Aug 1873Samoa unitedas kingdom
Feb 1874Aboriginal attackon telegraph atBarrow Creek
10 Oct 1874British annex Fiji
Jan 1875–Dec 1877Telegraph line linksAdelaide and Perth
Nov 1875Kingdom ofTonga proclaimed
Apr–Oct 1876Anti-Britishuprising in Fiji
Jun 1877–Aug 1879Te Maiharoa’s settlementin South Island
13 Aug 1877British Western PacificTerritories established