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  2. Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Culture of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of museums in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

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  5. Pulu Cocos Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was established in 1987, in recognition of the fact that the distinct culture of Home Island needed formal preservation. [3] [1] 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. Category : Historic sites in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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  7. History of Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

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  8. Category:History of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

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    Natural history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  9. Oceania House - Wikipedia

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    The whole of the Cocos Islands were granted to George Clunies-Ross in 1886. In 1951 the Commonwealth of Australia bought land on West Island for an airfield. In 1978 Australia bought the rest of the islands (except Oceania House) from John Cecil Clunies-Ross and transferred them to the Cocos community. Clunies-Ross retained Lot 14 until 1990. [1]