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Earth political map

21st century-era political map of Earth


Australia seen from space



Australia was an island country and a continent on Earth. The capital was Canberra. Its official language was English. People from Australia were known as Australians. Indigenous inhabitants of the continent were known as Australian Aborigines.

In the 17th century, Australia was known to Europeans as "Nova Hollandia" ("New Holland"). In a contemporaneous map, this continent was depicted on a map of the Indian Ocean region. (Star Trek: Enterprise, opening credits)



In Kathryn Janeway's first year at Starfleet Academy in the 24th century, she went through zero-g training in the Coral Sea, a body of water off the coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. (VOY: "Good Shepherd")

In the mid-22nd century, the Vulcans had a consulate in Canberra. (ENT: "Terra Prime")

A 21st century-era political map of Earth was stored in the USS Enterprise's library computer in 2254. The Australian continent was seen on this map. This map was among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. (TOS-R: "The Cage")


When Lily Sloane claimed for a way out of the USS Enterprise-E Jean-Luc Picard told her it would be difficult. He opened a hatch to space and showed Lily Earth, pointing at Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomons. (Star Trek: First Contact)


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Several areas of Australia have been noted by having starships or planets named after them:

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The pages seen in the episode were actually from the detective novel, The Listening Man, by author John A. Moroso. This novel was published in 1924. Information on Australia was from page 145.

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The 17th century map, known as "Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens", was created by Andreas Cellarius.A scan of the original can be found here

Eastern hemisphere graphic, The Cage

20th century map depicting the Eastern Hemisphere. Australia is the far right landmass

Retroactive continuity: A 20th-century era map of the eastern hemisphere depicting the location of Australia was stored in the USS Enterprise's library computer in 2254. This map was among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. (TOS-R: "The Cage")

It was a common belief that Australia was the last state to join the United Earth Government in 2150, but Australia holding out was only used by Beverly Crusher as a hypothetical example when discussing the eligibility of the fractured planet Kesprytt with Jean-Luc Picard in "Attached".

A reference made to a Lake George in "Coda" may have been made in reference to a lake located in Australia.

The map used in the remastered "The Cage" was a Central Intelligence Agency map published either in April 2007 [1] or September 2008 [2]. The difference, which was not noticeable at the resolution of the image from the episode, was the addition of Kosovo, which gained its independence between the releases. According to the map, the Australian capital was Canberra. Major cities in this continent were Adelaide, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong.

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