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	Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Australian English is a major variety of the language; its grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English, overlaid with a rich vernacular of unique lexical items and phrases, some of which have found their way into standard English.
		The two mainland territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT); the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, as a naval base and sea port for the national capital.
		Australia's neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australia

	MSN Encarta - Australia
		Australia’s external dependencies are the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, the Cocos Islands, the Territory of Heard and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.
		Australia, island continent located between the Indian and South Pacific oceans south-east of Asia and forming, with the nearby island of Tasmania, the Commonwealth of Australia, a self-governing member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The highest peak in the Australian Alps, and the loftiest in Australia, is Mount Kosciusko (2,228 m/7,310 ft), in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568792/Australia.html

	National Mapping - Fab Facts, Dimensions, External Territories, Christmas Island
		Christmas Island is famous for red crabs and their migration across the island, which often causes havoc with the residents by blocking roads.This abundance of land crabs is not matched by any other island and has been described as one of the wonders of the natural world.
		Christmas island is the summit of a submarine mountain, which rises steeply to a central plateau.
		Christmas Island measures 135 square kilometres in area, of which approximately 60% has been declared as National Parks.
	www.ga.gov.au /education/facts/dimensions/externalterr/christma.htm

	Kiritimati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiritimati, also officially called Christmas Island— not to be confused with the Australian Territory of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean—is a Pacific atoll re-discovered on December 24, 1777 by Captain James Cook.
		Kiritimati is the Kiribati spelling of "Christmas" (in Gilbertese, a "ti" combination is pronounced "s"; thus "kee-rees-mass").
		The island has 5,000 inhabitants out of them 3,500 in Poland, and 2 representatives in the Maneaba ni Maungatabu.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiritimati

	Christmas Island - Wikipedia
		The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, north-west of Australia and south of Indonesia.
		Another boatload of illegal immigrants was taken from Christmas Island to Papua New Guinea for processing, after many of the adult refugees threw their children into the water, apparently in protest of being turned away.
		It should not be confused with the Pacific island of Kiritimati, which is also called Christmas Island.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christmas_Island

	CNN.com - Australia turns back boatload of asylum seekers - August 27, 2001
		Christmas Island is about 1,500 kilometers west of Australia, but is the closest Australian port of entry from the Indonesian island of Java, which lies 350 kilometers to the north.
		Christmas Island and Ashmore reef, a collection of atolls off Australia's remote northwest coast, are the two most popular points for boats carrying would-be immigrants from Indonesia to Australia.
		"The message received was 'In the interest of the safety of my crew, I have decided to sail to Christmas Island and disembark the survivors," Mitchell said.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/08/27/aust.refugees.hijack.0619

	Diplomatic Standoff Over Stranded Afghans After Australian Troops Board Ship -- 08/29/2001
		The Tampa, carrying mostly Afghan refugees from the Indonesian island of Java, has been stranded a few nautical miles off the Australian territory of Christmas Island, since shortly after its captain rescued the refugees from a sinking Indonesian ferry on Sunday night.
		Christmas Island, situated 400 kilometers south of Jakarta and 2,300 kilometers northwest of Perth, has always been a popular destination for asylum seekers heading for Australia because of its proximity to Indonesia.
		The island has a population of less than 2,000 people with the majority of them of Chinese origin.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200108\For20010829g.html

	Christmas Island threatened by developments
		The biological importance of Christmas Island's fauna and flora cannot be overstated.
		Island birds are particularly vulnerable to extinction, and Christmas Island's wildlife is already under severe threat from the introduced yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (see World Birdwatch 21(4): 6).
		Five endemic bird species (Abbott's Bobby, Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi, Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni, Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis and Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis) and five endemic bird subspecies are all classified as Critically Endangered.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2002/09/658.html

	CNN.com - Australian navy rocked by sex claims - January 10, 2002
		A lobby group for the armed forces, the Australian Defense Association, said Thursday it was not surprised the by the new allegations of misconduct, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
		Crew members are also believed to have broken into an island community swimming pool for a nude swim, souvenired registration plates from cars and to steal other island property.
		The charges come less than a year after the head of the defense force, Admiral Chris Barrie, stood down the entire armed forces of nearly 15,000 so they could be reminded of their obligation to behave appropriately.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/10/aust.sailors

	CNN.com - Asylum-seekers begin ship transfer - September 3, 2001
		CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia (CNN) -- The transfer of asylum-seekers from the Norwegian ship MS Tampa to an Australian Navy troop ship is believed to be under way off the Australian territory of Christmas Island.
		Christmas Island harbor master Don O'Donnell earlier said two local barges would be used to transfer the asylum-seekers from the Tampa to the Manoora.
		Australian Government officials are worried that allowing these boat-people to land could trigger an influx of other asylum-seekers from nearby Indonesia and Malaysia.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/02/aust.asylum

