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Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean (modern Kiribati) as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme.
No. 1325 (Transport) Flight comprising three Douglas Dakota aircraft, formed at RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire, on 1 August 1956 [1] to support Operation Buffalo and Operation Antler British nuclear tests at Maralinga. 1325 Flight was soon relocated to Christmas Island to support the Grapple series of nuclear tests in that remote Pacific region.
A 1958 2c stamp of Christmas Island. While Singapore prepared its accession to self-government, the United Kingdom decided to transfer Christmas Island administration to Australia, a country which had been controlling along with New Zealand the phosphate company, the British Phosphate Commission, since 1948.
The British conducted testing in the Pacific Ocean at Malden Island and Kiritimati known at the time as Christmas Island (not to be confused with Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean) between 1957 and 1958. [2] These were airbursts mostly occurring over water or suspended a few hundred metres above the ground by balloon. [2]
The Christmas Island Cricket Club was founded in 1959, and is now known as the Christmas Island Cricket and Sporting Club. Aussie Rules was popular from 1995 to 2014 and games were played between the visiting Australian Navy and the locals.
Christmas Island Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia: 1: Donald Evan Nickels: Official Representative of Christmas Island: 1 October 1958 () 30 September 1960 () 1 year, 365 days: 2: John William Stokes: 1 October 1960 () 12 June 1966 () 5 years, 254 days: 3: Charles Ivens Buffett: 13 June 1966 ()
However, one of the drawbacks of this choice was that the island had no local wildlife. [10] Once Walt Disney accepted, cast and crew got their shots and passports for a six-month stay in Tobago. [7] Filming began in August 1959 and was a wrap just before Christmas 1959.
December 24, 1959 – January 4, 1960 – A tropical cyclone moved eastwards across the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Cape York Peninsular, before impacting Vanuatu. [1] [17] January 22–29, 1960 – A tropical cyclone existed off the coast of Northwestern Australia. [18] February 27 – March 5, 1960 – Tropical Cyclone Erika. [17] [19]