Australasia, 18 Jun 1829: Swan River Colony
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 18 Jun 1829 (The Australasian Colonies: Swan River Colony), showing the following events: Diponegoro War; First NZ Company expedition; King George Sound settlement; Wounding of Hongi Hika; Dutch claim to New Guinea; Swan River colony.

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New South
Wales(Br.)

A  u  s  t  r  a  l  i  a  n

A  b  o  r  i  g  i  n  a  l

T  r  i  b  e  s

Solomon Islanders

Van Diemen’s
Land(Br.)

Swan River
Colony(Br.)

Navigator
Islanders
(Samoans)

New Caledonians
(Kanaks)

New Hebrideans
(Ni-Vanuatu)

Gilbert
Islanders

Port.
Timor(Port.)

Tidore(Neth. prot.)

Ternate(Neth. prot.)

Bulungan(Sulu vas.)

Banjar(Neth. prot.)

Tongatapu(civil war)

Kutai(Neth. prot.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Norfolk I.(NSW)

Cook Is.
(Rarotonga)

Auckland Is.(uninh.)

Kermadec Is.(uninh.)

King George Sound(NSW)

Lord Howe I.(uninh.)

Fort Wellington

Jul 1825–Mar 1830Anti-Dutch rebellion
in central Java

Mar 1826–Feb 1827Abortive British
attempt to settle
New Zealand

Dec 1826–Mar 1831NSW settlement
at Albany

Jan 1827Hongi Hika mortally
wounded; decline
of Ngāpuhi power

Aug 1828Dutch claim western
New Guinea

18 Jun 1829British colony established
in Western Australia

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