(English version) Agreement between Solomon Islands and Australia establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries, 13 September 1988
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This legal document contains the English versions of the Agreement between Solomon Islands and Australia establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries, signed on 13 September 1988.
The coordinates of the three basepoints constituting the EEZ and Continental shelf boundary between Australian Reefs in the Coral Sea and Solomon Islands Reefs are listed in Article 1.1 of the Agreement.
(English & French version) Treaty between Australia and New Zealand establishing certain Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Boundaries, 25 July 2004
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This legal document contains the English and French versions of the Treaty between Australia and New Zealand establishing certain Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Boundaries, signed on 25 July 2004.
Article 1 of this Treaty contains the coordinates constituting the boundary between (1) New Zealand's Lord Howe Islands and the North Island and (2) Australia's Norfolk Island and Three Kings Islands, which are visualized in Annex I and II of the Treaty (1st and 2nd attached image.)
Article 2 of this Treaty contains the coordinates constituting the baseline between Macquarie Island and Auckland and Campell Island, which are visualized in Annex I and III of the Treaty (1st and 3rd attached image.)
(English version) Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between Australia and France on 4 January 1982
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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between Australia and France, signed on 4 January 1982.
Article 1 provides the coordinates constituting the maritime boundary (EEZ & Continental Shelf) between (1) Australia's islands in the Coral Sea, Norfolk Island, and other Australian islands and (2) France's New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands, and other French islands.
Article 2 provides the coordinates constituting the maritime boundary (EEZ & Continental Shelf) between (1) Australia's Heard and McDonald Islands and (2) France's Kerguelen Islands.
Regarding the continental shelf, the final basepoint of each of the demarcation lines mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of the Agreement does not imply the final point for the continental shelf boundary, if the continental shelf boundary needs to be extended in the future.
- Document: English version of Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between Australia and France on 4 January 1982
- Alternative document language: French version
(English version) Australia Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
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This legal document contains Australia's Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, promulgated on 4 February 1983. This document includes mainly the term definitions, regulations, and coordinates of the basepoints regarding the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands comprised within the State of Queensland.
- Document: Australia Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
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(English version) Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Australia concerning the Implementation of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Arrangement on 29 October 1981
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This legal document contains the English version of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of Australia concerning the Implementation of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Arrangement signed on 29 October 1981.
This MoU concludes with the establishment of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement line in the Timor Sea where the 200-Nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones of the two countries overlap. Notably, Article 6 clarifies that "this arrangement is provisional in nature ... and does not affect the limits of the 200-nautical mile [exclusive economic] zones established by either country."
- Document: Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Australia concerning the Implementation of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Arrangement on 29 October 1981
- Related Article: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971
(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973
*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1973 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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This legal document contains the Indonesian version of the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, signed on 12 February 1973.
The summary article of this document can be found at that of its English version
- Document: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973 (Indonesian version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
- Related Article: (Indonesian version) 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement.
(English version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973
*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1973 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, signed on 12 February 1973. In this Agreement, there are two boundaries established between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Australia-administered). The first one is the boundary on the island of Papua New Guinea, as provided in Article 1 with specific coordinates.
The second boundary is the sea bed boundary in the area of seabed that is adjacent to and appertains to Papua New Guinea and the area that is adjacent to and appertains to Indonesia, in the southern coast of Papua New Guinea/Indonesia on the island of Papua New Guinea. This boundary is provided in Article 3, with the establishment of points B2 and B3, which fulfills the seabed boundary in the same area whose groundwork (point B1) was provided in Article 3 of the 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Agreement.
- Document: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
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- Related Article: 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement.
(English version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971
*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1972 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic Of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas, signed on 9 October 1972. First, This 1972 Agreement is considered supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971, specifically Article 2. The seabed boundary between the two parties in this 1972 Agreement extends westward from point A12, which was the most western point of the agreed boundary in the 1971 Agreement, to point A13, A14, A15, and A16. The specific coordinates of those points are provided in Article 1,
Second, Article 2 of this 1972 Agreement also establishes another seabed boundary between the two countries in the area south of the Roti and Timor Islands. The boundary consists of straight lines connecting points whose coordinates are specified in the same Article.
Visualizing Map: Left: 1972 Agreement's Map; Right: 1971 Agreement's Map
- Document: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
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- Alternative Language Document:
(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971
*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1972 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic Of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas, signed on 9 October 1972.
The summary article of this document can be found at that of its English version.
- Document: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971 (Indonesian version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
- Related Document:
(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries on 18 May 1971
*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1971 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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This legal document contains the Indonesian version of the Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries, signed on 18 May 1971.
The summary article for this document can be found at that for its English version.
- Document: Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries on 18 May 1971 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
- Related Articles:
- (Indonesian version) 1972 Australia-Indonesia Agreement furthering the west section of the seabed boundary agreed in 1971
- (Indonesian version) 1973 Australia-Indonesia Agreement completing the boundary line between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea for the southern coast.
- (English version) 1980 Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Agreement establishing Maritime Boundary and furthering the boundary line between the two countries for the northern coast.