ABSTRACT
The countries of Australia and New Zealand share similar ancestry, geography, language, and colonization histories. Both lands were, and continue to be, the recipients of a great number of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Europe beginning in the late eighteenth century. This influx of English-speaking settlers fundamentally changed the lives of the indigenous peoples. The Maoris of New Zealand and the Aborigines and Torres Straight Islanders of Australia have undergone much abuse, at one time threatening extinction of the Aborigines. The child population in both countries is decreasing relative to the overall population, as fertility rates and the recent number of incoming immigrants abates. The research on infants in these countries is sparse, and only eight articles surfaced in the citation data bases scanned for this volume.
