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Landmark Oceania trade

Nouméa

1854 CE – still standing

Founded by the French in 1854 as Port-de-France, New Caledonia's deepwater capital became the Pacific's principal nickel export port.

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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–1930 CE)
  3. New Caledonia (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1945 CE–2026 CE)
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

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Landmark · Oceania

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area

1788 CE – 1855 CE

Polity · Oceania

Indonesia

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars)

1845 CE – 1872 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Port Arthur Historic Site

1830 CE – 1877 CE

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Old St Paul's

1866 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Māori

Attested 1279 CE – 1900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1854 CE and 2026 CE.

1866 CE Old St Paul's 1868 CE St Mary's Cathedral 1942 CE Battle of Guadalcanal 1973 CE Sydney Opera House 1975 CE Indonesian Invasion of East Timor 1988 CE Bougainville Civil War

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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