Landmark Oceania religious

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

1891 CE – still standing

Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral designed by William Butterfield at the heart of Melbourne, featuring distinctive spires completed in 1932.

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St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1880 CE)
Victoria (UK) (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
Australia (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

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Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

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Landmark · Oceania

Rabaul

1910 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

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

1935 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Te Whare Rūnanga (Waitangi)

1940 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Māori

Attested 1279 CE – 1900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1891 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 1891 CE Batu Caves 1893 CE Matabele Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

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Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne Donaldytong · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rabaul Stefan Krasowski from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0
Flag of Indonesia Jayakatwang · Public domain
Indonesian invasion of East Timor J. Patrick Fischer and Borysk5 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo russellstreet · CC BY-SA 2.0
Flag of the Netherlands Zscout370 · Public domain
Bvdistricts Isaac Sutcliffe · Public domain
Māori people Jorge Royan · CC BY-SA 3.0