	AllRefer.com - Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, Australia & New Zealand (Australian And New Zealand Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The island was annexed by Great Britain in 1888 and became part of the former Straits Settlements in 1889.
		Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, Australian And New Zealand Political Geography
		The island has been used to detain and process Asian asylum seekers who are intercepted at sea.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/ChristmsI.html

	Kiritimati : Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)
		Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island (but not to be confused with the Australian Territory of Christmas Island), is a Pacific atoll discovered on 24 December 1777 by Captain Cook.
		It is one of the Line Islands, and has the largest land area of any coral atoll in the world, 575 square kilometers (222 square miles).
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Kiritimati : Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean).
	www.eurofreehost.com /ch/Christmas_Island_(Pacific_Ocean).html

	Australian External Territories -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Explores the governance, environment, heritage, society, and geography of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, the Australian Capital Territory, the Cocos Islands, the Coral Sea Islands, Jervis Bay, Norfolk Island, the Northern Territory, the Heard and McDonald Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
		Except for the Antarctic Territory, which is on the continent of Antarctica, the Australian External Territories are all islands in the Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans.
		The Australian external territory of the Coral Sea Islands was established in 1969.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9273021&query=northwest

	Recent news articles on Christmas Island (4NEWZ.com)
		Chaudry is alleged to have organised the passage of a boat from Indonesia to Christmas Island between November 2000 and April 2001.
		It is alleged Mr Chaudry organised the passage of a boat carrying asylum seekers from Indonesia to Christmas Island between November 2000 and April 2001.
		Australian trial of alleged people smuggler hears witness horror...
	www.4newz.net /new/world/Christmas_Island.html

	BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Australian troops board refugee ship
		Christmas Island harbour masters Don O'Donnell said the Tampa was stationary offshore and no one has left since the troops boarded it.
		The ship's owners have accused Australia of "piracy", saying it had no right to board the ship because it represents a sovereign territory of Norway.
		Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the troops had told the Tampa to head back to international waters, but he admitted the captain seems disinclined to move, which "creates, of course, a very serious situation".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1514390.stm

	Suspected asylum seekers intercepted off Australian coast
		A detention centre on the Australian territory of Christmas Island is being prepared for a new group of suspected asylum seekers.
		"All of those on board have been detained under the migration act and are going to be transferred to Christmas Island, where they will be interviewed to find out who they are, where they are from and their reason for coming to Australia," Mr Wardell said.
		It is the first load of asylum seekers to arrive in Australian waters since the end of 2001, when the government launched a policy of mandatory detention for unauthorised arrivals.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_892707.htm

	Space Technology - Christmas Island Asia Pacific Launch Facility
		Christmas Island's close proximity to the equator, predictable climate conditions, existing infrastructure and the political stability of Australia give it a distinct advantage over other locations as a site for a global commercial space launch facility.
		Satellites will be transported to Christmas Island from their place of manufacture, generally the United States.
		Once on Christmas Island, the launch vehicle and satellite will be moved to the Technical Complex, where they are assembled and tested.
	www.space-technology.com /projects/christmas

	The Militant - October 29, 2001 -- Australian government assaults workers' rights
		The Australian territories of Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Reefs have been excluded from Australia's "migration zone," allowing asylum seekers to be processed in these remote territories without the rights that come with landing on Australian territory.
		On October 1 Australian troops were used to forcibly remove a group of asylum seekers from on board the Australian naval supply ship the HMAS Manoora and place them in an internment camp built by the Australian government in the barren interior of Nauru.
		The new anti-refugee laws enacted September 30 allow boats to be towed out of Australian territorial waters by the Australian navy, including the use of "reasonable and necessary force." Mandatory sentences for "people smugglers" have been introduced.
	www.themilitant.com /2001/6541/654110.html

	December 1999 - Christmas Island
		In December 1999 I participated in a tour of Christmas Island with Coate's Tours led by Kevin Coate and 6 other participants.
		We flew from Perth International airport to Christmas Island (refuelling at Learmonth and a stopover at Cocos Keeling Island) on the weekly flight by National Jet, and returned with another stopover at Cocos Keeling Island.
		We stayed at the Christmas Island Resort which is the old casino.
	members.iinet.net.au /~foconnor/trips/tr199903.htm

	IllumiRate Directory Regional & Local Asia Christmas Island
		Australian territory, an island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia.
		Details population, government and economy of this Australian territory.
		You are in: Home/Regional & Local/Asia/Christmas Island (7)
	www.illumirate.com /cat_items.cfm?cat_id=417000

