Australasia, 16 Nov 1840: Colony of New Zealand
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 16 Nov 1840 (The Australasian Colonies: Colony of New Zealand), showing the following events: Hobson’s Proclamation; Settlement of Akaroa; Founding of Auckland; Colony of New Zealand.

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

New South
Wales(Br.)

New
Zealand(NSW adm.)

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.)

South
Australia(Br.)

Western
Australia(Br.)

Navigator
Islanders
(Samoans)

New Caledonians
(Kanaks)

New Hebrideans
(Ni-Vanuatu)

Gilbert
Islanders

Port.
Timor(Port.)

Tidore(Neth. prot.)

Ternate(Neth. prot.)

Banjar(Neth. prot.)

Lakeba(Bau vas.)

Kutai(Neth. prot.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Norfolk I.(NSW)

Cook Is.
(Rarotonga)

Auckland Is.(uninh.)

Kermadec Is.(uninh.)

Port Louis-Philippe (Akaroa)(Fr. adm.)

Chatham Is.
(Wharekauri)(civil war)

Lord Howe I.(Br. pres.)

Victoria (Port Essington)

Russell (Okiato)

May 1840British sovereignty proclaimed
over all New Zealand

Aug 1840French settlers
arrive in Akaroa

Sep 1840–May 1841Capital of New Zealand
moved to Auckland

16 Nov 1840New Zealand detached
from New South Wales

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