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Landmark Oceania trade

Broome

1883 CE – still standing

Established in 1883 on Western Australia's Kimberley coast, Broome became one of the world's leading pearling ports, supplying most of the global mother-of-pearl by 1910.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1880 CE)
  2. Western Australia (UK) (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Australia (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Oceania

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

1891 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Indonesia

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Rabaul

1910 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

1935 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Māori

Attested 1279 CE – 1900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1883 CE and 2026 CE.

1942 CE Battle of Guadalcanal 1973 CE Sydney Opera House 1975 CE Indonesian Invasion of East Timor 1988 CE Bougainville Civil War 1883 CE Mandinka Wars (Samori Ture's Resistance) 1883 CE Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Richard Wagner Figure · Germany 1813 CE – 1883 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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