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Landmark Oceania trade

Sydney

1788 CE – still standing

First European settlement in Australia that grew into the primary trade hub of the South Pacific, connecting Oceania to global commerce

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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. Eora (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. New South Wales (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. New South Wales (UK) (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Australia (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Musket Wars

1807 CE – 1845 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Levuka

1820 CE – still standing

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

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1788 CE and 2026 CE.

1807 CE Musket Wars 1807 CE New Zealand Musket Wars 1840 CE Auckland 1845 CE New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars) 1866 CE Old St Paul's

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 World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Benjamin Franklin Figure · Boston / Philadelphia / Paris 1706 CE – 1790 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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