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	Christmas Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Territory of Christmas Island is a small, non self-governing Territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 2360 km northwest of Perth in Western Australia and 500 km south of Jakarta, Indonesia.
		Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands together are called Australia's Indian Ocean Territories (IOTs) and since 1997 share a single Administrator resident on Christmas Island.
		Christmas Island is of immense scientific value as it was uninhabited until the late 19th century, so many unique species of fauna and flora exist which have evolved independently of human interference.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christmas_Island (2037 words)

	Ausflag - Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christmas Island is an external Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, 1700 km northwest of Western Australia.
		The winning flag was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, who worked on Christmas Island for four years as a phosphate mining rigging supervisor, and the design was announced by the Assembly on 14 April 1986.
		In the centre of the flag is a gold disc, which has come to represent the island's phosphate mining history although it was originally included only for aesthetic reasons to provide a background for the green map of Christmas Island.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/ci.html (359 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands together became Australia's Indian Ocean Territories in 1995 with a single Administrator resident on Christmas Island.
		Christmas Island has the top-level Internet DNS domain ".cx", which is popular among Internet gambling sites and other operations because the operators won't disclose registrants' personal information.
		The endemic Christmas Island Frigatebird (listed as endangered) has nesting areas on the north-eastern shore terraces and the more widespread.Greater Frigatebirds nest in semi-deciduous trees on the shore terrace with the greater concentrations being in the North West and South Point areas.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Christmas_Island (1696 words)

	1000Countries.com: Christmas Island I: christmas island, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The flag of Christmas Island was chosen from a flag competition held in 1986 and announced on April...
		Christmas Island is The capital is The Settlement...
		Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean...
	www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/christmas_island_1.html (2368 words)

	Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The flag of Christmas Island was chosen from a flag competition held in 1986 and announced on April 14, 1986.
		The blue and green triangles represent the sea surrounding the island and the vegetation of the island.
		The gold disk in the center of the flag represents the island's phosphate mining history and originally included to provide a background for the green map of Christmas Island.
	flagspot.net /flags/cx.html (200 words)

	Australia Subdivisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Christmas Island flag is an unofficial community flag and the design includes a map of the island and a frigate bird.
		One of the flags in a photograph of the opening of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington in 1902 is a British ensign with a cross on a white circle in the fly.
		The Victorian Governor's flag is basically the Victorian state flag as a "gold" ensign rather than a blue one, with red stars.
	www.flagspot.net /flags/au-.html (1258 words)

	Australian Territorial Flags (Geobop's Symbols) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christmas Island is an external Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Western Australia, with a population of about 1,300.
		The winning flag was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, who worked on Christmas Island for four years as a phosphate mining rigging supervisor.
		The gold disc in the center of the flag was originally included for esthetic reasons (to provide a background for the green map of Christmas Island).
	www.geobop.com /symbols/Flags/world/australia/territory (758 words)

	Christmas Island
		Christmas Island is located 2600km north-west of Perth, Western Australia.
		The island is famed for it's red crab population - approximately 100 million of them live there.
		63% of the island is a national park; tropical rainforest abounds.
	www.bignjuicy.co.uk /x2.htm (236 words)

	CVC's Christmas on Christmas Island, Guam, Micronesia
		On the 25th of December, Christmas Day, in 1643, an island off the coast of Australia was discovered and because of this, the island was appropriately named Christmas Island by Captain William Mynors.
		As is typical of tropical islands that maintain large old groves of coconut palms, visitors to Christmas Island are always impressed by the enormous land crabs that guard every road and pathway.
		This unusual tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, some 1300 miles south of Hawaii, is part of the Republic of Kiribati, known previously as the Gilbert Islands.
	www.cvc.org /christmas/micronesia.htm (1138 words)

