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	Christmas Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Another boatload of asylum seekers was taken from Christmas Island to Papua New Guinea for processing, after it was claimed that many of the adult asylum seekers threw their children into the water, apparently in protest at being turned away.
		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 (2052 words)

	Christmas Island - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Another boatload of illegal immigrants was taken from Christmas Island to Papua New Guinea for processing, after it was claimed that many of the adult refugees threw their children into the water, apparently in protest of being turned away.
		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.
		Christmas Island is of important scientific value as it appears to have been uninhabited until the late 19th century, so many unique fauna and flora exist which have developed independently from human interference.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /c/ch/christmas_island.html (756 words)

	Whaleshark Diving - Sports Fishing Charter - Bird Watching Tour - Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This sketch of Christmas Island was made in 1714 by Captian Daniel Beekman.
		But it was not until 1888 that Christmas Island was settled, when the Clunies-Ross brothers from neighbouring Cocos-Keeling Islands (some 900 kilometres to the south west) established a settlement at Flying Fish Cove to collect timber and supplies for the growing industry on Cocos.
		The island existed as a Crown colony until its transfer to Australia was finalised on 1st October 1958, which is still celebrated on the first Monday in October as Territory Day.
	www.christmas.net.au /history.html (1284 words)

	Christmas Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Australian Government in 2001 agreed to support the creation of a commercial (An area reserved for some particular purpose) space-launching site on the island, however this has not yet been constructed, and it appears to be unlikely to go ahead.
		Christmas Island is of immense scientific value as it was uninhabited until the late (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century, so many unique species of fauna and flora exist which have evolved independently of human interference.
		Two-thirds of the island has been declared a (A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property) National Park which is managed by the Australian Department of Environment and Heritage through Parks Australia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/christmas_island.htm (2073 words)

	Encyclopedia: Christmas Island
		Christmas Island Map (modified from PCL map collection Most of the maps scanned by the University of Texas Libraries and served from this web site are in the public domain.
		See: Christmas Island Invasion The conquest plan of South Sea lands concluded on March 31, 1942 with the attack on and occupation of Christmas Island.
		The Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a grouping of small tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, around 18Â° S 152Â° E. There are about 30 separate reefs and atolls, 12 of them wholly submerged or drying only during low tide, and 18 others with a...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Christmas-Island (4515 words)

	CHRISTMAS ISLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		Japan invaded and occupied the island in 1943 and interned the residents until the end of World_War_II in 1945.
		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.
	www.bellabuds.com /Christmas_Island (1986 words)

	Kiritimati (Christmas Isl.)
		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.
		Christmas Island is world-class, miles of coral sand, iridescent lagoons and coconut palms – what seems like one of the smallest places on earth is actually a geographical giant, the planet's largest coral atoll.
		Christmas is the District capital, complete with all the requisite governmental trappings of an outpost.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/about_destin/kiritimati.html (3109 words)

	Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Island is the summit of a submarine mountain.
		Christmas Island was occupied by Japanese forces from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War and in 1946 became a dependency of Singapore.
		Christmas Island has been chosen as the site for the satellite launching facility because its proximity to the equator enables launch vehicles to lift heavier payloads at no extra cost in comparison with locations further from the equator.
	www.dotrs.gov.au /terr/xmas (1369 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 157 - Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean 2623 kilometres north-west of Perth.
		The island became an Australian Territory on 1 October 1958 with the proclamation of the Christmas Island Act 1958–59.
		Phosphate mining on the island commenced in 1897 with the formation of the Christmas Island Phosphate Co. Ltd.
	naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS157.html (564 words)

	Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Governments of the Federation of Malaya and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WHEREAS the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Governments of the Federation of Malaya and of the State of Singapore are desirous of concluding an Agreement concerning the exchange of parcels by parcel post between Malaya and Christmas Island:
		The accounts relative to the trade charges on parcels in such cases shall be between Christmas Island and Malaya and between Malaya and the Post Office of the country of destination or the Post Office of the country of origin of the parcels, as the case may be.
		Christmas Island shall allow a commission of three quarters of one percent of the amount of such trade charge orders claimed from Malaya, that is to say, one half of one percent under the foregoing paragraph, plus one quarter of one percent.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/19620015.html (7812 words)

	1992 Christmas Island Medical Mission Report
		Christmas Island is on the northeastern side of the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribas").
		Christmas Island, the world's largest coral atoll, is located 119 miles north of the equator.
		The predominant religions on Christmas Island are Roman Catholic and Kiribati Protestant Church (K.P.C.).
	www.thecolefamily.com /pacific/kiribati92.htm (4444 words)

	Christmas Island Bomb Tests
		Christmas Island was now being envisaged as a transit base for the Far East and R.A.F. Transport Command took over.
		In Britain, too, strategic imperatives were changing and the Christmas Island base was an early casualty of the withdrawal of British Forces from the Pacific theatre.
		In 1975 a further examination of Christmas Island was undertaken by American experts as part of the preparation for the establishment of a Japanese tracking station.
	www.janeresture.com /christmas_bombs (2113 words)

	Ausflag - Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Christmas Island is an external Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, 1700 km northwest of Western Australia.
		The Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag and coat of arms in early 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)

	CVC's Christmas on Christmas Island, Guam, Micronesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the 24th of December, Christmas Eve, in 1777, an island in micronesia in the Pacific Ocean was discovered by Captain Cook.
		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)

	The Wilderness Society - Detention Centres on Christmas Island
		ML 138 is situated in the extreme north-west of the island, and is surrounded by the Christmas Island National Park.
		The Howard government's resumption of this lease for the construction of the detention centre means that ML 138 will never be properly rehabilitated, and the Abbott's boobies nesting nearby will be permanently at risk from the negative impacts of increased wind turbulence.
		Any development on Christmas Island which is likely to have a significant impact on the natural environment must, by law, be referred for assessment under the EPBC Act.
	www.wilderness.org.au /campaigns/marine/christmas_island/detain_ci (1533 words)

	Travel Forum - Christmas Island
		Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands together became Australia's Indian Ocean Territories in 1995 with a single Administrator resident on Christmas Island.
		The Australian Government in 2001 agreed to support the creation of a commercial space-launching site on the island, however this has not yet been constructed, and is appears to be unlikely to go ahead.
		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.ttgforum.com /showthread.php?t=524 (1545 words)

	Island Life - Christmas Island - About
		The island was named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary when he arrived at the island on Christmas Day in 1643.
		Later than year, the island was officially settled when the Clunies-Ross brothers from the neighbouring Cocos-Keeling Islands (900 kilometres to the southwest), established a base at Flying Fish Cove to collect timber for the growing industry on Cocos.
		During World War II, Christmas Island was occupied by the Japanese for the period 1942 to 1945.
	www.abc.net.au /nature/island/ep2/about4.htm (877 words)

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		Like many around the world, we have been dismayed by the initial reaction of the Australian government and hope that the government will allow the asylum-seekers to land, to receive the assistance they need, to be allowed to tell their stories and to present asylum claims.
		When the Australian government calls for changes in the 1951 Refugee Convention to prevent people from seeking asylum in other countries, the whole international regime of refugee protection is weakened.
		We share the concern expressed by the government that the practice of trafficking in human lives must be stopped.
	www.wcc-coe.org /wcc/news/press/01/30pre.html (886 words)

	Government Of Christmas Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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_government.shtml (338 words)

	1000Countries.com: Christmas Island: population, area, statistics, maps, flags, religions, languages, information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We have been carrying US government pages since the inception of our Internet presence in 1996.
		You may look for information on population, area, religion, government, languages, infant mortality, life expectancy, people, literacy, fertility, birth rate, death rate, and many other items of statistical nature.
		Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia
	www.1000countries.com /christmas_island.html (628 words)

	Christmas that went BOOM !!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		That Christmas is not a date on the calendar, but an island in the Pacific Ocean.
		Anyone can register a.cx (Christmas Island) top level domain for 10 UK Pounds per year.
		Image, history, and symbolism of the Christmas Island flag.
	www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br /history/h4dec/xmas/xmasboom.html (127 words)

	Regulation of urine reprocessing in the maintenance of sodium and water balance in the terrestrial Christmas Island red ...
		Ecology and behavior of Gecarcoidea natalis, the Christmas Island red crab, during the annual breeding migration.
		Metabolic status and respiratory physiology of Gecarcoidea natalis, the Christmas Island red crab, during the annual breeding migration.
		Taylor, H. and Greenaway, P. Osmoregulation in the terrestrial Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae): modulation of branchial chloride uptake from the urine.
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/206/16/2869 (6904 words)

	Christmas Island to become Australia's gulag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SYDNEY — The federal government's Pacific solution”; is likely to be become the “Christmas Island solution” when a 1200-bed detention centre is finished there in March 2003, Anne Coombs, from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR), said on July 10.
		She estimated that 50% of the island's population is opposed to the detention centre, but the federal government is not prepared to listen to their views.
		Last August, most Christmas Islanders wanted the refugees from the MV Tampa to be allowed to come ashore and staged demonstrations to make their point.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2002/500/500p5b.htm (626 words)

	.cx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although the status of its administration is formally indeterminate, it is actively being administered by Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited, a community-owned non-profit company which also provides internet service to the island's residents.
		The TLD was formerly administered by Planet Three Limited, a company with offices in the United Kingdom and Australia, which went bankrupt and ceased operations, voluntarily transferring management to CIIA (called Dot CX Limited at the time).
		The local (shire) government of Christmas Island endorsed the transfer, but the Commonwealth of Australia (which has international authority over Christmas Island as an external territory) did not immediately approve it.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Other/.cx.htm (244 words)

	SPACE.com -- Christmas Island Launch Center Gains Momentum
		PARIS (Reuters) - Investors are gaining confidence in the Asia Pacific Space Center (APSC) on Australia's Christmas Island, despite their wariness in backing new space enterprises, project officials said on Tuesday.
		APSC officials said the Australian government had announced last June a $52 million investment grant for the $400 million project.
		They said they also had backing from private Korean and Australian investors and that construction on Christmas Island was slated to begin before the end of the year.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/launches/aussie_spaceport_010905.html (705 words)

	World Factbook 2000 [B] - CHRISTMAS ISLAND (by the CIA)
		Background: This island was annexed by the UK in 1888, following the discovery of phosphate rock.
		Legislative branch: unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve one-year terms) elections: last held NA December 1999 (next to be held NA December 2000) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 9
		With the support of the government, Australian-based Casinos Austria International Ltd. built a $34 million casino on Christmas Island, which opened in 1993.
	www.authorama.com /world-2000-b-5.html (780 words)

	Christmas Island :: Maps :: Information :: Statistics
		Christmas Island :: Maps :: Information :: Statistics
		Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement was begun by the UK in 1888.
		note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (1998 est.)
	www.maps4free.com /map-of-christmas-island.shtml (495 words)

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