring that shoots a jet of water and steam into the air |
| fiord | a long, narrow inlet or arm of the sea bordered by steep slopes created by glaciers |
| high island | an island formed from the mountainous top of an ancient volcano |
| low island | an island formed from coral reefs or atolls |
| artesian well | a well from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping |
