Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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The Cocos Islands, officially the Territory of Cocos Islands, are an Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia an
Home Island Beach
A landing party from the German Navy cruiser Emden leaves the Cocos (Keeling) Islands via this jetty on Direction Island on 9 November 1914.
Aerial view of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport (ICAO code: YPCC).
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Clunies-Ross family
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The Clunies-Ross family were the original settlers of the Cocos Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean. From 1827 to 1978, the family ruled the previously uninhabited islands as a private fi
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
…a Scottish merchant; much of the island's current population is descended from the Malay workers he brought in to work his copra plantation. The Clunies-Ross family ruled the islands as a private fiefdom for almost 150 years, with the head of the family usually recognised as resident magistrate. The British annexed…
Oceania House, residence of the Clunies-Ross family
Clunies-Ross family, 1930s generation.