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Landmark Oceania religious

Te Whare Rūnanga (Waitangi)

1940 CE – still standing

Carved Māori meeting house at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in the Bay of Islands, built to represent all iwi of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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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–1938 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1945 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

Cristo Rei of Dili

1996 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

Great Barrier Reef

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Komodo Island

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Dutch Guinea

1598 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1940 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 1940 CE Franco-Thai War 1940 CE Battle of Britain

And in the rest of the world

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

Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Nikola Tesla Figure · Serbia / United States 1856 CE – 1943 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing
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