	Whaleshark Diving - Sports Fishing Charter - Bird Watching Tour - Christmas Island
		In the case of cancellation by the ticket holder the Christmas Island Tourism Association Inc reserves the right to apply cancellation fees at their discretion, in addition to any that may be applied by the supplier of the service.
		Christmas Island is a dot in the Indian Ocean, located 2600km north-west of Perth, Western Australia.
		Christmas Island has a unique population with a blend of Chinese, Malay and Caucasians from the Australian mainland.
	www.christmas.net.au /introduction.html

	Refugees feared drowned in Indian Ocean Australian immigration crackdown claims new victims
		Fourteen refugees from Sri Lanka are missing, believed drowned, in the Indian Ocean about 80 kilometres from the Australian territory of Christmas Island, after their vessel, an overcrowded Indonesian fishing boat, sank on Monday.
		Christmas Island is more than 1,500 km off Australia's north-west coast and 500 km from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
		The Administrator of Christmas Island, Bill Taylor, a former senior intelligence officer, said: “If anything, it enforces the need to make the international community aware of the ridiculous dangers faced by people attempting to cross the Indian Ocean on flimsy craft to come to Australia.”
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/jul1999/imm-j22.shtml

	Refugees feature: Australia's sledgehammer approach to asylum-seekers - news.amnesty - Amnesty International
		The island has been denuded of vegetation by years of phosphate mining and the island relies on a desalination plant for its water supply.
		There is very little opportunity for an independent assessment of the conditions for detainees on the island because the government of Nauru refuses to grant visas to visiting journalists, independent lawyers or representatives of non-government organisations.
		The recent hunger strike and lip-stitching protest by detainees on the Pacific island of Nauru has again thrown the spotlight on Canberra's harsh approach to asylum-seekers.
	news.amnesty.org /mav/index/ENGASA1224042004

	Australian Immigration Minister - Border Protection - Children in Detention
		The excision legislation has no effect on the capacity of a person on Christmas Island or other 'excised' territory to retain or obtain legal advice.
		The status of Christmas Island as an excised offshore place for certain unlawful non-citizens under the Migration Act does not affect the operation of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (the 'IGOC Act').
		The individual care needs of unaccompanied minors at the Christmas Island IRPC are addressed through the same programs and case management procedures in place in mainland detention facilities.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/31543/20040430/www.minister.immi.gov.au/borders/detention/hreoc_issues/excised.htm

	CNN.com - PNG readies to receive boat people - September 5, 2001
		Australia denied the group permission to land on Christmas Island, provoking a diplomatic standoff with Indonesia and Norway and criticism from the UN and human rights groups.
		The case was brought by civil liberties groups who say that the government in Canberra acted illegally by refusing to let the asylum seekers land on Christmas Island.
		Opposition parties in Papua New Guinea meanwhile have accused Australia of using their country, a former Australian colony, as a dumping ground for its unwanted boat people.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/05/png.refugees

	0731641582.aspx
		We were the Christmas Islanders: Reminiscences and recollections of the people of an isolated island The Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 1906-1980
		We were the Christmas Islanders: Reminiscences and recollections of the people of an isolated island The Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 1906-1980 Margaret Neale ISBN: 0731641582
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	www.bookhead.co.uk /0731641582.aspx

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Work on new detention centre to start on Christmas Island - Text Only
		Construction of a permanent immigration detention centre on the Australian territory of Christmas Island is about to start, almost three years after the project was first announced.
		The President of the Christmas Island Chamber of Commerce, Don O'Donnell, welcomes the start of construction, but says repeated delays have sent many Island businesses broke.
		"Our biggest angst was the cancellation of the contract two year's ago which really had a devastating effect on private enterprise on the island, because we'd all geared-up for the project, and then it was cancelled," he said.
	www.abcasiapacific.com /news/stories_to/asiapacific_stories_lofi_1290995.htm

	Australian Government To Fund New Indian Ocean Launch Center
		The Australian federal government has decided to back a new launch center to be built on the Australian territory of Christmas Island in the north east Indian Ocean.
		Funding of up to 100 million Australian dollars ($US 51 million) is expected to be provided under new funding initiatives by Australia to boost high technology exports.
		The decision to fund the project follows a hiatus of over thirty years that saw successive Australian governments pay little attention to the space sector despite its pioneering participation in the early British and American space programs at Woomera in South Australia.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/aust-01b.html

	Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory
		Policy and legislative advice on the role of the Commonwealth in planning of the National Capital.
		Assessment of and policy advice on the effectiveness of Commonwealth policies programs and practices in supporting the economic development of the Territories;
		The Government's vision for Australia's self-governing territories is for increasing sustainable economic prosperity combined with effective governance and constitutional development consistent with the national interest.
	www.dotrs.gov.au /terr/actnt

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