Talk:Territorial evolution of Australia

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[edit] Pre federation

Why aren't the colonial changes included?--Peta 02:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

The map begins at federation, just as the Canada map and US maps begin at federation. However, I am thinking about adding pre-federation maps to all of them. --Golbez 02:41, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I definitely agree with that - nothing really interesting happened to the borders post federation! The maps are available here [1]! -- Chuq 03:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title

"Territorial evolution" sounds a bit contrived. How about "History of Australian state borders?" or even "History of Australian borders"? Stevage 11:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

It followed the same path as my Territorial evolution of Canada and Territorial evolution of the United States, with of course one main different - Australia's external borders did not evolve. :P Maybe it will be better if/when I add the colonial borders? --Golbez 11:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Western Queensland Border

I notice the introduction of Queensland in 1859 states that the western border was originally at 141° E - in a direct line with South Australia's eastern border - but the image shows it at it's current day 138°. I recall reading that land owners (squatters to be exact) were responsible for pushing the Queensland border westward. Unfortunately, I have no reference for this, so I'm loath to put it in the article...--Johnmc 09:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)