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ST MATTHIAS MANUS GROUP

MANUS I

BIS MARCK ARCH IPEL AGO WEST SEPIK Wewak EAST SSEPIKEPIK

River Sepik MADANG NEW GUINEA

ENGA W.H. Mt Hagen

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Goroka a INDONESIA S.H. rk ha E.H. m R Lae WEST MOROBEMOR UA NEW PAP BRITAIN WESTERN F ly Ri ver GULF NORTHERNOR N Gulf of Papua

Daru Port Moresby

CENTRAL

AUSTRALIA

Map 1: The provinces of vii

0 300 kilometres 0 150 miles

NEW IRELAND

PACIFIC OCEAN

NEW IRELAND

Rabaul

BOUGAINVILLE I

EAST Arawa NEW BRITAIN Panguna

SOLOMON SEA SOLOMON ISLANDS

D ’EN N TR E C A S T E A U X MILNE BAY

I S

LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO

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W ALLAC E'S LINE

SUNDALAND

WALLACEA

SAHULLAND

0 500 km

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Map 2: The prehistoric continent of Sahul consisted of the continent of and the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania. ix

141 o E 142°E 143°E 144°E 144°15'E

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Parama I. 9°S I. 9°S Bramble

Missionary Reef Boigu I. Anchor Cay

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f Dauan I. e East Cay Saibai I. e Deliverance I. R Stephens I.

r Darnley I. Kerr (Kiss) Islet o ri ar W Yorke I. Turu Cay I. Yam I. Murray Islands 10°S Coconut I. 10°S Badu I. Moa I.

TORRES Kubin St Pauls Warraber (Sue) I. STRAIT

OUTER ISLANDS V

INNER Hammond I. Thursday I. CORAL SEA ISLANDS Horn I. N Prince of Authority area Wales I. New Seisia includes: Mapoon CAPE ISLANDER Seisia Injinoo COMMUNITIES Umagico Bamaga 11°S 11°S GULF OF 144°E CAPE YORK CARPENTARIA PNG PENINSULA LOCATION 0 100

kilometres AUSTRALIA 142°E 142°E 143°E

AUSTRALIA Torres Strait Regional Authority Area Seabed jurisdiction line

Note: The TSRA area only extends to Australian territorial waters around islands and cays north of the seabed jurisdiction line: 0 1000 International waters north of this line belong to PNG. kilometres Underlining refers to Australian populated islands.

Map 3: The seabed jurisdiction line between Australia and Papua New Guinea.