Directory of Christmas Island Resources

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This category holds sites related to Christmas Island, a dependent area of Australia in the Indian Ocean. This should not be confused with another Christmas Island which is part of Kiribati's Line Islands Group in the Pacific Ocean. Christmas Island was discovered and named on Christmas Day in 1643. The United Kingdom annexed and began settlement in 1888, and subsequently transferred sovereignty over the island to Australia in 1958. Historically, much of Christmas Island's economy was driven by phosphate mines, but tourism is increasing rapidly. Christmas Island is just 135 square kilometers, located 300 kilometres south of Indonesia and over 1500 kilometres northwest of Australia in the Indian Ocean. The population in 2001 was 2,771. The largest ethnic groups are Chinese, Malay, and European, respectively.

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• Society and Culture
• Travel and Tourism
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Resources in This Category

• Christmas Island Act 1958

  http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A07366
  Full text of Australian legislation which established Australian sovereignty over Christmas Island. Last compilation: 2000.

• Christmas Island Fact Sheet

  http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs157.aspx
  Information put together by the National Archives of Australia.

• CIA - The World Factbook: Christmas Island

  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kt.html
  Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

• NationMaster - Christmas Island

  http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Christmas-Island
  Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.

• Wikipedia - Christmas Island

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island
  Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.

• World Statesmen - Christmas Island

  http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Christmas_Island.html
  Review of the country's history, politics, leaders and international organizations and treaties. Includes map, constitution, national anthem and pictures of historical flags.

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• Home > Regional > Oceania > Australia > Dependent Areas

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