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Christmas Island arrivals prompt asylum warning

Paige Taylor; 2/10/08 The Rudd Government is being warned to take a tough stand against the 14 boatpeople - thought to be from the Middle East - intercepted off Australia’s northwest coast, amid fears they could be the first of a fresh wave of asylum-seekers. Opposition immigration spokesman Sharman Stone said the two Indonesian crew and [...]

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Christmas island and the bomb

This place is the bomb Something wild is happening on Christmas Island, once ground zero for nuclear test explosions.

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Weekend Video Spotlight: The Crabs of Christmas Island (Amazing!)

TravelOZ has made a fascinating video about the crabs of Christmas Island (especially Coconut Crabs, which can climb trees and crack coconuts in their massive claws) which you can see below (or here). If you enjoyed that video, you won’t want to miss the one below which shows what a massive influx of tiny baby crabs [...]

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The Unknown Sailor of Christmas Island. Part Five.

Part One was here. Part Two was here. Part Three was here. Part Four was here. Yesterday's page 8 story in the Sydney Morning Herald brings an update on the quest to identify the remains of the Unknown Sailor of...

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Christmas Island detention centre inspected

After many years and hundreds of millions of dollars, the new immigration jail detention centre on Christmas Island has finally been completed – and of course stands empty. A range of community based human rights organisations were recently able to inspect the detention centre. This report on the Amnesty International website gives a good idea [...]

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Inside the Christmas Island detention centre

Pamela Curr, campaign coordinator for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, took Crikey on a tour of the new Christmas Island detention facility, here are her impressions and photos, writes Sophie Black .

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Christmas Island detention centre is not cool

Christmas Island is an extremely harsh and stark environment to detain people seeking asylum while their applications for protection are determined.

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The Christmas Island's detention centre's $318m upgrade

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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Yeso Nuclear Test, 1Mt, Christmas Island, 10.Jun.1962

Trinity Atomic Web Site Thanks, Alan

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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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Of Clutter, Christmas Island, and Timbuktu: Heard ‘Round the Web

It's an unintentional irony that rich economies---well, rich before the month began---should be awash in unwanted stuff, and that there are now well-paid consultants whose job it is to go help people get stuff out of their lives, to say nothing of neatnik web pages such as Unclutterer and Apartment Therapy...

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Boat people arrive on Christmas Island

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