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Landmark Oceania trade

Darwin

1869 CE – still standing

Founded in 1869 as Palmerston on northern Australia's Timor Sea coast, Darwin grew into a gold, pearling and trepang port linking Australia to Southeast Asian markets.

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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–1815 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1880 CE–2026 CE)

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

Port Arthur Historic Site

1830 CE – 1877 CE

Polity · Oceania

Indonesia

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars)

1845 CE – 1872 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Broome

1883 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE

Landmark · Oceania

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

1891 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Māori

Attested 1279 CE – 1900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1869 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 1869 CE Red River Rebellion 1869 CE Suez Canal

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 World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Robert E. Lee Figure · United States 1807 CE – 1870 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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