	Christmas Island Flag and Description
		Christmas Island is an Australian possession, and therefore flies the flag of Australia.
		That flag was officially adopted on May 22, 1909.
		The Union Jack was named the national flag in 1788, and it remains on the current flag denoting Australia's historical links with Great Britain.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/flags/countrys/assorted/xmasisl.htm (269 words)

	Christmas Island -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The highest point on the island is Murray Hill, rising to 1,184 feet (361 m) above sea level in the western part of the island.
		island in the Indian Ocean, about 224 miles (360 km) south of the island of Java and 870 miles (1,400 km) northwest of Australia; it is administered as an external territory of Australia.
		Barrow Island is characterized by its aridity and by...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9082434 (809 words)

	Flag History
		It was red with a union in the upper corner combining the cross of St. George (red on white), patron of England, with the diagonal cross (white on blue) of St. Andrew, patron of Scotland.
		The flag that became known as the Grand Union flag was raised over George Washington's headquarters outside Boston on January 1, 1776.
		The first official flag of the new nation was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2328/flag.htm (583 words)

	Flag of Christmas Island
		This illustration of the Christmas Island Flag is available for immediate download as a single flag or as part of a complete set of international flags.
		Two sizes for each country flag are available: one in the official proportions as specified by the particular country and one in a standardized 3:5 ratio.
		Both the EPS and WMF versions are vector based graphics allowing you to print high resolution flags at any size from as small as a postage stamp to as large as a billboard.
	www.flagart.com /flags/christmas-island-i.htm (446 words)

	1000Countries.com: Christmas Island II: christmas island, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christmas Island is an Australian-owned territory, yet it lies closer to the Indonesian island of...
		Christmas Island is internationally famous for the spectacular annual migration of sixty million...
		Christmas Island, a Territory of Australia, is a small island in the Indian Ocean, at latitude 10Â° 30' South and longitude 105Â° 40' East.
	www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/christmas_island_2.html (2409 words)

	Christmas Island Travel \| Guide to travelling Christmas Island \| Travellerspoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The very first thing to learn about Christmas Island is that it is not the same Christmas Island which exists in Kiribati and which search engines will probably conjure up information about when you run a search for the island.
		Christmas Island is located due west of Australia's northenmost protrusions, directly south of Jakarta.
		Divers are drawn to the island's steep drop-off and abundant marine life, while the gambling spirit will find the new casino a suitable place to dispose of ready cash.
	www.travellerspoint.com /destination.cfm?country=Christmas+Island (301 words)

	Christmas Island Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		...the flag of Australia is used; note - in early 1986, the Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag, however, the...
		Flags of Christmas Island, state flags, US flags and other flag merchandise.
		Flag of Christmas Island: Flags of the world at FlagArt.com...
	www.christmasbells.us /Christmas/christmas-island-flag.html (186 words)

	Netscape Search Category - Christmas Island
		Christmas Island Tourism Association Geography, history, culture, fishing, accommodation, diving and snorkelling, National Park and wildlife, flight services and other useful information.
		Island Flag Image, history, and symbolism of the Christmas Island flag.
		Island Speleology Pictures of caves on Christmas Island, presented by the Western Australian Speleology Group.
	search-intl.netscape.com /Regional/Oceania/Christmas_Island (126 words)

	Whaleshark Diving - Sports Fishing Charter - Bird Watching Tour - Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Christmas Island Hawk Owl is one of many endemic species found on Christmas Island.
		Deborah Mason is the Island Representative and you can contact her on (08) 9164 7005 or mobile (08) 9164 8111 ext 5032.
		Christmas Island Email forum at YahooGroups to discuss everything and anything to do with the island.
	www.christmas.net.au /links.html (409 words)

	Lord Howe Island (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I was given the new Lord Howe Island Flag for Christmas, it was purchased from Australiana Flags in Sydney, and John Vaughan, One of Australia's great vexillographers, sent this passage with it.
		The golden sun alludes to the warmth and friendliness of the islanders and the silver rays are seen shimmering on the crystal blue waters of the surrounding Pacific Ocean.
		It is Lord Howe's Command Flag, which flew victoriously during the "Glorious First of June Battle", in 1794, that forms the basis of the design of the Island's flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/au-lhi.html (216 words)

