Background to Botany Flashcards
What are key features in Botany?
Tamaki River, BDSC, Botany Town entre, The Greenland Refill, The Buddhist Temple, Sir Barry Curtis park and a golf course.
Where is Botany in relationship to NZ?
It’s in Eastern Auckland, near Howick and Pakuranga
Lifestyle of local Iwi prior to European settlement
They used the forest to gain food by gathering the resources. They hunted animals by wing spears, traps and decays. To store birds they plucked, cleaned, boiled and preserved it in their own fat. Preserved this way it could last a whole year. They usually hunted for food by setting traps.
Impacts the Maori and European had on the natural environment
Both Maori and European used the land in similar ways, such as hunting for food and setting traps. They hunted many animals to extinction, and even more to critically endangered, and used the land for their own benefits. But once they realised the damage they didn’t hesitate to do their best to protect the land, creating national parks and protecting the endangered animals. Both the Maori and Europeans brought new animal and plant species to New Zealand, creating the wide variety of plant and animal species we have today.
Maori used land mostly for setting traps, building minimal houses and bringing in less species than the European. While the early Europeans used the land for house, farms and introduced many new plants and animals, some causing many trouble for the land as well as the people living here. Both the Maori and European used and changed the natural environment, but the European brought in things that changed the environment drastically, where as the Maori used more of the natural environment that was already there, without bringing in as much resources, animals, plants, etc.
How the early Europeans lived in the Botany area?
Clothing: In the 1850s men and woman alike wore clothing with long sleeves and high collars. Skirts and dresses reached down to their ankles and men wore full length trousers. The women had lots of lace and frill.
Transport: The main form of transport in the 1850s was horse-drawn carts. Men also rode horses and when transporting heavy goods they would use bulls or other strong animals. Housing: The housing was a lot smaller and simpler. Most houses had chimneys and large gardens.
Work: Some common occupations were timber processing and farming.
Pass times: As a past time many people would work outside, attending to various plants and flowers to create a well groomed garden. Beliefs: Most of the settlers are Christian and have created a church.
How was the physical environment of Botany formed?
Volcanoes
How did the Botany area change in the 20th century (with case study)?
Even more grassland and bush were cleared for roads, buildings and houses.
