Territorial evolution of Australia Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
By teamMerlin on 02-Jan-18. Waypoint GA10417

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Territorial evolution of Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia was formed on 1 January 1901, when the six British colonies of Australia (represented in bold in the list below) were merged to form a single Commonwealth within the British Empire. Apart from Western Australia, all of the founding area of the country was originally part of the Colony of New South Wales, proclaimed in 1787. Since Federation, the only changes to the borders have been the creation, acquisition, or independence of territories. 

During the Colonial period of Australia, prior to Federation, the following colonies were founded:

• 25 April 1787 - Colony of New South Wales
• 3 December 1825 - Colony of Van Diemen's Land - renamed the Colony of Tasmania (1 January 1856)
• 2 May 1829 - Swan River Colony - renamed Colony of Western Australia (6 February 1832)
• 19 February 1836 - Province of South Australia
• 16 November 1840 - Colony of New Zealand
• 17 February 1846 - Colony of North Australia - within two years merged back into New South Wales (28 December 1847)
• 1 July 1851 - Colony of Victoria
• ??
• 6 June 1859 - Colony of Queensland

To solve this little puzzle, name the missing colony (no spaces)

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