	Christmas Island Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christmas Island is in South-eastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia.
		The official language of Christmas Island is English.
		Note - in early 1986, the Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag, however, the winning design has never been formally adopted as the official flag of the territory.
	www.wwp-eu.com /time-zone/pacific/christmas-island/travel.htm (167 words)

	Australian Flag Company
		His was the first recorded landing on the Australian east coast, and the act of raising the Union Flag at Botany Bay represented taking possession of the land in the name of the King.
		The Australian National Flag consists of a dark blue background (this was just the designers choice) with the Union Jack contained in the upper hoist (top left corner).
		The result was the Union Flag which would have been flown by Captain Cook when he set foot at Botany Bay in, 1770.
	www.australianflag.biz /history.htm (778 words)

	Christmas Island, Map and Flag
		Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement was begun by the UK in 1888.
		Almost two-thirds of the island has been declared a national park.
		Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia
	www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Christmas_Island.html (512 words)

	Christmas Island Picture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Island Waiting for Yukon at Christmas Island Yukon over Christmas Island Christmas Island map To Christmas Island Bomb Tests Picture...
		Christmas Island Bomb Tests Picture Gallery 2 What follows is some descriptive information of the ships that took part in the US military bomb...
		The Christmas Island flag picture above can be downloaded in color by right clicking on your mouse and choosing "save as".
	www.christmasbells.us /Christmas/christmas-island-picture.html (166 words)

	Oceania flags, oceanian flags to buy.
		We have every country in our database, but if you don't find the flag you are looking for, contact us by e-mail and we will consider adding it to our database.
		We also carry the flags of world organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
		We are also proud to carry an increasing selection of regional and state flags from the United States, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and other countries.
	www.flagsonline.it /asp/oceania-flags.asp (173 words)

	Christmas Island \| MetaFilter
		Christmas Island is the largest coral atoll in the world with an area of 248 square miles of which 125 square miles is land and the remainder lagoon.
		Don't be fooled by all the Christmas Island propaganda.
		The Christmas Island I think I meant is an atoll between Hawaii and Tahiti, but the first link above was to the other one near Australia (minus atoll or lagoon).
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/24906 (427 words)

	Geography Of Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		If you would like to use this flag of Christmas Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Christmas Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Christmas Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/christmas_island_country_geography.shtml (305 words)

	International Flags of the World
		Every flag is recreated in great detail according to official data and color specifications (where available).
		The same attention to detail is given to each and every flag, regardless of size, population, or popularity of the country.
		Accuracy both in the flag designs and their color specifications are trademarks of Cliptures World Flags.
	www.flagart.com (430 words)

	CVC's Christmas DownUnder and on Australia's Christmas Island
		There is summer-like weather during December in Australia, and Christmas dinner may be a picnic in the woods or on the beach.
		Generally, Christmas is celebrated along traditional lines and families often travel great distances to be together.
		Bing Crosby's christmas albums (with White Christmas included) would have to be the most commonnly owned christmas albums in Australia.
	www.cvc.org /christmas/australia.htm (672 words)

	Christmas that went BOOM !!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		That Christmas is not a date on the calendar, but an island in the Pacific Ocean.
		Christmas Island information includes Anthems, Defense, Economy, Flags, Geography, Government, Maps, News, Weather.
		Image, history, and symbolism of the Christmas Island flag.
	www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br /history/h4dec/xmas/xmasboom.html (127 words)

	Visual Directory
		National, state, territory, and other flags of the past and present.
		Guidelines on flying the flag and using it commercially, with images and template.
		Selected records relating to the flag and history of its design.
	www.michellesevolution.com /dir.php?c=/Reference/Flags/Regional/Australia (104 words)

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