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Landmark Oceania archaeological

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area

1788 CE – 1855 CE · 67 years

Former British penal settlement on Norfolk Island, part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage listing, later resettled by Pitcairn Islanders.

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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–1783 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1800 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

Levuka

1820 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Musket Wars

1807 CE – 1845 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Port Arthur Historic Site

1830 CE – 1877 CE

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars)

1845 CE – 1872 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Auckland

1840 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1815 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1788 CE and 1855 CE.

1788 CE Sydney 1807 CE Musket Wars 1807 CE New Zealand Musket Wars 1840 CE Auckland 1845 CE New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars) 1788 CE Russo–Swedish War (1788–1790)

And in the rest of the world

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

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