Encompasses present-day Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Independent Samoa, Indonesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Republic of Belau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and possessions, territories, and colonies of Chile, France, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
