Timeline of sovereign states in Oceania

This timeline lists all sovereign states and dependencies in Oceania, both current and defunct, from the year 1750 onwards.

Timeline

Current Sovereign States / Decades		before	1750	1760	1770	1780		1790	1800

Australia
	New South Wales	Australian Aboriginal nations					1788 Colony of New South Wales ( British Empire)
	Queensland	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations
	South Australia	Australian Aboriginal nations
	Tasmania	Aboriginal Tasmanian nations
	Victoria	Aboriginal Australian nations
	Western Australia	Aboriginal Australian nations
Chile	Easter Island	Rapa Nui
Fiji		Fijians
France
	New Caledonia	Kanak
	French Polynesia	Polynesians					1788 Kingdom of Tahiti
Indonesia
	Maluku	Dutch East India Company rule (Kingdom of the Netherlands)							1800 Dutch East Indies (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
	North Maluku	Dutch East India Company rule (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
	Papua	Papuans
	West Papua	Papuans
Kiribati		Micronesian
Marshall Islands		Spanish East Indies (Spain)
Micronesia		Spanish East Indies (Spain)
colspan=2 rowspan-1\| Nauru	Nauruans
Realm of New Zealand	New Zealand	Maori
Realm of New Zealand	Tokelau
Cook Islands		Cook Islands Maori
Niue		Polynesians
Palau		Spanish East Indies (Spain)
Papua New Guinea		Papuans
Papua New Guinea		Papuans
Samoa		Pre-colonial Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga		Tu'i Tonga Empire
Tuvalu		Polynesian
United States
	American Samoa	Pre-colonial Samoa
	Guam	Spanish East Indies (Kingdom of Spain)
	Hawaii	Ancient Hawaii						1810 Kingdom of Hawaii
	Northern Mariana Islands	Spanish East Indies (Kingdom of Spain)
	Wake Island
Vanuatu		Melanesian

Current Sovereign States / Decades		before	1750	1760	1770	1780		1790	1800

Empires/Colonialists/Trustees
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Aboriginal AustralianAboriginal TasmaniansAmerican SamoaAncient HawaiiAnglo-French Joint Naval CommissionAustraliaAustralian AboriginalBritish EmpireBritish Solomon IslandsChileColony of FijiColony of New South WalesColony of New ZealandColony of QueenslandColony of South AustraliaColony of TasmaniaColony of VictoriaColony of Western AustraliaCook IslandsCook Islands FederationCook Islands MaoriDependent territoryDutch East India Company in IndonesiaDutch East IndiesEaster IslandEmpire of JapanFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFijiansFranceFrench PolynesiaGerman EmpireGerman New GuineaGerman SamoaGermanyGilbert and Ellice IslandsGuamHawaiiIndonesiaIrian JayaJapanKanakKingdom of FijiKingdom of HawaiiKingdom of RarotongaKingdom of SpainKingdom of TahitiKingdom of the NetherlandsKingdom of TongaKiribatiList of predecessors of sovereign states in OceaniaList of sovereign statesList of sovereign states and dependent territories in OceaniaList of sovereign states by date of formationMaluku (province)Mandate of NauruMāori peopleMarshall IslandsMelanesianMicronesiaNauruNauruansNetherlandsNetherlands New GuineaNew CaledoniaNew HebridesNew South WalesNew ZealandNiueNorth MalukuNorthern Mariana IslandsNorthern Marianas IslandsOceaniaPalauPapua (province)Papua New GuineaPapuansPolynesiansPre-colonial SamoaQueenslandRapa NuiRealm of New ZealandRepublic of HawaiiSamoaSolomon IslandsSouth AustraliaSouth Pacific MandateSovereigntySpainSpanish East IndiesTasmaniaTerritory of HawaiiTerritory of New GuineaTerritory of PapuaTerritory of Papua and New GuineaTimeline of sovereign states in EuropeTokelauTongaTorres Strait IslanderTrust Territory of NauruTrust Territory of the Pacific IslandsTu'i Tonga EmpireTuvaluUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States of AmericaVanuatuVictoria (Australia)Wake IslandWest Papua (province)Western AustraliaWestern Samoa Trust Territory

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