Australasia, 31 Dec 1936: Exploration of the New Guinea Highlands
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 31 Dec 1936 (Southern Dominions: Exploration of the New Guinea Highlands), showing the following events: Independence of Manchukuo; Caledon Bay crisis; Western Australian secession referendum; Mount Hagen patrol post.

Feb 1932Japan installs puppet
regime in Manchuria

Sep 1932–Nov 1933Aboriginals
kill Japanese
and Whites
in Caledon Bay

Apr 1933Western Australia
votes to secede
(not followed through)

? 1936Australian patrols estab.
post at Mt Hagen

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