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The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is located approx. 350 kilometres south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi).
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, are an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and relatively close to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The territory's dual name reflects that the islands have historically been known as either the Cocos Islands or the Keeling Islands.
The Australian Indian Ocean Territories is the name since 1995 of an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, consisting of two island groups in the Indian Ocean under Australian sovereignty:
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The Home Island Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
Farzian Zainal is a politician from Christmas Island who is a councillor for the Shire of Christmas Island and the treasurer of the Indian Ocean Territories Regional Development Organisation. In June 2023, she was appointed as administrator of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Danie Olbio, also Nek Namira is a librarian and women's rights activist from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. She is a librarian on Home Island and is chairperson of Kaum Ibu. In 2015 she was secretary of Persatuan Kebudayaan Pulu Kokos.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 19 March 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Christmas Island is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Christmas Island on 6 March 2022.
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- 1 2 "COMMUNITY GROUPS - Cocos Keeling Islands Community Resource Centre". 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ Jupp, James; Jupp, Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James (2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
- ↑ "Kaum Ibu (Women's Group) - Act Belong Commit". 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ Indian Ocean Territories. Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 2004.
- ↑ Proposed freight and passenger facilities at Rumah Baru, West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (PDF). The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 2001.
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