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John George Clunies-Ross received the Malay title of Tuan Pandai ('the learned one') due to his amateur medical knowledge and research into the natural history of the islands. The head of the family Clunies-Ross kept the title 'Tuan', a term that can be translated as 'sir'. [10] He married S'pia Dupong, a Malay of high rank, in 1841. [11]
Despite marrying classmate Elizabeth Clunies-Ross, Cross remained attached to Smith, whom he cast in his play Strip the Willow in 1960.
Cross would actually first marry another woman from Oxford, Elizabeth Clunies-Ross, but he never strayed too far from Smith, casting her in his second play, “Strip the Willow,” in 1960 ...
Clunies-Ross and his party first visited the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1825 but did not settle there until the end of 1827. A former business partner of Clunies-Ross, Alexander Hare, and his party settled on the Islands early in 1827, months before Ross' return, with a party of 40, including many women reputedly taken to the Islands against ...
Oceania House hosted a "garden party" for Queen Elizabeth II during the 1954 Australian royal visit. [6] It has been variously altered and extended in subsequent years and was extensively altered and renovated by John Cecil Clunies-Ross senior in 1980–1981. The family lived there until the departure of J. C. Clunies-Ross in 1985. [1]
For Clunies-Ross, who creates secure spaces for high-profile clients who have “no desire to be a collection of pixels in someone’s photo reel,” privacy starts outside.
Born in London into a theatrical family, and educated at the Nautical College Pangbourne, Cross started off by writing children's plays in the 1950s.He achieved instant success with his first play, One More River, which dealt with a mutiny in which a crew puts its first officer on trial for manslaughter.
Encouraged by members of the former harem, Clunies-Ross then recruited Malays to come to the island for work and wives. Clunies-Ross's workers were paid in a currency called the Cocos rupee, a currency John Clunies-Ross minted himself that could only be redeemed at the company store. [25] 1840 chart of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands