List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: Oceania

The following is a list of game boards of the Parker Brothers/Hasbro board game Monopoly adhering to a particular theme or particular locale in Oceania. Lists for other regions can be found here. The game is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages.[1]

Australia

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The Australian Edition features streets from each of the nation's capital cities. They are colour-arranged in order of population (Darwin streets as the brown group through to Sydney as green), with Canberra as the top blue group. The McGuinness-McDermott Foundation released three special editions to raise money for children's cancer research. The three editions were Adelaide (city) and the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs. There has also been versions for Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, with proceeds from each going to charities. McGuinness-McDermott Foundation also released a 2007 AFL Premiership edition which features the Geelong Football Club. Early 2008 saw the release of 2 more McGuinness-McDermott Foundation AFL editions, those being Carlton and Collingwood Football Clubs. McGuinness-McDermott Foundation are also responsible for releasing a V8 Supercars edition and in late 2008 will be releasing an Icons of South Australia charity edition.

Two other unofficial editions were released with relation to Kasoft Software. They were released as part of the Amstrad CPC prototype.[2]

Australia Edition[3]
Copyright date: 1990 Released by: Parker Brothers Issued through: General release, exclusive to Australia
Free Parking
Stanley Street
$220
ChancePetries Bight
$220
Wickham Terrace
$240
Flinders Street Station
$200
Collins Street
$260
Elizabeth Street
$260
Telecom Australia
$150
Bourke Street
$280
Go To Jail
Rundle Mall
$200
Australia Edition[3]Castlereagh Street
$300
Victoria Square
$180
George Street
$300
Community ChestCommunity Chest
North Terrace
$180
Pitt Street
$320
Adelaide Station
$200
Sydney Station
$200
Hay Street
$160
Chance
Barrack Street
$140
Flinders Way
$350
Australia Post
$150
Luxury Tax
(pay $100)
William Street
$140
Kings Avenue
$400
In Jail/Just VisitingMacquarie Street
$120
Davey Street
$100
ChanceSalamanca Place
$100
Perth Station
$200
Income Tax
(pay $200)
Smith Street
$60
Community ChestTodd Street
$60
Go
(collect $200)
 
Game description: The first Australian Edition of Monopoly was released in 1990. The enclosed booklet describes the selection of the twenty-two colored properties and four railroads, from Stanley Street, Brisbane, Collins Street, Melbourne, Kings Avenue and Flinders Way in Canberra, Macquarie Street, Sydney, and Barrack Street and Hay Street in Perth. The four railroad stations included are Flinders Street, Sydney Station, Perth Station and Adelaide Station. Telstra and Australia Post take the places of Electric Company and Water Works, respectively. The currency denominations are 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 Australian Dollars.
Tokens: Koala, thimble, dog, wheelbarrow, cannon, horse and rider, top hat, iron, battleship, race car and shoe.
 

Australian Football League Edition

Let's Go Caravanning and Camping Edition. Commissioned by the Caravan Industry Association of Australia in 2016 [4]

Australian Here and Now Edition
Copyright date: 2007 Released by: Parker Brothers Issued through: General release, exclusive to Australia.
Game description: This edition represents certain locations from each state in Australia decided by an online poll in early 2007. The winning locations include Sovereign Hill, the Great Ocean Road, Lake Burley Griffin and the Great Barrier Reef. This edition includes more modern monetary amounts as well as updated Chance and Community Chest cards. The currency denominations are 10 000, 20 000, 50 000, 100 000, 200 000, 500 000, 1 000 000 and 5 000 000 Australian Dollars.
Tokens: Surfboard, thongs, ute, koala, labradoodle, mobile phone, laptop computer
 

Bunnings Warehouse Edition

Growth Equities Mutual Edition
Copyright date: 1990 Released by: Parker Brothers Issued through: Not sold to the public, Growth Equities Mutual issued it to selected employees.
Game description: A version of Monopoly with the properties that were managed by Growth Equities Mutual Limited at the time of production (1990). The Chance and Community Chest have also been altered, however the player pieces are the same. As well as the properties managed by GEM the board features several Australian land marks including the Sydney Opera House and Kirribilli House. The four railroads are Sydney Central Station, Flinders Street Station, Brisbane Transit Centre and Perth Central Station respectively. The currency denominations are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Australian Dollars.
Tokens: Cannon, horse and rider, top hat, iron, battleship, race car, wheel-barrow, dog, thimble and shoe.
 
Myer Monopoly Edition
Copyright date: 2010 Released by: Hasbro Issued through: Limited Release. On sale at Myer stores.
Game description: This version replaces properties and train lines with Myer stores and distribution centres. The currency denominations are 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 Australian Dollars.
Tokens: Top hat, iron, battleship, race car, wheel-barrow, dog, thimble and shoe.
 
Port Sorell Edition[2]
Copyright date: 1991 Released by: Play-K, Kasoft Software Issued through: Limited release in Port Sorell, Shearwater and Hawley Beach areas, software prototype release.
Free
Parking
Dumbleton Street
$220
ChanceKermode Street
$220
Darling Street
$240
Shearwater Shoppe
$200
Seabreeze Avenue
$260
Bluewater Crescent
$260
Ampol Port Sorell
$150
Shearwater Esplanade
$280
Go To
The Police
Station
Archer Street
$200
Port Sorell Edition[2]Pitcairn Street
$300
Port Street
$180
Parkes Ford Road
$300
Community ChestCommunity Chest
River Road
$180
Alexander Street
$320
Meridith Street Shop
$200
Hawley Beach Store
$200
The Dunes
$160
Chance
Anderson Street
$140
The Club Driveway
$350
Mobil Shearwater
$150
Sales Tax
(pay $100)
Highwater Lane
$140
Shearwater Boulevard
$400
Police Station
(Just Visiting)
Arthur Street
$120
Seymour Street
$100
ChanceShort Street
$100
Wilmot Street Shop
$200
Income Tax
(pay $200 or 10%)
St Georges Crescent
$60
Community ChestHugh Street
$60
GO
(collect
$200)
 
Game description: The Port Sorell edition of Monopoly was released in 1991. Designed by Kade Hansson, three beach resort towns on the Rubicon River in Northern Tasmania are featured in the properties; these are Port Sorell, Shearwater and Hawley Beach. Chance and Community Chest remain unchanged, while "Jail" or "Gaol" is now referred to as the "Police Station". The four railroads included are popular shops in the areas, including Wilmot Street Shop, Meridith Street Shop, Shearwater Shoppe, and the Hawley Beach Store. The utilities become Mobil Shearwater and the now-defunct Ampol Port Sorell, service stations in the areas. The currency denominations are unchanged, and the chance and community chest cards - other than the new square names being used - are virtually identical to the originals (though you place second in a beach athletics competition for $10 and you attend a film screening at town hall to collect $50 from every player). This edition was released both as a board game and as a support to a prototype of Kasoft's Monopoly software project "Multipoly".[5] Kasoft Base was located in the featured area for most of the 1980s.
 
Sandy Bay Edition[2]
Copyright date: 1997 Released by: Play-K, Kasoft Software Issued through: Software prototype release.
Free
Parking
Lord Street
$220
ChanceKing Street
$220
Princes Street
$240
McDonald's Sandy Bay
$200
Marieville Esplanade
$260
Drysdale Place
$260
Regine's Night Club
$150
Beach Road
$280
Go To
Gaol
Queen Street
$200
Sandy Bay Edition[2]Ascot Avenue
$300
Duke Street
$180
Edith Avenue
$300
Community ChestCommunity Chest
View Street
$180
Cheverton Parade
$320
Mondo's Pizza House
$200
KFC Sandy Bay
$200
Proctors Road
$160
Chance
Fitzroy Crescent
$140
Churchill Avenue
$350
Club Surreal
$150
Sales Tax
(pay $100)
French Street
$140
Sandy Bay Road
$400
Gaol
(Just Visiting)
Grosvenor Street
$120
Parliament Street
$100
ChanceElboden Street
$100
Mykonos Takeaway
$200
Income Tax
(pay $200 or 10%)
Greenlands Avenue
$60
Community ChestLynton Avenue
$60
GO
(collect
$200)
 
Game description: The Sandy Bay edition of Monopoly was released in 1998. Another Kade Hansson design, the properties originate from the southern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania, generally around the southern campus of the University of Tasmania in Sandy Bay. Chance and Community Chest remain unchanged, while the "Gaol" (Jail) this time retains the name. The four railroads are Takeaway Shops (fast food establishments) in the area, which includes a McDonald's location in Sandy Bay. The utilities become nightclubs. The currency denominations are the usual, and the chance and community chest cards - other than the new square names being used - are virtually identical to the originals (collect $50 from every player is used for an opera grand opening, meanwhile). This edition didn't become a regular board game but instead joined Kasoft's Monopoly software project "Multipoly".[5] Kasoft Base has been located in the Sandy Bay area since the 1990s.
 
V8 Supercars Monopoly Edition
Copyright date: 2007 Released by: Parker Brothers Issued through: Limited Release. On sale at Supercheap Auto stores.
Game description: Released for charity, this version replaces train lines and properties with race tracks and drivers, including Mount Panorama and Peter Brock. The currency denominations are 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 Australian Dollars.
Tokens: Cannon, horse and rider, top hat, iron, battleship, race car, wheel-barrow, dog, thimble and shoe.
 


In 2021, Australia Post, the post office, issued a customised edition.

