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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (/ ˈ k oʊ k ə s /; [5] [6] Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), 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 Pulu Cocos Museum was established in 1987, in recognition of the fact that the distinct culture of Home Island needed formal preservation. [4][5] The site includes the displays on local culture and traditions, as well as the early history of the islands and their ownership by the Clunies-Ross family. [6][7] The museum also includes displays ...
Clunies-Ross family. The Clunies-Ross family were the original settlers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean. From 1827 to 1978, the family ruled the previously uninhabited islands as a private fiefdom, initially as terra nullius and then later under British (1857–1955) and Australian (1955–1978) sovereignty.
The postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are linked to those of the two British colonies and of Australia to which the Indian Ocean archipelago was successively attached. A postal agency existed there between 1933 and 1937, and has been there permanently since 1952. The archipelago has issued postage stamps since ...
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia: 1: H. J. Hull: Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 23 November 1955: 13 November 1957: 2: C. H. Cox: Acting Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 14 December 1957: 13 March 1958: 3: John William Stokes: Official Representative of Cocos (Keeling ...
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are located in the Indian Ocean at 15º06'00.02"S, 97º03'51.42"E. They have nothing to do with the Cocos tectonic plate located along the west coast of Central America. This page requires extensive rework before it is factually correct. The geology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands may be a part of the Galapagos hot spot.
Discovered in 1609 by William Keeling and uninhabited until 1826, the Cocos Islands were administered by the United Kingdom between 1857 and 1955, when they were transferred from the Colony of Singapore to Australia, and given the status of an external territory. However, the islands remained effectively under the control of the Clunies-Ross ...
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