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The Christmas Island's detention centre's $318m upgrade (News Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:34:36 GMT

The revamp on the tropical island 2650 kilometres north-west of Perth was meant to cost $197.7 million for the "humane detention" of boat people offshore. But since it was handed over to the Department of Immigration in April, the 800-person compound has not held a single detainee and lies staffed and idle, draining taxpayers of $7.1 million a year. What do you think of this upgrade? If the centre...

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Arrived on Christmas Island - Kiritimati, Line Islands, Kiribati (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:03:38 GMT

Final work trip to Kiritimati

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Yeso Nuclear Test, 1Mt, Christmas Island, 10.Jun.1962 (Uncertain Times)

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Trinity Atomic Web Site Thanks, Alan

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Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Christmas Island (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:06:51 GMT

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What was the Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island wearing? Part Four. (lifeasdaddy)

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:14:30 GMT

Here I shall give online resources I have referenced and relied upon thus far. With renewed interested in HMAS Sydney (II) consequent to announcement of the discovery of Kormoran's wreck together with battle debris belived to be from HMAS Sydney (II), this will assist some people landing on this blog. USEFUL LINKS about the Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island: National Archives of Australia Recordsearch...

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What was the Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island wearing? Part 3. (lifeasdaddy)

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:12:55 GMT

Part One was here . Part Two was here . Mr. J. W. Brown stated in May, 1949 that the Carley float held, "... the body of an engine room rating in blue overalls very much decomposed. How would Mr. Brown have known the body had been an engine room rating in life? Well, Christmas Island would have been visited by plenty of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships by 1941. The corpse held no personal...

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What was the Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island wearing? Part Two. (lifeasdaddy)

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:31:37 GMT

Part One appeared here . The holdings of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) on matters related to the disappearance of HMAS Sydney (II) are vast. They have also been trawled by many professional and amateur historians. Let's concentrate here on what the archives have to show us about what the Unknown Sailor was wearing when he was found floating in a Carley raft off Christmas Island on...

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What was the Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island wearing? Part One. (lifeasdaddy)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:33:28 GMT

This blog post will address some factual matters surrounding identifying the body of an Unknown Sailor which was found off shore Christmas Island on 7 February, 1942. Many believe him to have been a member of the crew of HMAS...

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Spider bite - Nasa Port, Christmas Island (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:51:54 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Nasa Port, Christmas Island Today Spider was sleeping and i was stroking him and he woke up in a sudden and bite me with out thinking!!! Prudence told me it would be O.K. but i don't believe her! Apparently our ship has gone off track and we are lost!! its exciting but scary!!!

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Prudence- The Flight Attdent - Nasa Port, Christmas Island (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:48:58 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Nasa Port, Christmas Island Prudence is our flight addented. She smiles a lot and always looks gleeful but she is really quite grumpy!!!!

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Blast off! - Nasa Port, Christmas Island (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:29:18 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Nasa Port, Christmas Island Spider and i sat in the rocket we were very excited... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 BLAST OFF! As exciting as it was nothing else happened but the view was amazing! watching the earth, a planet i barely knew, dissappearing beneath us!

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Of Clutter, Christmas Island, and Timbuktu: Heard ‘Round the Web (Britannica Blog)

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:30:10 GMT

It's been an oddly tumultuous month, enough that a person might be forgiven for wanting to set the clock back and start all over again—say, to last Christmas. Were I granted that favor, I would take more care this time around to observe the 230th anniversary of Captain James Cook ’s happening, far out in the Pacific Ocean, upon what he called Christmas Island, which he first saw and thus named...

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Boat people arrive on Christmas Island (The Australian )

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:00:00 GMT

SIXTEEN Indonesians rescued from a leaking fishing boat in the Timor Sea have arrived at Christmas Island, where they will be assessed.

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Indonesians taken to Christmas Island (News.com.au)

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:49:00 GMT

A GROUP of 16 Indonesians rescued from a leaky vessel in the Timor Sea will be taken to Christmas Island to be assessed by immigration officials, the Federal Government says.

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The Crabs of Christmas Island (Neatorama)

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:46:54 GMT

Christmas Island red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) only exist on that one tropical island in the Indian Ocean. They must spawn on the shore because their larva grow in water. So every October or November, they swarm towards the sea, over 100 million of them! The crabs have been endangered several times by man-made disturbances in [...]

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Christmas Island: kingdom of the crab (The Telegraph)

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Christmas Island is promoting itself as the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean. Nick Squires gets up close and personal with some of its inhabitants.

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Tougher times for Christmas Island? (Christian Science Monitor)

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:07:57 GMT

Tougher times for Christmas Island'A decision from an Australian court would protect the Indian Ocean island's wildlife, but could ruin its economy.By Nick Squires | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Page 1 of 3Territory of Christmas Island, Australia - For more than a century, it has been the sole raison d'être of this tiny, jungle-clad island. Of all the gifts nature bestowed...

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Christmas Island is the bomb! (MOLDY CHUM)

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:05:00 GMT

In their first feature article, swoffa.com offers up detailed info, stellar images and streaming video. There are actually two Christmas Islands. One is in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia and the other forms part of the Line Islands in...

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Getting Ready For .Asia (Daily Domainer News)

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:58:05 GMT

... Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Fiji, Georgia, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,...

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