New Zealand

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New Zealand Edition
Free Parking
High Street
$220
ChanceMarket Street
$220
Trafalgar Street
$240
Kaikōura Station
$200
Cameron Road
$260
Fenton Street
$260
Water Works
$150
Garden Place
$280
Go To Jail
Victoria Avenue
$200
New Zealand EditionDee Street
$300
Rangitikei Street
$180
Princes Street
$300
Community ChestCommunity Chest
Devon Street
$180
Cathedral Square
$320
Taumarunui Station
$200
Frankton Junction
$200
Bank Street
$160
Chance
Marine Parade
$140
Lambton Quay
$350
Electric Company
$150
Super Tax
(pay $100)
Gladstone Road
$140
Queen Street
$400
In Jail/Just VisitingThames Street
$120
Stafford Street
$100
ChanceEast Street
$100
Balclutha Station
$200
Income Tax(pay 10% or $200)Mackay Street
$60
Community ChestPalmerston Street
$60
Go
(collect $200)
 
Game description: Street names taken from cities across the country. The most expensive streets are Queen Street, Auckland, Lambton Quay, Wellington, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Princes Street, Dunedin and Dee Street, Invercargill. Each street name is taken from a different urban centre around the country.
 


New Zealand Here & Now Edition
Free Parking
Moeraki Boulders, Oamaru
$2.2M
ChanceGolden Bay
$2.2M
Ninety Mile Beach
$2.4M
Dunedin Railway Station
$2M
Art Deco Buildings, Napier
$2.6M
Mt Maunganui
$2.6M
Mobile Phone Company
$1.5M
Waitomo Caves
$2.8M
Go To Jail
Fox Glacier
$2M
New Zealand Here & Now EditionThe Square, Palmerston North
$3M
Milford Sound
$1.8M
Cathedral Square
$3M
Community ChestCommunity Chest
Mt Cook
$1.8M
Cable Cars, Wellington
$3.2M
Port Tauranga
$2M
Auckland International Airport
$2M
Cape Reinga Lighthouse
$1.6M
Chance
Lake Taupō
$1.4M
Rangitoto
$3.5M
Internet Service Provider
$1.5M
GST
(pay $1M)
Queenstown Ski Fields
$1.4M
Pukekura Park Festival of Lights
$4M
In Jail/Just VisitingTe Papa
$1.2M
Waitangi Treaty Grounds
$1M
ChanceLarnach Castle
$1M
Picton Ferry
$2M
Income Tax (pay $2M)Ohakune Carrot
$600k
Community ChestTe Puke Kiwifruit
$600k
Go
(collect $2M)
 
Tokens: Tokens include a pair of jandals, a jet aircraft, a notebook computer, a sheep, a sheepdog, a ute, and a jar of Vegemite
 


All Blacks Edition[6]
Free Parking
Neemia Tialata
$220
Scrum CardMa'a Nonu
$220
Sitiveni Sivivatu
$240
AMI Stadium
$200
Andrew Hore
$260
Joe Rokocoko
$260
Iveco Series
$150
Rodney So'oialo
$280
Go To Jail
Piri Weepu
$200
All Blacks Edition[6]Dan Carter
$300
Brad Thorn
$180
Ali Williams
$300
Lineout CardLineout Card
Conrad Smith
$180
Keven Mealamu
$320
Westpac Stadium
$200
Carisbrook
$200
Jimmy Cowan
$160
Scrum Card
Isaia Toeava
$140
Mils Muliaina
$350
Tri Nations Series
$150
KidsCan Donation
(pay $100)
Jerome Kaino
$140
Richie McCaw
$400
In Jail/Just VisitingJohn Afoa
$120
Anthony Boric
$100
Scrum CardRichard Kahui
$100
Eden Park
$200
KidsCan Donation ($200)Stephen Donald
$60
Lineout CardKieran Read
$60
Go
(collect $200)
 
Game description: Street names taken from players. Only 4000 have been produced. Proceeds from the sale of the All Blacks Monopoly Charity Edition game will go to the official charity of the All Blacks, the KidsCan Charitable Trust, for the basic physical needs of financially disadvantaged children.
 


Wellington Edition[7] (launched 2017)

Southland Edition[8] (launched 2022)

Christchurch Edition[9] (launched 2023)

References

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  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions about MONOPOLY". Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Kasoft Monopoly Variants". Central.kaserver5.org. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  3. ^ "Australian Edition Info". Central.kaserver5.org. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  4. ^ "World's First Caravanning and Camping Monopoly board! | Caravan Industry Association".
  5. ^ a b "Kasoft Projects page, Multipoly listing included". Kasoft.info. 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. ^ Published: 2:22PM Friday June 05, 2009 (2009-06-05). "All Blacks Monopoly". Tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-04-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Wellington Monopoly board unveiled". NZ Herald. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  8. ^ Girao, Luisa (2022-11-24). "Mayors play to win as Southland Monopoly game launched". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  9. ^ "New Christchurch Monopoly board launched: Which city landmarks made the cut?". NZ Herald. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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