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Did disease have as terrible an impact on Australia and New Zealand after 'first contact' as it did in the Americas?

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Hi, not discouraging further contributions here, but FYI you can get started on this earlier thread

Why didn't aboriginal New Zealander, Australians, and sub-Saharan Africans all die of disease, like the Incans, Mayans, and Aztecs did?