vi 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 M Goroka a INDONESIA S.H. rk ha E.H. m R Lae WEST MOROBEMOR PAPUA NEW BRITAIN WESTERN F ly Ri ver GULF NORTHERNOR N Gulf of Papua Daru Port Torres Strait Moresby CENTRAL AUSTRALIA CORAL SEA Map 1: The provinces of Papua New Guinea 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 © Carto ANU 05-031 viii W ALLAC E'S LINE SUNDALAND WALLACEA SAHULLAND 0 500 km © Carto ANU 05-031b Map 2: The prehistoric continent of Sahul consisted of the continent of Australia 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 Daru I. 9°S Bramble Cay Missionary Reef Boigu I. Anchor Cay s 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 Mabuiag 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 Bamaga 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..