Australasia, 17 Feb 1846: Colony of North Australia
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 17 Feb 1846 (The Australasian Colonies: Colony of North Australia), showing the following events: Maungahuka; Annexation of Chatham Islands; Bau-Rewa War begins; Wairau Affray; Flagstaff War; Leichhardt’s Overland Expedition; Colony of North Australia.

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

New South
Wales(Br.)

New
Zealand(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

North
Australia(NSW adm.)

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.)

(western boundary
of North Australia
undefined)

Lakeba(Bau vas.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Norfolk I.(VDL)

Cook Is.
(Rarotonga)

Kermadec Is.(uninh.)

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

Chatham Is.(NZ)

Lord Howe I.(Br. pres.)

Victoria (Port Essington)

Port Curtis
(unsettled)

Oct 1842Māori settle
Auckland Islands

Nov 1842Chatham Islands
annexed to
New Zealand

Apr 1843Bau-Rewa War
breaks out in Fiji

Jun 1843Māori clash with
settlers at Wairau

Jul 1844–Jan 1846Hōne Heke attacks
British authority
in Bay of Islands

Oct 1844–Dec 1845Leichhardt crosses
northern Australia

17 Feb 1846–28 Dec 1847Colony of North Australia
briefly authorized

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